Egypt On The Brink, Lose To Russia Despite Salah Goal while Senegal rejoices 2-1 win against Poland
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Mohamed Salah was on target for Egypt in his first game at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia but failed the Pharaohs who fell to a 3-1 defeat against the hosts on Tuesday.
The result leaves Hector Cuper’s men on the brink of elimination from the competition.
Uruguay and Saudi Arabia will clash in the other group fixture on Wednesday.
Russia took the lead two minutes after the break from an own goal conceded by Egypt captain Ahmed Fathy.
Dennis Cheryshev doubled Russia’s lead in the 59th minute for his third goal of the competition.
The third goal arrived three minutes later with Artem Dzyuba firing a delightful effort home for his second goal of the competition.
Egypt were awarded a penalty in the 72nd minute after Salah was fouled inside box with VAR needed to confirm the foul took the place inside the box after the referee had initially called for a free-kick.
Salah duly stepped up and put ball into the net for his side’s only goal of the game.
Senegal Coach Cisse: We Are Proud To Represent Africa
Senegal coach and former international Aliou Cisse has expressed his delight that his team has made the whole African continent proud after getting their 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign on to a winning start with a hard-fought 2-1 win against Poland in Group H on Tuesday.
An own goal by Thiago Cionek in the 37th minute put Senegal 1-0 up before Mbaye Niang capitalised on a poor back pass to double his side’s lead.
Grzegorz Krychowiak pulled a goal back for Poland on 86 minutes which was just a consolation goal.
Reacting to the win, Cisse who captained Senegal when they stunned France 1-0 in the opening game of the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan, revealed his team secured the win.
“We managed to control the game tactically and emotionally,” he said in his post-match press conference.
‘This victory means we enter the competition in the best possible way, but we know it will be a difficult match against Japan.”And on the kind of support is team are getting following the win, he said:“I guarantee the whole of Africa is supporting us. I get phone calls from everywhere. We are proud to represent Africa.”
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