Disbelief lingered in the air as Russia’s football team scored its first then second and final goal against Egypt. Despite Mohamed Salah’s return, Egypt was unable to beat the Russians at their home-ground in a game where all three points were necessary to keep the hope of qualification alive. Russia’s goals came through an own goal from Ahmed Fathy and two strikers from Denis Cheryshev and Artem Dzyuba, while Salah scored Egypt’s only goal from the spot kick. Egypt’s XI (Subs): Mohamed El Shenawy; Ahmed Fathy, Ahmed Hegazy, Aly Gabr, Mohamed Abdel Shafy; Tarek Hamed, Mohamed Elneny (Amr Warda); Mahmoud Trezeguet (Ramadan Sobhi), Abdallah El Said, Mohamed Salah; Marwan Mohsen (Kahraba) Russia’s XI (Subs): Igor Akinfeev; Mario Fernandes, Ilya Kutepov, Ignashevich, Yuri Zhirko (Fedor Kudryashov)v; Roman Zobnin, Yuri Gazinskiy; Samedov, Aleksandr Golovin, Denis Cheryshev (Daler Kuzyaev); Artem Dzyuba (Fedor Smolov) The start to the game witnessed an Egyptian side with a lot more attacking intent than we’ve seen in the previous games, with the team fully aware that the match is a must-win. Russia were first to threaten as a Samedov header forced El Shenawy into action, but the in-form…
