Hisham Salman is the top scorer for the Special Olympics football tournament

Hisham Salman was crowned as the top-scorer for the Football tournament of the Special Olympic games, which were held in the Irish Capital Dublin last week.
Salman scored 18 out of 21 goals scored by the Lebanese National team that achieved the Bronze Medal due to several remarkable results.
The team crashed U.S.A 8-1 where Salman scored 7 goals and Ayman Ruslan another goal.

At the second round the team passed South Africa after winning 3-1 (Salman a double and Mohammed Siba'i one goal).

At the quarterfinal Lebanon won over Texas (USA) 5-1 before losing to Brazil 3-5 and Salman netted two goals of the 3 Lebanese goals.

Then the team won over Japan thanks to a solitary goal scored by Salman himself to give the Medal Bronze to Lebanon.

Note that the Irish newspapers praised Salman and his talent and he was pictured scoring several goals and his goals were broadcasted over giant screens all over Ireland.

July 04, 2003