FIFA World Cup: Russia beat Egypt 3-1

ANI  |  St Petersburg [Russia] 

defeated with a fantastic 3-1, in a Group A fixture of the World Cup in St Petersburg, racking up their second victory in a row.

made a breakthrough through a sheer fluke in the 47th minute through the Egyptian Ahmed Fathy, who under pressure from Artem Dzyuba, took a wild swing at it and swiped it into his own net.

This is the fifth own goal of the tournament so far.

doubled Russia's advantage by scoring a goal in the 59th minute after he finished from Mario Fernandes' pull-back. He cleared himself from the markers and shot it low into the net from close range.

were on easy street and sealed the victory as scored the third goal for them in the 62nd minute.

forward Salah's penalty kick when already trailed 3-0 was a petty reward for his hard work and was not enough to let sail through. His goal came in the 73rd minute after he was pulled down by the arm apparently outside the Russia penalty box.

Russia earlier beat 5-0 in their opening game.

If fail to beat in Rostov-on-Don on Wednesday, the host nation which has six points in the bag will advance to the knock-out rounds for the first since the collapse of the

Russia have scored eight goals in two matches by far in the tournament.

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First Published: Wed, June 20 2018. 04:04 IST