From now till the mundial begins, we will be doing a brief team-by-team analysis of every country in this year's world cup.
We begin with Group A where the host nation trades tackles with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay.
Teams
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Egypt
- Uruguay
Egypt
- Egypt will be at the world cup for the first time since Italy 1990. Star man, Mohammed Salah bagged a dramatic winner to seal the ticket for the Pharaohs against the Diables Rouges (red devils) of Congo in Alexandria.
- Egypt goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary will be 45 years when the Pharaohs trade tackles at Russia 2018. Should he feature, he would surpass Faryd Mondragon’s record as the oldest player to have played in the world cup. The Colombian goalkeeper set the current record at Brazil 2014, being 43 years and three days.
Squad
nickname: The Pharaohs
players:
- Essam El-Hadary (1) - GK
- Sherif Ekramy Ahmed (16) - GK
- Mohamed El-Shenawy (23) - GK
- Ali Gabr (2) - DF
- Ahmed Elmohamady (3) - DF
- Ahmed Hegazi (6) - DF
- Ahmed Fathy (7) - DF
- Ayman Ashraf (12) - DF
- Mohamed Abdel-Shafy (13) - DF
- Mahmoud Hamdy (15) - DF
- Saad Samir (20) - DF
- Omar Gaber (4) - MF
- Sam Morsy (5) - MF
- Tarek Hamed (8) - MF
- Mohamed Elneny (17) - MF
- Abdalla El Said (19) - MF
- Trezeguet (21) - MF
- Marwan Mohsen (9) - FW
- Mohamed Salah (10) - FW
- Mahmoud Kahraba (11) - FW
- Ramadan Sobhi (14) - FW
- Shikabala (18) - FW
- Amr Warda (22) - FW
coach: Hector Cuper
International Friendlies 2018:
- Portugal 2 - Egypt 1 > 23/03/18
- Egypt 0 - Greece 1 > 27/03/18
- Kuwait 1 - Egypt 1 > 26/05/18
- Egypt 0 - Colombia 0 > 01/06/18
- Belgium 3 - Egypt 0 > 06/06/18
win: 0 (0%); draw: 2 (40%); loss: 3 (60%)
Uruguay
- La Celeste (the sky blue) of Uruguay are two-time champions of the World Cup. They hosted and won the tournament in 1930. The South American side won it again at Brazil 1950.
Squad
nickname: La Celeste (the sky blue)
players:
- Fernando Muslera (1) - GK
- Martín Campaña (12) - GK
- Martín Silva (23) - GK
- Jose Gimenez (2) - DF
- Diego Godin (3) - DF
- Guillermo Varela (4) - DF
- Gastón Silva (13) - DF
- Maximiliano Pereira (16) - DF
- Sebastian Coates (19) - DF
- Martín Cáceres (22) - DF
- Carlos Sanchez (5) - MF
- Rodrigo Bentacur (6) - MF
- Christian Rodriguez (7) - MF
- Nahitan Nández (8) - MF
- Lucas Torreira (14) - MF
- Matías Vecino (15) - MF
- Diego Laxalt (17) - MF
- Luis Suarez (9) - FW
- Giorgian De Arrascaeta (10) - FW
- Cristhian Stuani (11) - FW
- Maxi Gómez (18) - FW
- Jonathan Urretaviscaya (20) - FW
- Edinson Cavani (21) - FW
coach: Óscar Tabárez
International Friendlies 2018:
- Uruguay 2 - Czech Republic 0 > 23/03/18
- Wales 0 - Uruguay 1 > 26/03/18
win: 2 (100%); draw: 0 (0%); loss: 0 (0%)
Sources and References
World Soccer
Fifa official website
Wikipedia
Goal
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