2018 FIFA World Cup Group A

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2018 postage stamp from Russia depicting group A of the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage.

Group A of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 14 to 25 June 2018. [1] The group consisted of Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Uruguay. The top two teams, Uruguay and Russia, advanced to the round of 16. [2]

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Teams

Draw positionTeamPotConfederationMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
October 2017 [nb 1] June 2018
A1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1 UEFA Hosts2 December 201011th [nb 2] 2014 (group stage)Fourth place (1966) [nb 3] 6570
A2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 4 AFC AFC third round group B runners-up5 September 20175th 2006 (group stage)Round of 16 (1994)6367
A3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3 CAF CAF third round group E winners8 October 20173rd 1990 (group stage)First round (1934), group stage (1990)3045
A4Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Round Robin runners-up10 October 201713th 2014 (round of 16)Winners (1930, 1950)1714
Notes
  1. The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. This is the 4th appearance of Russia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union, who qualified on 7 occasions.
  3. Russia's best result is group stage in 1994, 2002, and 2014. However, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 330050+59Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (H)320184+46
3Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 31022753
4Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 30032640
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

In the round of 16:

Matches

All times listed are local time. [1]

Russia vs Saudi Arabia

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Russia national football team anthem

The two teams had met only once, a friendly game in 1993 won by Saudi Arabia 4–2. [3]

In the 12th minute, Yury Gazinsky headed the first goal for Russia from a cross from the left before substitute Denis Cheryshev evaded several challenges and smashed home at the near post close to half-time. The tempo slowed and the atmosphere flattened after the restart, giving the whole thing the feel of a friendly match. But substitute Artem Dzyuba illuminated a match of often dubious quality with a precise header from a cross from the right to extend his team's lead just minutes after replacing Fyodor Smolov. [4] As the match moved into injury time, Cheryshev smashed home with a crisp left-foot strike into the top right corner before Aleksandr Golovin curled a free-kick around the wall and into the right of the net. [5]

Alan Dzagoev limped off with a hamstring injury in the 24th minute. "Alan Dzagoev damaged the muscles in the back of the thigh," Russia said in a brief statement. [6]

For the first time in World Cup history, two players – Gazinsky and Cheryshev – scored their first international goals in the opening match. [7] Russia's victory means that the host nation has never lost their opening match in any of the 21 editions of the World Cup (won 16, drew six). Russia (5–0) recorded the second biggest victory by a host nation in their opening match at a World Cup, after Italy v USA in 1934 (7–1); while it is also the second largest victory of any host nation, only behind Italy vs USA at 1934 and Brazil vs Sweden at 1950, both ended 7–1. Russia's Denis Cheryshev became the first substitute to score a goal in the opening match of a World Cup tournament. In this game, Sergei Ignashevich became the oldest player to ever appear in a World Cup match for Russia/USSR (38 years & 335 days old). [5] [8]

For Saudi Arabia, this was their second biggest defeat in World Cup, after the 0–8 defeat to Germany in 2002. These losses are also the biggest defeats for any Arab team to have participated in the FIFA World Cup.

Russia  Flag of Russia.svg5–0Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
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Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 78,011 [9]
Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
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Russia [10]
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Saudi Arabia [10]
GK1 Igor Akinfeev (c)
RB2 Mário Fernandes
CB3 Ilya Kutepov
CB4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB18 Yuri Zhirkov
CM8 Yury Gazinsky
CM11 Roman Zobnin
RW19 Aleksandr Samedov Sub off.svg 64'
AM9 Alan Dzagoev Sub off.svg 24'
LW17 Aleksandr Golovin Yellow card.svg 88'
CF10 Fyodor Smolov Sub off.svg 70'
Substitutions:
MF6 Denis Cheryshev Sub on.svg 24'
MF7 Daler Kuzyayev Sub on.svg 64'
FW22 Artem Dzyuba Sub on.svg 70'
Manager:
Flag of Russia.svg Stanislav Cherchesov
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GK1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf
RB6 Mohammed Al-Breik
CB3 Osama Hawsawi (c)
CB5 Omar Hawsawi
LB13 Yasser Al-Shahrani
DM7 Salman Al-Faraj
CM14 Abdullah Otayf Sub off.svg 64'
CM17 Taisir Al-Jassim Yellow card.svg 90+3'
RW18 Salem Al-Dawsari
LW8 Yahya Al-Shehri Sub off.svg 72'
CF10 Mohammad Al-Sahlawi Sub off.svg 85'
Substitutions:
FW19 Fahad Al-Muwallad Sub on.svg 64'
MF9 Hattan Bahebri Sub on.svg 72'
FW20 Muhannad Assiri Sub on.svg 85'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Antonio Pizzi

