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Russia vs Egypt

Saint Petersburg Stadium
Jun 19, 2018 23:30 IST
Russia
3
-
1
FT
Egypt
Full Time
A. Fathi
(48')
Cheryshev
(60')
Dzyuba
(63')
M Salah
(74')
Smolov
(85')
M. Trezeguet
(58')
Russia beat Egypt (3 - 1)
  • Russia
    RUS
    Egypt
    EGY
  • 49%
    POSSESSION
    51%
  • 3
    GOALS
    1
  • 11
    SHOTS
    13
  • 3
    SHOTS ON TARGET
    1
  • 11
    FOULS COMMITED
    10
  • 1
    YELLOW CARDS
    1
  • 0
    RED CARDS
    0
  • 0
    OFF SIDES
    0
  • 7
    CORNER KICKS
    4
Match Info
  • Tournament name FIFA World Cup, 2018
  • Venue Saint Petersburg Stadium
  • Date Jun 19, 2018 11:30 PM IST
  • Attendance 64468
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Match Completed
87'
Yury Zhirkov
Fedor Kudriashov
85'
Smolov
83'
Marwan Mohsen
Mahmoud Kahraba
80'
Artem Dzyuba
Fedor Smolov
75'
Denis Cheryshev
Daler Kuziaev
74'
M Salah
69'
Mahmoud Trezeguet
Ramadan Sobhy
65'
Mohamed Elneny
Amr Warda
63'
Dzyuba
60'
Cheryshev
58'
M. Trezeguet
48'
A. Fathi
Half Time
Kick Off

Russia

4-2-3-1
  • 22
    Artem Dzyuba
  • 19
    Aleksandr Samedov
    17
    Aleksandr Golovin
    6
    Denis Cheryshev
  • 11
    Roman Zobnin
    8
    Lury Gazinskiy
  • 2
    Mario Fernandes
    3
    Ilya Kutepov
    4
    Sergey Ignashevich
    18
    Yuri Zhirkov
  • 1
    Igor Akinfeev
MIDFIELDER
9
Alan Yelizbarovich Dzagoev
Midfielder
17
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Golovin
Midfielder
19
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Samedov
Midfielder
21
Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin
Midfielder
15
Aleksei Andreyevich Miranchuk
Midfielder
16
Anton Andreyevich Miranchuk
Midfielder
7
Daler Adyamovich Kuzyayev
Midfielder
6
Denis Dmitriyevich Cheryshev
Midfielder
8
Lury Gazinskiy
Midfielder
11
Roman Sergeyevich Zobnin
Midfielder
18
Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov
Midfielder
GOALKEEPER
12
Andrey Yevgenyevich Lunev
Goalkeeper
1
Igor Akinfeev
Goalkeeper
20
Vladimir Gabulov
Goalkeeper
FORWARD
22
Artem Sergeyevich Dzyuba
Forward
10
Fedor Mikhaylovich Smolov
Forward
DEFENDER
5
Andrey Semenov
Defender
13
Fedor Kudryashov
Defender
23
Igor Smolnikov
Defender
3
Ilya Kutepov
Defender
2
Mario Figueira Fernandes
Defender
4
Sergey Ignashevich
Defender
14
Vladimir Granat
Defender

Egypt

4-2-3-1
  • 9
    Marwan Mohsen
  • 10
    Mohamed Salah
    19
    Abdalla Said
    21
    Trezeguet
  • 8
    Tarek Hamed
    17
    Mohamed Elneny
  • 7
    Ahmed Fathi
    2
    Ali Gabr
    6
    Ahmed Hegazy
    13
    Mohamed AbdelShafy
  • 23
    Mohamed ElShenawy
MIDFIELDER
19
Abdalla Said
Midfielder
21
Mahmoud Ibrahim Hassan
Midfielder
17
Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny
Midfielder
4
Omar Mahmoud Gaber
Midfielder
5
Samy Sayed Morsy
Midfielder
8
Tarek Hamed
Midfielder
GOALKEEPER
1
Essam El Hadary
Goalkeeper
23
Mohamed El-Shenawy
Goalkeeper
16
Sherif Ekramy
Goalkeeper
FORWARD
22
Amr Medhat Warda
Forward
18
Mahmoud Abdel Razek Fadlallah
Forward
11
Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim
Forward
9
Marwan Mohsen
Forward
10
Mohamed Salah Ghaly
Forward
14
Ramadan Sobhy
Forward
DEFENDER
3
Ahmed Eissa Elmohamady Abdel Fattah
Defender
6
Ahmed Elsayed Ali Elsayed Hegazy
Defender
7
Ahmed Fathi
Defender
2
Ali Gabr Gabr Mossad
Defender
12
Ayman Ashraf
Defender
15
Mahmoud Hamdy
Defender
13
Mohamed AbdelShafy
Defender
20
Saad El-Din Samir
Defender
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90'
Final thoughts
Assuming that Uruguay are able to beat Saudi Arabia in their match tomorrow, the South American and European teams will be the two advancing from this group. Thank you for tuning in to our live coverage, and we hope to see you tomorrow for another round of World Cup 2018 action!
