Salah starts! But will be fit enough? Time will tell.
These two playing their second matches barely an hour after the last of the first round, and nobody has really stood out as potential champions. Spain and Portugal have probably played the best football but as they were playing each other it is hard to judge. My tip, France, look certainties though. Maybe.
In a disappointing first period Salah didn’t see much of the ball (clearly because Egypt are not as good as Liverpool as Jonathan Pearce insinuated) but neither did Dzyuba, isolated up front for Russia.
Yet another own goal, a particularly unfortunate one, gave the home side the lead. When Cheryshev got a well-worked second, to make him joint-top scorer, and Dzyuba added an excellent third Russia were flying and Egypt were on the brink.
That was despite a Mo Salah penalty, the award solely down to VAR which even prompted Pearce to admit through gritted teeth “it worked”. The penny has finally dropped. Hallelujah.
Nobody fancied Russia to do anything here, but quite honestly they have looked the best team so far, albeit against limited opposition. And they have home advantage. They couldn’t could they?
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