Man of the Match:
Denis Cheryshev (Russia) [9]

Assistant referees: [10]
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Reserve assistant referee:
Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Egypt vs Uruguay

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Carlos Sánchez's corner kick

The two teams had met only once, a friendly game in 2006 won by Uruguay 2–0. [3]

Egypt frustrated Uruguay with a deep defensive line, staying compact, dealing with danger competently and threatening on the counter-attack to maintain the scoreline goalless, nearing the end of the match. [11] Luis Suárez looked increasingly at a loss but remained prominent in the few opportunities that were created. When he had just the goalkeeper to beat, he dithered too long and allowed Mohamed El Shenawy to muffle the ball at his feet. With three minutes remaining, Edinson Cavani pulled rank over his strike partner over a free kick on the edge of the area. [12] José Giménez headed into the net in the 89th minute as he met Carlos Sánchez's free-kick from the right to give the South Americans a winning start in Russia. [13]

Uruguay won their opening match at the World Cup tournament for the first time since 1970, when they beat Israel 2–0. [13] [14]

Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg0–1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
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Egypt [16]
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Uruguay [16]
GK23 Mohamed El Shenawy
RB7 Ahmed Fathy (c)
CB2 Ali Gabr
CB6 Ahmed Hegazi Yellow card.svg 90+6'
LB13 Mohamed Abdel Shafy
CM8 Tarek Hamed Sub off.svg 50'
CM17 Mohamed Elneny
RW22 Amr Warda Sub off.svg 82'
AM19 Abdallah Said
LW21 Trézéguet
CF9 Marwan Mohsen Sub off.svg 63'
Substitutions:
MF5 Sam Morsy Yellow card.svg 90+4'Sub on.svg 50'
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Manager:
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GK1 Fernando Muslera
RB4 Guillermo Varela
CB2 José Giménez
CB3 Diego Godín (c)
LB22 Martín Cáceres
RM8 Nahitan Nández Sub off.svg 58'
CM15 Matías Vecino Sub off.svg 87'
CM6 Rodrigo Bentancur
LM10 Giorgian De Arrascaeta Sub off.svg 59'
CF9 Luis Suárez
CF21 Edinson Cavani
Substitutions:
MF5 Carlos Sánchez Sub on.svg 58'
MF7 Cristian Rodríguez Sub on.svg 59'
MF14 Lucas Torreira Sub on.svg 87'
Manager:
Flag of Uruguay.svg Óscar Tabárez

Man of the Match:
Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt) [15]

Assistant referees: [16]
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Milovan Ristić (Serbia)
Video assistant referee:
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Clément Turpin (France)

Russia vs Egypt

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The Egyptian team lining up

The two teams had never met before. [17]

Sergei Ignashevich headed at Mohamed El Shenawy before Aleksandr Golovin fired wide. Trézéguet then curled just wide from the edge of the box. Russia took the lead when El Shenawy's clearance punch found Roman Zobnin, whose first-time follow up shot spun in off Ahmed Fathy, with VAR confirming that Artem Dzyuba had not fouled his opponent. [18]

Mário Fernandes soon drove into the box before supplying a cut-back form the right for Denis Cheryshev to slot home Russia's second with his left foot. [19] Dzyuba made it 3–0 as he took a lofted ball into the box down on his chest, taking a touch to go past Ali Gabr and finish past El Shenawy with a low shot. Salah won a penalty after he was fouled by Zobnin - although it was only given after a consultation with the video assistant referee as the referee had initially said the offence took place outside the area. Salah scored from the spot to become only the third Egyptian player to score at a World Cup. [20] [21]

This is the first time that Russia have won their opening two matches at a World Cup since 1966 (as the Soviet Union). [20] And following with Uruguay's 1–0 victory over Saudi Arabia, Russia, for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, qualified for the next round.