90'
Egyptian sadness
On the other side of the coin, Egypt will be crushed, and will surely be asking if they should have risked bringing in Salah during their game against Uruguay. While they were able to take a couple attacks to Russia, the host side looking more-or-less in control during the entire match, and Mo Salah had a tough time finding his feet in his first game back from injury.
90'
Russia looking hopeful
Another comprehensive victory for the Russians, and six points from their first two games will all but assure they pass to the knockout rounds of this tournament, the first time ever since the breakup of the Soviet Union.
90'
GAME OVER! RUSSIA WIN 3-1
The Russians have all but assured their passage into the next round!
90'
Final moments of the match
Russia slowing down the play now, waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle.
90'
Four minutes added
The officials have added 4 mintues to the end of this match
90'
Egyptian shot
The ball comes to Salah but he's closed down immediately and the ball bounces around in the box before finding Warda, who drags his shot wide of the near post.
88'
Russian confidence
Russia playing with confidence know, as a couple of quick passes from Samedov and Golovin lead to an opportunity in the box, but the ball is slid away in the last moment.
86'
Substitution
Fedor Kudriashov (on). Yury Zhirkov (off). (Russia)
85'
Final Russian Change
Yuri Zhirkov comes off for Kudriashov
84'
Russians looking to break on the counter and control the ball
Egypt have been applying pressure well but with the number of men they're pushing into the attack, they're leaving themselves open to Russian counters.
84'
Yellow Card
Fedor Smolov (Russia)
82'
Yellow card for Smolov
Smolov gets a yellow card for pulling back Sobhy as he tried to start a counterattack.
82'
Egyptian Change
Mohsen makes way for Kahraba as Egypt make their last change.
82'
Substitution
Mahmoud Kahraba (on). Marwan Mohsen (off). (Egypt)
79'
Substitution
Fedor Smolov (on). Artem Dzyuba (off). (Russia)
77'
Second Russian Change
Smolov will come in for Dzyuba
75'
Free Kick
Samedov whips in the free kick from the right side of the pitch, and Ignashevich is there to head towards the goal - El Shenawy catches easily.
74'
Russian change
Cheryshev comes off for Kuziaev
74'
Substitution
Daler Kuziaev (on). Denis Cheryshev (off). (Russia)
73'
Do Egypt have a lifeline?
VAR coming in to help make the right decision once again in this tournament, and we'll see if the Egyptians can take this goal as a spark to push them on their way to some more.
73'
GOAL SALAH! CAN THEY DO IT?
Salah steps up and slots the penalty! 3-1!
73'
Penalty Kick - Goal
Penalty Kick - Goal - Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
72'
Foul given right outside of the box?
Zobnin holds on to Salah as he's making on to the box, and the Liverpool man goes down. Originally whistled outside of the box, VAR reviews the play and the call is changed to be inside of the box. Penalty for Egypt!
69'
Salah not on form
A Russian turnover leads to a 3v2 opportunity for the Egyptians, but Salah isn't able to control the pass that's played to him and the ball goes back to the Russians. Salah has definitely not looked 100% in this match, and it's been a tough first game back since his injury.
