PBP Thread: Match #3, Russia vs. Egypt, 19 June 2018 [R]

Discussion in 'GROUP A: Russia, Uruguay, Egypt, Saudi Arabia' started by Yoshou, Jun 14, 2018.

  1. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  2. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This game should be fun. Anything less than a win from Egypt and they aren't going to make it out of the group. In theory, that should force them to play a more open game than they did today.
     
  3. zahzah

    zahzah Member+

    Jun 27, 2011
    Club:
    FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd
    Honestly can't see them doing it without Salah. So if he's out or even just fit for 20-30 minutes Egypt is out.

    Put Salah into the Abou Treika era team... that would be brilliant.
     
  4. zahzah

    zahzah Member+

    Jun 27, 2011
    Club:
    FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd
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  5. jogger

    jogger Member

    Jun 24, 2010
    Club:
    Olympique de Marseille
    I will quote what I posted in another thread:
     
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  6. bigsoccertst1

    bigsoccertst1 Member+

    United States
    Sep 22, 2017
    That sounds more like Liverpool fanboy logic. Suarez was fit during the whole group stage in 2014, Salah is not.

    I doubt the ref will protect Salah if the Russians use force to keep a draw.

    Hopefully he will have some minutes next Tuesday.
     
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  7. Philip J. Fry

    Philip J. Fry Member+

    Mexico
    Jun 12, 2013
    Club:
    Borussia Dortmund
    In. Let's hope Salah plays.
     
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  8. zahzah

    zahzah Member+

    Jun 27, 2011
    Club:
    FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd
    Yeah. Hopefully it's not a game too late.

    Hard to even feel mad at their performance vs Uruguay. They were given the short end of the stick once the main and only reason they qualified was injured.
     
  9. Philip J. Fry

    Philip J. Fry Member+

    Mexico
    Jun 12, 2013
    Club:
    Borussia Dortmund
    I still find Russia very beatable. They scored five but againstnthe worst team in this WC while Egypt nearly ties a very good Uruguay team without Salah.
     
  10. Red Dead

    Red Dead New Member

    Manchester United
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Jun 12, 2018
    not sure if Salah will be 100% ready but Egypt have nothing to lose by risking him starting

    The Russians do not look convincing and were lucky that their first game was against Saudi Arabia of all teams.

    Salah even just 80% match ready will cause them problems
     
  11. timmy2toes

    timmy2toes Member

    millwall
    Australia
    Jun 14, 2018
    From a complete soccer novice so please be kind if I'm incorrect, but Russia is the worse ranked team @ the WC (70th) and easily beat the second worse ranked team in Saudi (67th). Egypt look like a much tougher opponent. Although home crowd will help, I'll be backing Egypt to get the points. Thoughts?
     
  12. monere

    monere Guest

    me, too. Heck, even their fans are skeptical about Russia advancing :)
     
  13. monere

    monere Guest

    Egypt wins 2-1
     
  14. kennytt

    kennytt Member+

    LA teams
    United States
    May 26, 2001
    Westminster, OC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What happened to Salah in the first game? He went MIA and now he shows up...
     
  15. Christina99

    Christina99 Member+

    Argentina
    Sep 22, 2013
    Buenos Aires
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    I have no idea what will happen in this game and trying to predict this WC has proven to be futile, so I just hope it is a good game.
     
  16. kennytt

    kennytt Member+

    LA teams
    United States
    May 26, 2001
    Westminster, OC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's not good if one team depends on one player to survive...
     
  17. monere

    monere Guest

    indeed, but what can you do? Some nations' quality is limited, so you have to go along with what you have
     
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  18. cleansheetbsc

    cleansheetbsc Member+

    Mar 17, 2004
    Club:
    --other--
    Friggin Russian National Anthem. Makes me want to:
     
  19. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Salah dislocated his shoulder in the Champions League final and was held out of the first game to give him extra time to heal. Since they lost the first game, Egypt needs to win the next to games to guarantee advancement.
     
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  20. Jamooky

    Jamooky Member+

    Mar 24, 2006
    Cleveland, OH USA
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Should be a fun one.
     
  21. kennytt

    kennytt Member+

    LA teams
    United States
    May 26, 2001
    Westminster, OC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Now we come back to group A's 2nd game...Time goes fast...Egypt has no chance against Russia...
     
  22. monere

    monere Guest

    yeah...
     
  23. monere

    monere Guest

    it's the other way around
     
  24. kennytt

    kennytt Member+

    LA teams
    United States
    May 26, 2001
    Westminster, OC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Looks like Egypt rushes him to come back, and it's a dangerous move and he might not recover yet...
     
  25. Boloni86

    Boloni86 Member+

    Jun 7, 2000
    Baltimore
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Gibraltar

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