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Russia [23]
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Egypt [23]
GK1 Igor Akinfeev (c)
RB2 Mário Fernandes
CB3 Ilya Kutepov
CB4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB18 Yuri Zhirkov Sub off.svg 86'
CM11 Roman Zobnin
CM8 Yury Gazinsky
RW19 Aleksandr Samedov
AM17 Aleksandr Golovin
LW6 Denis Cheryshev Sub off.svg 74'
CF22 Artem Dzyuba Sub off.svg 79'
Substitutions:
MF7 Daler Kuzyayev Sub on.svg 74'
FW10 Fyodor Smolov Yellow card.svg 84'Sub on.svg 79'
DF13 Fyodor Kudryashov Sub on.svg 86'
Manager:
Flag of Russia.svg Stanislav Cherchesov
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GK23 Mohamed El Shenawy
RB7 Ahmed Fathy (c)
CB2 Ali Gabr
CB6 Ahmed Hegazi
LB13 Mohamed Abdel Shafy
CM8 Tarek Hamed
CM17 Mohamed Elneny Sub off.svg 64'
RW10 Mohamed Salah
AM19 Abdallah Said
LW21 Trézéguet Yellow card.svg 57'Sub off.svg 68'
CF9 Marwan Mohsen Sub off.svg 82'
Substitutions:
FW22 Amr Warda Sub on.svg 64'
FW14 Ramadan Sobhi Sub on.svg 68'
FW11 Kahraba Sub on.svg 82'
Manager:
Flag of Argentina.svg Héctor Cúper

Man of the Match:
Denis Cheryshev (Russia) [22]

Assistant referees: [23]
Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)
Juan Zorrilla (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Reserve assistant referee:
Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia

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Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia

The two teams had met in two games. Their most recent meeting was a friendly in 2014, ending in a 1–1 draw. [24]

A left-wing Carlos Sánchez corner was missed by Mohammed Al-Owais, giving Luis Suárez a close-range finish into an unguarded net with his left foot. Fernando Muslera had to tip over a long-range drive from Hattan Bahebri, who then missed a chance in the box. The flat feel of the game continued after the interval with both sides struggling to build tempo in hot conditions at the Rostov Arena. Martín Cáceres headed over in the 68th minute from a Sanchez delivery. Saudi Arabia had plenty of the ball in the closing stages but were unable to score a goal. [25] [26] The result ensured that both Russia and Uruguay would advance to the knockout stage, while Egypt and Saudi Arabia were eliminated at the group stage.

Uruguay have won all four of their World Cup matches against Asian opposition. Suarez became the sixth player to make 100 appearances for his country. He also became the first Uruguay player to score in three World Cups. [27] Uruguay's victory had also helped Russia to qualify for the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union, as Russia had won 3–1 over Egypt earlier.

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Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don
Attendance: 42,678 [28]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
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Uruguay [29]
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Saudi Arabia [29]
GK1 Fernando Muslera
RB4 Guillermo Varela
CB2 José Giménez
CB3 Diego Godín (c)
LB22 Martín Cáceres
RM5 Carlos Sánchez Sub off.svg 82'
CM15 Matías Vecino Sub off.svg 59'
CM6 Rodrigo Bentancur
LM7 Cristian Rodríguez Sub off.svg 59'
CF9 Luis Suárez
CF21 Edinson Cavani
Substitutions:
MF17 Diego Laxalt Sub on.svg 59'
MF14 Lucas Torreira Sub on.svg 59'
MF8 Nahitan Nández Sub on.svg 82'
Manager:
Flag of Uruguay.svg Óscar Tabárez
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GK22 Mohammed Al-Owais
RB6 Mohammed Al-Breik
CB3 Osama Hawsawi (c)
CB4 Ali Al-Bulaihi
LB13 Yasser Al-Shahrani
DM14 Abdullah Otayf
CM7 Salman Al-Faraj
CM17 Taisir Al-Jassim Sub off.svg 44'
RW9 Hattan Bahebri Sub off.svg 75'
LW18 Salem Al-Dawsari
CF19 Fahad Al-Muwallad Sub off.svg 78'
Substitutions:
MF16 Housain Al-Mogahwi Sub on.svg 44'
MF12 Mohamed Kanno Sub on.svg 75'
FW10 Mohammad Al-Sahlawi Sub on.svg 78'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Antonio Pizzi