68'
Substitution
Ramadan Sobhy (on). Mahmoud Trezeguet (off). (Egypt)
67'
Second change for Egypt
Trezeguet makes way for Sobhy
65'
Egypt hopes dashed
Egypt know now that it will take an incredible effort to get anything at all from this match, and you can see it in the face of some of the players.
64'
Egypt with their first change
Egypt trying to stop this from become worse and resort to their first change of the match, taking out Elneny and replacing him with Amr Warda
64'
Substitution
Amr Warda (on). Mohamed Elneny (off). (Egypt)
62'
Dzyuba with the goal this time!
The long ball played in from the free kick inside the Russia half goes all the way to Dzyuba in the Egyptian box. The big man makes a gargantuan effort to hold off the Egyptian defenders and bring the ball down on his chest, before taking a deft touch around a second Russian defender and passing the ball calmly into the back of the net, beating El Shenawy at his near post.
62'
Goal
Artem Dzyuba. Assist by Ilya Kutepov (Russia)
61'
A THIRD! UNBELIEVABLE!!!
IT'S DZYUBA THIS TIME WITH THE GOAL!
59'
ANOTHER ONE FOR RUSSIA!
GOAL FOR CHERYSHEV!!! 2-0!!!
59'
More Russian Opportunities
Because of the numbers that the Egyptians have been forced to push forward, the Russians are finding more joy on the counter-attack than they did in the first half. Samedov is once again able to swing in a ball towards Dzyuba, but Hegazi is able to clear the danger.
59'
Goal
Denis Cheryshev. Assist by Mario Fernandes (Russia)
57'
Yellow Card
Mahmoud Trezeguet (Egypt)
55'
Chance for Salah!
The ball falls to Salah after a flick on from Mohsen, the forward takes one touch too many and his shot is blocked from close range.
50'
Egypt trying to get one back
Egypt are now attacking frantically, as Salah has dropped into the middle to try to be more involved in play.
47'
What a strange goal!
After the ball is punched away by El Shenawy, Zobnin received the ball and tries to hit a volley first time. His effort isn't excellent, but Fathi goes for the block and ends up putting the ball into the back of his own net! The fifth Own Goal of this tournament!
47'
Own Goal
Ahmed Fathi (Russia)
46'
OWN GOAL! RUSSIA TAKE THE LEAD!
ANOTHER OWN GOAL IN THIS WILD TOURNAMENT!
46'
Kickoff!
The second half is underway!
45'
Teams re-entering!
The teams are coming back onto the pitch now, and neither side has opted for a change.
45'
Egypt need to take control
Egypt will have to push the issue in this second half - perhaps they'll try to increase Salah's influence on the game, as the Russians did a good job of limiting his touches in the first half.
45'
Half-time Thoughts
While the Russians have had far more attacks than their adversaries, they will actually be the side that goes into the locker rooms happier, as a draw is still not a bad result for them. The Egyptians, however, need a win from this game in order to have any sort of realistic shot of getting into the knockout rounds of this tournament.
45'
End of the first half!
The first half ends with no stoppage time, and the two teams will go into the break level. While the hosts have had more attacks in total, the Egyptians have caused the Russian defense some trouble and there's only been one total shot on goal between the two teams.
41'
First big chance for Salah!
A quick pass played in from Abdelshafy is dummied by Mohsen to allow Salah to get on the ball. After getting the ball on his left foot, the danger man takes a snap shot with his left foot that goes just wide of the post
38'
Better from Egypt
Nice play from Egypt as Salah and Mohsen lead the counterattack up the pitch. The ball eventually comes to Elneny, who chips a ball into the box for Mohsen – the forward is whistled offside, however.
35'
El Shenawy grabs again
Though his distribution has been lacking at times, El Shenawy has been excellent coming out to claim the ball when it is played in high – he knows that crosses to Dzyuba are dangerous, and he's doing a stellar job coming out to grab high balls when he can.
33'
Close!
