The third and final friendly game for Egypt before the start of the World Cup ended in a 0-3 loss against a star-studded Belgium squad, with Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard, and Marouane Fellaini on the scoresheet on Wednesday. Hector Cuper’s tactics were heavily criticized during the past two games for being excessively defensive, and the team’s failure to create in the attacking third without Mohamed Salah further highlighted Egypt’s limitations. Yet, despite the defeat, Egypt’s display was far more encouraging than that against Kuwait and Colombia with the team showing a strong attacking intent that made Belgium’s night a lot more difficult than they expected it to be. Egypt XI (Subbed on): Essam El Hadary (Mohamed El Shenawy); Ahmed Fathy (Ahmed El Mohamady), Ahmed Hegazy, Ali Gabr, Mohamed Abdel Shafy; Mohamed Elneny, Tarek Hamed (Sam Morsy); Amr Warda (Omar Gaber), Abdallah El Said, Ramadan Sobhi (Mahmoud Kahraba); Marwan Mohsen (Mahmoud Trezeguet). Belgium XI (Subbed on): Thibaut Courtois; Laurent Ciman, Jan Vertonghen (Dedryck Boyata), Toby Alderweireld; Thomas Meunier (Thorgan Hazard), Alex Witsel (Marouane Fellaini), Kevin De Bruyne, Yannick Carrasco; Dries Mertens (Nacer Chadli), Eden Hazard (Adnan Januzaj), Romelu Lukaku (Michy Batshuayi)….
