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Essam El-Hadary: Egypt goalkeeper breaks TWO World Cup records against Saudi Arabia
ESSAM EL-HADARY became the World Cup's oldest ever player before saving a penalty for Egypt against Saudi Arabia.
The shot-stopper was given the nod for the Egyptian's in their dead rubber clash on Monday at the age of 45 years and 161 days old.
El-Hadary is two years and 158 days older than Colombian Faryd Mondragón, who previously held the record.
But the veteran's record-breaking afternoon got better in the first half as he faced Fahad Al-Muwallad's penalty.
El-Hadary pulled off a stunning stop, making him the oldest goalkeeper to save a penalty at the tournament.
The effort was pushed onto the crossbar before his team-mate's cleared the Saudi's scuffed followed up effort.
Unfortunately, just minutes before the half-time whistle, Saudi Arabia were awarded a second spot-kick.
This time, Salman Al-Faraj made no mistake, sending the 45-year-old the wrong way.
El-Hadary's achievement is even more incredible when you realise the shot-stopper is older than three managers at this summer's World Cup.
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The Al-Taawoun captain is 179 days older than Belgium's Roberto Martinez, 413 days older than Serbia boss Mladen Krstajic and 1164 days older than Senegalese chief Aliou Cisse.
Egypt will crash out of the World Cup regardless of their result against Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed Salah scored his second goal for the nation during the first half after there was doubts he would even start the final Group A clash.