The forward started the game in Cairo under new Head Coach Ali Maher and, after Nasser Maher had opened the scoring just four minutes in, Omar doubled the lead in the 10th minute.
Mohamed Hany made it 3-0 before half-time, while former Liverpool star Mo Salah rounded off the scoring with two late goals, the second of which saw him become Egypt’s all-time top goalscorer. Omar won his 59th cap and was substituted in the 72nd minute of the game, while Egypt’s win leaves them top of Group B with seven points from three games.
Elsewhere, Micky van de Ven and Jan Paul van Hecke were involved in an incredible game for the Netherlands as they destroyed Greece 7-0 at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam.
In Nations League Group A2 action, our defenders started and both played the full match, as they restricted Greece to just one shot on target while at the other end of the pitch, the Dutch ran riot. In their first four games of this current Nations League campaign, Greece had conceded three goals yet they were 5-0 down by half-time here!
Tijjani Reijnders netted a first-half hat-trick with Crysencio Summerville and Jurrien Timber also on target before the break. Timber added his second on 59 minutes before Donyell Malen made it 7-0 two minutes later. The Dutch top their group with a three-point cushion to Greece and Germany and travel to the latter nation for the final group game on Monday.
As previously reported, Andy Robertson won his 102nd cap to draw level with the great Kenny Dalglish as Scotland’s all-time record appearance-maker while helping his nation to a crucial 2-1 win over North Macedonia.