An outside of the foot cross by Abdelshafy is flick on by Mohsen – Mo Salah is on the end of the flick but the Russian defender gets there just before the Liverpool man and is able to clear the ball behind.
27'
Cross after Cross
Russia know that they can cause the Egyptian defense a lot of headache on crosses into the box, and Golovin tries to whip a ball in to find target-man Dzyuba, but the ball is just past the 6'5” forward.
25'
Opening up
The game is starting to open up a bit, as both teams have started to commit more players to the attack.
19'
Thunderous effort!
After a Yuri Zhirkov free kick that's cleared by the Egyptians, the ball finds Cheryshev at the top of the box. The Russian danger man fakes once before setting himself and unleashing a deadly effort that sails just over the top of the goal. Another warning shot fired by the Russians.
16'
Curling effort!
Another giveaway by Russia this time leads to a quick break from Egypt, led by Trezeguet. Instead of passing, the Egyptian forward opts for the curling right-footed effort which wraps just outside of the post. Better from Egypt!
14'
Egyptian pressure
Egypt finally mounting some attacks, and a cool flick from Said eventually leads to an Egyptian corner kick. The resulting corner is swung in and almost leads to an own-goal, as Fernandes heads just behind.
12'
Another Russian chance
A long ball played into Fernandes on the right side is eventually laid off to Samedov, who eventually whips a ball into the box for Dzyuba to receive. The forward brings the ball down but his touch is heavy and the ball rolls to El Shenawy.
8'
Russian Corner
Samedov stands over a free kick on the left side for the Russians, but his cross is cleared behind by Marwan.
7'
Russians in control
The Egyptians have really not yet found their feet in this match, with most of the traffic being one-way in the direction of El Shenawy's goal.
6'
Golovin Shot!
Another giveaway in defense leads to another Russian counter-attack, but Golovin is once again unable to capitalize on the Egyptian errors.
4'
Russian attack
This time it's Hegazi who gives up the foul, and the Russians attack quickly up the left side. A blocked cross leads to a long-shot, which is deflected behind for a Russian corner.
2'
Foul on Dzyuba
Dzyuba tries to win the ball from Abdelshafy, but pulls his shirt and play is called back for a foul.
1'
Almost!
A careless giveaway on a crossfield ball by the Egyptians gifts the Russians the ball in the middle of the pitch, but Golovin is unable to find Dzyuba with his pass into the box.
1'
And we're off!
Egypt start with the ball and we're out of the gates!
0'
Teams on the Pitch
The players for both teams are on the pitch now, as the national anthems sound in preparation for the match to kick off.
0'
Match Facts
This game is taking place in Saint Petersburg Stadium in Saint Petersburg, where it is a cloudy 15C (60F). Our main referee today will be the Argentinian Enrique Caceres, with assistants Eduardo Cardozo, Juan Zorrilla, and Cuneyt Cakir.
0'
Key Points for Russia
Russia won their last game with the most convincing score-line of the entire tournament, thrashing Saudi Arabia 5-0. Manager Stanislav Cherchesov and his men will hope that they can carry that momentum into this game, as a win against Egypt would take immense pressure off of them in their last group game against Uruguay.
0'
Egyptian Difference-Maker
The big news for this game is obviously the return of Mohamed Salah for Egypt – the Liverpool star player was unable to make his debut in Egypt's first match against Uruguay, where the South American team was able to snatch a late winner. Salah and the Egyptians will hope that his presence will be able to make the difference in this match, using his pace to torment the rather slow Russian back-line.
0'
Lineups
Here are the line-ups for both teams: Russia: Akinfeev; Fernandes, Kutepov, Ignashevich, Zhirkov; Zobnin, Gazinsky; Samedov, Golovin, Cheryshev; Dzyuba Egypt: Elshenawy; Fathi, Gabr, Hegazy, Abdelshafy; Hamed, Elneny; Trezeguet, Said, Salah; Mohsen
0'
Welcome!
Hello and welcome to our live coverage and commentary for the World Cup 2018! In today's matchup, we begin the second round of group play as Russia play against Egypt in Group A action.