Day 12
Uruguay is perfect
Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani were on the scoresheet for Uruguay to top Group A and complete a perfect run – winning every match and not conceding a goal.
Mohamed Salah scored his second goal of the tournament, but it wasn’t enough to save Egypt from going pointless in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Saudi Arabia wins their first World Cup match since 1994 while Egypt remains winless at the World Cup.
Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El Hadary became the oldest player (45 years and 161 days) to take part in the World Cup. El Hadary’s first-half penalty save was what kept Egypt from losing by more than a goal against Saudi Arabia.
Group A – Saudi Arabia vs Egypt
Date – June 25, 2018
Venue – Volgograd Arena
Goal scorers – (Saudi Arabia) Salman Al-Faraj 45+6’(pen) Salem Al-Dawsari 90+5
Goal scorers – (Egypt) -Mohamed Salah 22’
Group A – Uruguay vs Russia
Date – June 25, 2018
Venue – Cosmos Arena
Goal Scorers – (Uruguay) – Luis Suarez 10’ Edinson Cavani 90’
Goal scorers – (Russia) – Denis Cheryshev 23’(o.g)
Spain win Group B in injury time.
Both matches in Group B had goals scored in the injury time to affect the final standings. The pre-tournament favorites ended up advancing from the group.
Group B – Iran vs Portugal
Date – June 25, 2018
Venue – Saransk Stadium
Goal scorers – (Iran) Karim Ansarifard 90+3’(pen)
Goal scorers – (Portugal) Ricardo Quaresma 45’
Group B- Spain vs Morocco
Date – June 25, 2018
Venue – Kaliningrad Stadium
Goal scorers – (Spain) Isco 19’ Iagos Aspas 90+1’
Goal scorers – (Morocco) – Khalid Boutaib 14’, Youssef En-Nesyri 81’
Advancing to the ‘Round-of-16’
Group A – Uruguay and Russia
Group B – Spain and Mexico
