FIFA World Cup

FT Monday, June 25, 2018
Egypt DDLLL 1
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Saudi Arabia LLLLL 2
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EGY101
KSA112
Volgograd Arena · 36,823 att. · FS1

Match Report

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

Mo Salah scores but Saudi Arabia fight back to beat Egypt 2-1

Saudi Arabia scored a dramatic 95th-minute winner to beat Egypt 2-1 and finish their World Cup campaign on a high in Volgograd.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
0
38
Possession
62
8
SHOTS
22
1
ON GOAL
7
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
289
Accurate Passes
577
360
Passes
641
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
25
0.0
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
60
26
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
10
13
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
8
24
Effective Clearances
15
24
Clearances
15

Lineups

KSA · 4-1-4-1

  1. 21Yasser Al-MosailemG
  2. 23Motaz HawsawiCD-L
  3. 3Osama HawsawiCD-R
  4. 14Abdullah OtayfDM
  5. 13Yasser Al-ShahraniLB
  6. 6Mohammed Al-BuraykRB
  7. 7Salman Al-FarajCM-L
  8. 16Hussain AlmoqahwiCM-R
  9. 18Salem Al-DawsariLM
  10. 9Hatan BahbriRM
  11. 19Fahad Al-MuwalladF

EGY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Essam El-HadaryG
  2. 6Ahmed HegaziCD-L
  3. 2Ali GabrCD-R
  4. 13Mohamed Abdel-ShafyLB
  5. 7Ahmed FathiRB
  6. 10Mohamed SalahAM
  7. 8Tarek HamedLM
  8. 17Mohamed ElnenyRM
  9. 9Marwan MohsenF
  10. 21TrézéguetAM-L
  11. 19Abdallah SaidAM-R

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Saudi Arabia 0, Egypt 1. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Abdalla El Said following a fast break.
  2. 41' Penalty saved. Fahad Al Muwallad (Saudi Arabia) right footed shot saved in the top left corner.
  3. 45'+3' VAR Decision: Penalty Saudi Arabia.
  4. 45'+5' Ali Gabr (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+6' Goal! Saudi Arabia 1, Egypt 1. Salman Al Faraj (Saudi Arabia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  6. 45'+7' Substitution, Egypt. Amr Warda replaces Abdalla El Said because of an injury.
  7. 64' Substitution, Egypt. Ramadan Sobhi replaces Marwan Mohsen.
  8. 65' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Muhannad Abu Radiyah replaces Hatan Bahbri.
  9. 79' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Yahia Al Shehri replaces Fahad Al Muwallad.
  10. 81' Substitution, Egypt. Kahraba replaces Trézéguet.
  11. 86' Ahmed Fathy (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+5' Goal! Saudi Arabia 2, Egypt 1. Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Abdullah Otayf.

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