Man of the Match:
Luis Suárez (Uruguay) [28]

Assistant referees: [29]
Nicolas Danos (France)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Fourth official:
John Pitti (Panama)
Reserve assistant referee:
Gabriel Victoria (Panama)
Video assistant referee:
Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Uruguay vs Russia

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The two teams had met in one previous game, a friendly in 2012, which ended in a 1–1 draw. With Russia formerly playing as the Soviet Union, the sides had faced each other seven times, including two matches at the World Cup, one in the 1962 FIFA World Cup group stage, won by the Soviet Union 2–1, and the other one at the 1970 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, won by Uruguay 1–0. [24]

Luis Suárez curled a low free-kick into the bottom-right corner after Yury Gazinsky's foul on Rodrigo Bentancur. Denis Cheryshev struck a half-volley straight at Fernando Muslera. He then found the net at the other end on 23 minutes, though, as his touch diverted Diego Laxalt's first-time effort past Igor Akinfeev. In the 36th minute, Igor Smolnikov picked up his second booking after lunging in on Edinson Cavani, just eight minutes after being carded for a foul on Matías Vecino. Muslera's pass enabled Russia to counter, though Artem Dzyuba sent his close-range effort well wide. In the final minute of normal time, Cavani thumped home the rebound after Akinfeev had kept out Diego Godín's header. [30] [31]

Russia are the first European side to fail to top their group as the host nation since Spain in 1982, and they are equal with South Africa (2010) in suffering the heaviest defeat as hosts in the group stage – both defeated 3–0 by Uruguay. Uruguay are the first side to win all three of their group games (scoring five goals) without conceding a single goal since Argentina in 1998 (seven goals scored, none conceded). Cavani became just the second player to score a goal in three separate World Cup tournaments for Uruguay after Luis Suárez. Muslera became Uruguay's all-time leading appearance maker at the World Cup (14), overtaking fellow goalkeeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz. This was also the third time that Uruguay defeated the host nation of tournament, after Brazil in 1950 and South Africa in 2010 (this last also in the group stage). [32]

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Cosmos Arena, Samara
Attendance: 41,970 [33]
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
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Uruguay [34]
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Russia [34]
GK1 Fernando Muslera
CB19 Sebastián Coates
CB3 Diego Godín (c)
CB22 Martín Cáceres
DM14 Lucas Torreira
CM15 Matías Vecino
CM6 Rodrigo Bentancur Yellow card.svg 59'Sub off.svg 63'
RW8 Nahitan Nández Sub off.svg 73'
LW17 Diego Laxalt
CF9 Luis Suárez
CF21 Edinson Cavani Sub off.svg 90+3'
Substitutions:
MF10 Giorgian De Arrascaeta Sub on.svg 63'
MF7 Cristian Rodríguez Sub on.svg 73'
FW18 Maxi Gómez Sub on.svg 90+3'
Manager:
Flag of Uruguay.svg Óscar Tabárez
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GK1 Igor Akinfeev (c)
RB23 Igor Smolnikov Yellow card.svg 27' Yellow-red card.svg 36'
CB3 Ilya Kutepov
CB4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB13 Fyodor Kudryashov
CM11 Roman Zobnin
CM8 Yury Gazinsky Yellow card.svg 9'Sub off.svg 46'
RW19 Aleksandr Samedov
AM15 Aleksei Miranchuk Sub off.svg 60'
LW6 Denis Cheryshev Sub off.svg 38'
CF22 Artem Dzyuba
Substitutions:
DF2 Mário Fernandes Sub on.svg 38'
MF7 Daler Kuzyayev Sub on.svg 46'
FW10 Fyodor Smolov Sub on.svg 60'
Manager:
Flag of Russia.svg Stanislav Cherchesov

