The Russian national football team snatched another home win at the 2018 FIFA World Cup defeating the Egyptian national squad 3-1 on Tuesday night at the St. Petersburg Stadium.
The score was opened two minutes into the second half, when a ball cannoned by Russia’s Roman Zobnin ricocheted off Egypt’s Ahmed Fathi into the right corner of the Egyptian net. Egypt’s own goal put Russia in a 1-0 lead.
Russia's next goal was scored by Denis Cheryshev from the cross-the-box assist delivered by Mario Fernandes.
The score of 2-0 remained flashing on the scoreboard for about 2 minutes as Russia’s Artyom Dzyuba cannoned another ball past Elshenawy upping the score to 3-0.
Going on the offense against the Russian goal, Egypt’s Mohamed Salah was hauled down inside the box on the 71st minute of the match and the referee ordered a penalty shot, which the Egyptian striker executed putting the score at 3-1, TASS reported.
