NEITHER EGYPT NOR Saudi Arabia could qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup today after losing their first two group matches.
However, the nations produced an eventful 90 minutes at the Volgograd Arena, which ended in a 2-1 win for the Saudis.
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah opened the scoring with a clever lob on 23 minutes.
Goal Egypt #KSA 0-1 #EGY
— RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) June 25, 2018
23mins: Mo Salah gives Egypt the lead.#RTEsoccerhttps://t.co/wJ3pY1F41H pic.twitter.com/L7cRh44Szq
Saudi Arabia had the chance to draw level from the penalty spot on 41 minutes, but 45-year-old Egypt goalkeeper Essam El Hadary — the oldest-ever player at the World Cup finals — saved from Fahad Al-Muwallad.
Missed Penalty
— RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) June 25, 2018
41mins #KSA 0-1 #EGY
Fahad Al-Muwallad's penalty is spectacularly saved by the oldest man ever to play in the World Cup, Essam El Hadary.#RTEsoccer
Watch live: https://t.co/wJ3pY1F41H pic.twitter.com/JdSUb3vdyS
However, a second spot-kick deep in first-half injury-time was awarded and, this time, Ahmed Fathi beat Al-Muwallad to make it 1-1.
GOAL Saudi Arabia #KSA 1-1 #EGY
— RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) June 25, 2018
45+6mins Ahmed Fathi converts the penalty for Saudi Arabia to level matters on the stroke of half-time.#RTEsoccer
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And Saudi Arabia found a decisive goal with the last kick of the game through Salem Al-Dawsari to finish third in Group A.
GOAL Saudi Arabia #KSA 2-1 #EGY
— RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) June 25, 2018
90+4mins Saudi Arabia win it in the fourth minute of injury time. Salem Al-Dawsari volleys the winner from a tight angle. #RTEsoccerhttps://t.co/BDmwG1BYez pic.twitter.com/OzScTkkE0H
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Although there is mention of green 6 dropping a shoulder in to gold 10 after Earls attempts to ground the ball there is no mention of gold 10 firstly grabbing him back by the neck as he attempts to ground it. Should this not have led to a penalty try and also anther yellow card?
More great analysis , exvellent reading
I thought this ref wad really solid in the first half. Our have double the yellows in the context of them giving away double the penalties was ridiculous. And that we got a first infringement yellow to Healy when they were allowed multiple infringements on the line, and us getting a deliberate knock on penalty after they had deliberately knocked on twice was crazy.
I think on a different day POM would have had two pens and a yellow card given against him – it goes to show how much people overreact (either way) to one performance – the devil is in the detail.
Great analysis.
Would be good to get a summary as well at the end.
@Andrew Hurley: summary, there are definitely times where either side could feel slightly hard done by, but overall the match was reffed quite well. And refereeing in general was much better this week and much more consistent than last week across all games.
I like the tone of this article . The assessment given by your Ref was very fair. However the variance between Southern Hemisphere ref on Yellow/Red cards differs significantly from our Northern refs. Especially when leniency is given to the home teams during current tours. The red card given to the French 15 was probably a bit harsh and did seriously effect the result while a similar tackle by an Aussie barely scraped a yellow card. Consistency is all we want please
I was confused by this:
“When the ball leaves the hooker’s hands the lineout is over.”
Law 18, sections 36 and 37 seemed to disagree:
36. The lineout ends when:
The ball or a player in possession of the ball:
leaves the lineout; or
enters the area between the touchline and the five-metre line; or
goes beyond the 15-metre line.
A ruck or maul forms and all of the feet of all of the players in the ruck or maul move beyond the mark of touch.
The ball becomes unplayable.
37. Other than by moving to the receiver position if that position is empty, no lineout player may leave the lineout until it has ended. Sanction: Penalty.
The answer, I think, is in 28.d:
Leave the lineout so as to be in a position to receive the ball, provided they remain within 10 metres of the mark of touch and they keep moving until the lineout is over.
Get a life son , it’s over and done with, move on
@Tom Gorey: jesus, don’t click the bloody article if you don’t find this interesting, thereare billions of things you won’t find interesting. I find this level dissection fascinating, so do many others.
@Conor Paddington: Dont feed the trolls Conor. Plenty of football articles to bait.