After Opening match Russia going to war with Egypt in their second semester of game of the group round. In the first round they played with Saudi Arabia. Their next clash against Uruguay. However the match will be held in Saint-Petersburg Stadium also known as Krestovsky Stadium in will start. The last matches was well but the final group match will be very tough as they face Uruguay in it. So to win with that will be not so easy. In that case they have to win the game if they really want to step in the next round. BBC network the live media partner of the event. Here the full detail of the match.
Match detail:
Tournament: Russia World Cup, 2018
Match between: Russia vs Egypt
Group: A
Date of event: 19th June, 2018
Day: Tuesday
Time: 19:00 in local
Ground detail:
Stadium: Saint-Petersburg Stadium also known as Krestovsky Stadium
Trace: Futbolnaya Alleya, 1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Attendance: 64,287
Opened: 2017
Surface: Grass
TV network: BBC
Russia Fixture
14th June with Saudi Arabia
19th June with Egypt
25th June with Uruguay
Egypt fixture
15th June with Uruguay
19th June with Russia
25th June with Saudi Arabia
Russia friendlies
23rd March Brazil (lost 3-0)
27th March – France (lost 3-1)
30th May – Austria
5th June – Turkey
Egypt WC friendlies:
23rd March – Portugal (lost 2-1)
27th March – Greece (lost 1-0)
26th May – Kuwait
6th June – Belgium
H-2-H history
The both side not played yet and this going to be their first match in World Cup.
Russia World Cup Squad
Goalkeepers – Vladimir Gabulov, Andrey Lunyov, Igor Akinfeev
Defenders – Mario Fernandes, Fyodor Kudryashov, Ilya Kutepov, Vladimir Granat, Dmitri Kombarov, Konstantin Rausch, Yuri Zhirkov, Igor Smolnikov
Midfielders – Aleksandr Golovin, Daler Kuzyayev, Alan Dzagoev, Oleg Shatov, Denis Glushakov, Aleksei Miranchuk, Roman Zobnin
Forwards – Arten Dzyuba, Fyodor Smolov, Anton Zabolotny
Egypt World Cup squad:
Goalkeepers – Essam El Hadary, Mohamed El Shenawy, Mohamed Awad
Defenders – Mohamed Abdelshafi, Ahmed Fathy, Ahmed Elmohamady, Omar Gaber, Ali Gabr, Saad Samir, Ahmed Hegazi
Midfielders – Mohamed Elneny, Tarek Hamed, Hossam Ashour, Hussein El Shahat, Mohamed Magdi, Trezeguet, Abdallah Said
Forwards –Marwan Mohsen, Mohamed Salah, Kahraba, Kouka, Ramadan Sobhi, Momen Zakaria
Prediction: Russia 1-1 Egypt
As a host nation Russia being the favorite of game. In that type of clash host nation maximum time win. Russia had not struggle to qualify for the WC championship. As a host they got the wild card entry. So to win for them will not so easy. If we looked back to the last World cup they not out of the competition without winning a match. And the same event happened in the 2016 European Championship, where they good by the championship not winning a single match.
This is the hope of the opponent team if they play well. Egypt holding Mohamed Salah in their squad. And we all know about the ability of the forward. This year the forward contesting with Messi and Ronaldo for Ballon d’Or award. But to win the match needs a team which not possible for alone. Everyone not Messi who enough for the team. Egypt is not bad in the qualifying round and they played well. The team last promoted for the tournament in 1990. But they had to fail win a single game.
Now the main fact who will win the game between the host team and away team. To enjoy the match eyes on Fox Sports, BBC, Sky, ITV and beIN Sports.
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