Like today.. Egypt loses from Saudi Arabia in the last appearance in the World Cup in Russia

On this day, June 25, 2018, the Egyptian national team lost 1-2 against its Saudi counterpart in the meeting of the two teams at the "Volgograd" stadium in the matches of the third and final round of Group A in the first round of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Mohamed Salah scored the goal of the Egyptian team in the 22nd minute Salman Al-Faraj tied for Saudi Arabia in the sixth minute of stoppage time from a penalty kick, and Salem Al-Dosari scored the second goal for Saudi Arabia in the 95th minute with a shot to the right of Al-Hadary.

The participation of the national team in the World Cup Russia 2018 was very lackluster after an absence of nearly 28 years, as the team played 3 matches in the World Cup without achieving any victory and suffered three defeats from Uruguay, Russia and Saudi Arabia. The loss was from Uruguay 1 - zero, and the second against Russia 3-1, then Saudi Arabia 2-1.

The national team’s performance in the World Cup was poor, and the Pharaohs occupied the penultimate position in the ranking of the 32 teams that participated in the 2018 World Cup.

The star Mohamed Salah scored two goals, the first in Russia and the second in Saudi Arabia, to end the knot of Magdy Abdel Ghani's goal in the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

Egypt participated in the 1934 and 1990 editions of the World Cup, and failed to pass from the group stage on both occasions, scoring 3 goals and receiving 6 in four matches without achieving any victory (two draws and two defeats).

Egypt is the record holder in the number of times to win the African Cup of Nations with 7 titles, followed by Cameroon with 5 titles, Ghana with 4 titles, and Nigeria with 3 titles.

The last culmination of the Egyptian team was the African Cup of Nations title in 2010 in Angola, and for the third time in a row after 2006 in Egypt and 2008 in Ghana.