The Arab Derby” Egypt and Saudi Arabia had to be victorious in the City of Fire! Volgograd

Egypt faces Saudi Arabia in the final round of the group stage

In the historical city of Volgograd

Egypt was eliminated from the first round after two defeats by Uruguay and Russia, respectively, with scores of 1-0, 3-1.

But in the Afro-Asian derby, there are goals that had to be achieved before leaving and leaving a mark in the 2018 World Cup.

It was necessary to win against Saudi Arabia in the Arab derby

It was necessary to achieve the first victory in the World Cup

It was necessary to achieve third place and not be at the bottom of the group

It was necessary to leave honorably and save face

Egypt's biggest victory over Saudi Arabia was 13-0 in the Third Arab Games in 1961 in Morocco

Egypt’s goals were scored by: “Badawi Abdel Fattah 4, Taha Ismail 3, Hassan El Shazly 3, Shehta, Karam, Refaat El Fanajili”

By the way, the coach of Egypt at the time was “Abdul Rahman Fawzi.”

The biggest victory for Saudi Arabia over Egypt was 5-1 in the 99 Confederations Championship in Mexico

Saudi Arabia’s goals were scored by “Marzouq Al-Otaibi 4, Ibrahim Suwaid” and Egypt’s goal was scored by “Samir Kammouna”

Let us not forget that the Saudi team was not defeated by any of the Arab teams in the World Cup

After two matches against Morocco in the 1994 World Cup and Tunisia in the 2006 World Cup

It won the former by a score of 2-1 and tied with the latter by a score of 2-2

It is something that we also had to strive to achieve and achieve excellence

The only positive point in the Russia match is Salah’s goal after untying the goal-scoring knot from the time of Magdy Abdel-Ghany’s goal.

Although he is not the only player

There is Abdul Rahman Fawzi, who scored two goals in the first tournament we participated in, the 1934 World Cup

We review our results so far in the World Cup since the first participation

6 matches in 3 appearances with 4 goals so far

- World Cup 34 Egypt vs. Hungary (4-2 defeat, Egypt’s goals were scored by Abdel Rahman Fawzi)

He scored goals for Hungary: “Teleky, Toldi 2, Vince”
- World Cup 90 Egypt vs. Netherlands (1-1 tie, Egypt’s goal was scored by Magdy Abdel-Ghany)

Netherlands' goal was scored by William Kieft.

Egypt vs. Ireland (0-0 draw)

Egypt vs England (1-0 defeat) England’s goal was scored by “Wright”

- World Cup 2018 Egypt vs. Uruguay (1-0 defeat)

Uruguay's goal was scored by Jimenez

Egypt vs. Russia (3-1 defeat, Egypt’s goal was scored by Mohamed Salah)

He scored Russia's goals: Own Fathi, Cheryshev, Dzuba

It is clear that he scored without a victory, and this is what we lack before we repeat our rise to the World Cup!

Because if we return to the global forum again, confidence will be greater after achieving victory

There will be a history to rely on and a past to build on

There will be a victory that we will strive to repeat, and we will know the taste of victory in the World Cup

Let us turn our defeat from Uruguay and Russia into a victory over Saudi Arabia on which we can build hopes and increase ambitions for the future in Volgograd.

Volgograd, which became a sea of ​​fire during World War II

After the Soviet Red Army turned its initial defeat into a crushing victory over the German Wehrmacht.

Joseph Stalin's most famous sayings were: No step back, there is no land beyond the Volga River

A battle that lasted 200 days in which Nazi Germany lost a quarter of its invading forces

The Soviet Union now ruled the world with the United States of America

The end had to be spherically similar and to turn defeats into wins

No step back, no retreat, we attack and there is nothing to lose

We had to derive victory from the history of the ancient city