Salah denied as resilient Iran hold Egypt in World Cup Group Stage stalemate

Mohamed Salah’s Egypt were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw against a dogged Iran in Match Round 3 of the World Cup group stage, despite dominating possession and territory in a tense, tactical contest.

• Egypt will play with Australia. July 03 at 18:00 (GMT), on None.
• Iran will play with . , on .

Egypt

• Mostafa Ahmed Abdelaziz Mohamed Shobeir (7.2)
• Mohamed Hany Gamal Eldemerdash (7.6)
• Rami Hisham Abdel Aziz Rabia (6.7)
• Mohamed Abdelmonem El Sayed Mohamed Ahmed (5.9)
• Ahmed Mohamed Abou El Fotouh Mohamed (6.7)
• Mohanad Mostafa Ahmed Abdelmonem (7)
• Mahmoud Saber Abdelmohsen Hassan (7.3)
• Emam Ashour Metwally Abdelghany (6.2)
• Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (6.7)
• Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan (6.5)
• Mostafa Mohamed Zaki Abdelraouf (6.3)

Iran

Substitutions:

Egypt

• Mohamed Abdelmonem El Sayed Mohamed Ahmed (Yasser Ahmed Ibrahim El Hanafi, 14)
• Emam Ashour Metwally Abdelghany (Omar Khaled Mohamed Abd Elsala Marmoush, 46)
• Mahmoud Saber Abdelmohsen Hassan (Marwan Attia Fahim Ghallab, 46)
• Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Sayed, 57)
• Mostafa Mohamed Zaki Abdelraouf (Hamza Abdelkarim, 76)

Iran

• A. Nemati (Saleh Hardani, 46)
• Sayed Saman Ghoddos (Shahriyar Moghanlou, 67)
• Mohammad Mohebi (Alireza Jahanbakhsh Jirandeh, 90)

Ball possession:

Egypt, who saw far more of the ball with 62% possession compared with Iran’s 38%, carried the greater attacking threat for long spells but could not turn their control into a decisive victory. Iran, compact and disciplined, struck back and leaned on a stubborn defensive display to claim a valuable point.

Passes:

Both sides finished the group campaign ruing missed chances – Egypt for not making their superiority count, Iran for not finding a way to turn their resilience into a famous win.

Defense:

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Face-to-face:

### Egypt on top but wasteful in front of goal

Fouls:

Yellow cards:

• Mahmoud Saber Abdelmohsen Hassan (Egypt) at 20 minute
• Yasser Ahmed Ibrahim El Hanafi (Egypt) at 42 minute
• Mohanad Mostafa Ahmed Abdelmonem (Egypt) at 90 minute
• Mohammad Hossein Kanani Zadegan (Iran) at 19 minute
• A. Nemati (Iran) at 43 minute
• Saeed Ezatolahi Afagh (Iran) at 79 minute
• Shoja Khalilzadeh (Iran) at 90 minute

The last five games (including this match):

• Egypt –
• Iran –

Top 5 World Cup scorers:

1. Masour Ousmane Dembélé (3, )
2. Pape Alassane Gueye (2, )
3. Leandro Trossard (2, )
4. Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior (2, )
5. Nicolas Pépé (2, )

Line-ups:

Next games:

• Egypt will play with Australia. July 03 at 18:00 (GMT), on None.
• Iran will play with . , on .