Man of the Match:
Luis Suárez (Uruguay) [33]

Assistant referees: [34]
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
El Hadji Samba (Senegal)
Fourth official:
Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Hasan Al Mahri (United Arab Emirates)
Video assistant referee:
Clément Turpin (France)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Saudi Arabia vs Egypt

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Saudi Arabia

The two teams had met in six previous matches, the most recent one in the 2007 Pan Arab Games, won by Egypt 2–1. [3]

Mohamed Salah took Abdallah Said's long ball in his stride and then sent a deft lob over the onrushing Yasser Al-Mosailem with his second touch in the 22nd minute. Salah broke Saudi Arabia's offside trap and clipped an effort wide of the right-hand post. Five minutes before the interval Ahmed Fathy was adjudged to have deliberately handled Yasser Al-Shahrani's cross inside the area. Essam El Hadary produced a save to deny Fahad Al-Muwallad, but his celebrations were cut short when a second penalty was awarded for Ali Gabr's tug on Al-Muwallad's shirt. Salman Al-Faraj stepped up this time to fire past the goalkeeper and draw his side level. Egypt substitute Kahraba fired straight at Al-Mosailem late on. Salem Al-Dawsari finished a right-footed volley past El Hadary in the closing stages. [35] [36]

This match was the first time Egypt have ever led in a World Cup match, in what was their seventh match in the competition. Al-Faraj's penalty goal for Saudi Arabia, scored after 50 minutes and 36 seconds, was the latest goal scored in the first half of a World Cup game since 1966. [37] El Hadary, at the age of 45 years and 161 days, is the oldest player in the history of the World Cup, breaking the record set by Colombia's Faryd Mondragón in 2014 (43y 3d). Salah became the first African player to score in his first two appearances at the World Cup. Abdullah Otayf completed 110 passes in this match, the most by an Asian player in a World Cup match since 1966. [36] Saudi Arabia remains undefeated when it comes against their Arab rivals in the World Cup, having beaten Morocco 2–1 in 1994 and drew 2–2 to Tunisia in 2006. It was Saudi Arabia's first World Cup win since 1994.

Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg2–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
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Volgograd Arena, Volgograd
Attendance: 36,823 [38]
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
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Saudi Arabia [39]
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Egypt [39]
GK21 Yasser Al-Mosailem
RB6 Mohammed Al-Breik
CB3 Osama Hawsawi (c)
CB23 Motaz Hawsawi
LB13 Yasser Al-Shahrani
DM14 Abdullah Otayf
CM7 Salman Al-Faraj
CM16 Housain Al-Mogahwi
RW9 Hattan Bahebri Sub off.svg 65'
LW18 Salem Al-Dawsari
CF19 Fahad Al-Muwallad Sub off.svg 79'
Substitutions:
FW20 Muhannad Assiri Sub on.svg 65'
MF8 Yahya Al-Shehri Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Antonio Pizzi
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GK1 Essam El Hadary (c)
RB7 Ahmed Fathy Yellow card.svg 86'
CB2 Ali Gabr Yellow card.svg 45+5'
CB6 Ahmed Hegazi
LB13 Mohamed Abdel Shafy
CM17 Mohamed Elneny
CM8 Tarek Hamed
RW10 Mohamed Salah
AM19 Abdallah Said Sub off.svg 45+7'
LW21 Trézéguet Sub off.svg 81'
CF9 Marwan Mohsen Sub off.svg 64'
Substitutions:
FW22 Amr Warda Sub on.svg 45+7'
FW14 Ramadan Sobhi Sub on.svg 64'
FW11 Kahraba Sub on.svg 81'
Manager:
Flag of Argentina.svg Héctor Cúper

Man of the Match:
Mohamed Salah (Egypt) [38]

Assistant referees: [39]
Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)
Cristian de la Cruz (Colombia)
Fourth official:
Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
Reserve assistant referee:
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Tiago Martins (Portugal)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [2]

Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.

TeamMatch 1Match 2Match 3Points
Yellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svg Red card.svgYellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svg Red card.svgYellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svg Red card.svg
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1−1
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1−1
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 212−5
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1111−6

See also

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