SHOWS: YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA (JUNE 15, 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1.

VARIOUS TRAIN CARRYING FOOTBALL FANS ARRIVING FROM MOSCOW 2.

FANS GETTING OFF TRAIN 3.

VARIOUS EGYPTIAN FANS DANCING AND SINGING ON PLATFORM 4.

EGYPT FORWARD MO SALAH POSTER 5. (SOUNDBITE)(English) VARIOUS UNNAMED EGYPTIAN FANS, SAYING: "3-0 to Egypt.

No, no 1-0, no 3-0.

We just need the three points. (Reporter asking: What makes you so optimistic?) "We have the best player, Mo Salah.

The top scorer of the Premier League, Mo Salah.

The Egyptian king.

Mo Salah.

And after this World Cup he will be the world king." 6. (SOUNDBITE)(English) URUGUAY FAN, BRUNO GONZALO RIVAS, SAYING: "Well, we are confident that we will do a good game.

Not we, but the Uruguayans, and I think that it is the best team in the last 35 years." 7.

EGYPTIAN FANS DANCING / SINGING 8. (SOUNDBITE)(English) EGYPT FAN, AHMED, FROM CAIRO SAYING: "I expect it to be 2-1 to Egypt, Inshallah." 9.

RAILWAY STATION 10.

MAN IN CAP TAKING PHOTO 11. (SOUNDBITE (English) EGYPT FAN, AHMED KAMAL, FROM CAIRO SAYING: "We have just slept for a couple of hours but we are celebrating before, last night… URUGUAY FAN INTERRUPTS, THEY HUG AND EXCHANGE JOKES ABOUT THE MATCH "We were fasting last night, we were in Ramadan it is a Muslim month and in the morning we were celebrating our Eid, Eid al-Fitr, and prayed together in the one car, we enjoyed our time very much." 12.

VARIOUS URUGUAY AND EGYPT FANS TOGETHER 13.

EGYPT FANS 14.

URUGUAY FANS 15.

CENTRAL SQUARE IN YEKATERINBURG 16.

VARIOUS FANS QUEUING FOR TICKETS 17.

EGYPTIAN FLAGS 18.

VARIOUS OF FANS COLLECTING TICKETS 19.

TWO FANS WALK OUT OF TICKET OFFICE HOLDING UP THEIR TICKETS 20.

URUGUAY FANS WALKING IN STREET 21.

URUGUAY FAN POSING FOR PHOTO 22.

URUGUAY FAN TAKING PHOTO 23.

SOUNDBITE (English) URUGUAY FAN, JOSE FUENTES, FROM MONTEVIDEO SAYING (ON WHO WILL WIN THE MATCH): "Uruguay of course.

Now we have a very good team.

We have two excellent forwards, that is (Luis) Suarez and (Edinson) Cavani.

We have a good anticipation about the match.

We know that Russia was a magnificent match but we hope that Uruguay qualify." 24.

TRAMS 25.

POLICE 26.

FANS WALKING IN STREET STORY: Fans arrived in Yekaterinburg on Friday ahead of Egypt's clash with Uruguay, many of them taking advantage of a specially scheduled train from Moscow which takes 24 hours.

In the middle of Russia, where Europe meets Asia, Yekaterinburg is the eastern most venue in the 2018 World Cup.

All the talk before the game has been whether Egypt's star man Mo Salah will have recovered in time from an injury he picked up in the Champions League final last month.

But with The Pharaoh's manager, Hector Cuper, confirming on Thursday Salah is likely to start, Egyptian fans were in good voice as they also celebrated the end of Ramadan.

Uruguayan fans were less easy to spot, but were just as confident of victory - their front-line of Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani is the envy of many teams in the tournament and they are expected to go far.

Both teams will be looking to make a statement at the Yekaterinburg Arena after Russia thrashed Saudi Arabia in the other Group A opener on Thursday.