Mohamed Salah embraces glory in the country of the Spaniards

World football

CAIRO, Egypt [Reuters] – Egypt's Mohamed Salah won the hug of glory after he led Liverpool to the Champions League title for the sixth time in his history after beating Tottenham 2-0 in a match in Madrid in the final of the continental competition. Liverpool's first goal.

Mohamed Salah became the first Egyptian player in history to qualify for the Champions League, scoring his first titles with the Liverpool club, who joined his ranks during the 2017 summer transfer period from Rome.

Mohamed Salah is the third Arab player in history to crown the Champions League after Algerian legend Rabah Magar with Porto in 1987 and Morocco's Ashraf Hakimi with Real Madrid last year.

It is worth mentioning that Mohamed Salah succeeded in winning the Swiss league title twice with Basel, as well as the English League and the English League Cup, once in each with Chelsea in 2015, to harvest the "Egyptian Pharaoh" the fifth title in his professional career in Europe.

Mohamed Salah is the first player in the history of Egyptian football to score in the Champions League final and the second Arab player after the Algerian legend Rabah Magr who scored with Porto in the Bundesliga against Bayern Munich in the 1987 edition of the continental competition.

Mohamed Salah is the fifth African player in history to score in the Champions League final, after Rabeh Magar, Drogba, Samuel Eto'o and Sadio Mani, while he was able to register in all continental competitions over two seasons with Liverpool.

Mohamed Salah is also the first Arab player in history to participate in the Champions League final two consecutive times, after participating in the final final against Real Madrid in the city, "Kiev" Ukrainian.

Mohamed Salah won the Golden Boot award for the top scorer in the Premiership this season for the second time in a row after scoring 22 goals with Liverpool in the tournament, sharing the title with fellow teammate Sadio Mani and Arsenal's Gabouni Obamyang.

Mohammed Salah's goal against Chelsea was also chosen as the most beautiful goal of the Liverpool club this season, based on a public vote on the official website of the club.

Mohamed Salah