At St. Petersburg's St. Petersburg stadium tonight, the Russian national team can realize the dream of millions of compatriots - for the first time in the history of Russian football (after the collapse of the USSR) go to the playoffs of the World Cup. However, we are waiting for a very difficult and important match with the Egyptian team, for whom the game with the Russians is a key. Since in the first round the Egyptians lost to Uruguayans with a minimum score (1: 0), they need now only a victory. Most experts associate it with the inclusion of the star of the Egyptian national team forward Muhammad Salah in the mast with the Russians, who, due to injury, was forced to miss the starting game of the 2018 World Cup. And after a couple of hours in the North Capital 26-year-old striker of English "Liverpool" will try to give the whole team. "Salah is a very strong player, in today's match he will prove himself maximally. It will be very difficult for us, especially after such a major victory over Saudi Arabia, "the head coach of the Russian women's national football team, Elena Fomina, commented on the" Zvezda "TV channel.. In her opinion, this game for Russians from the emotional point of view will be harder than the first, with the Saudis, whom they beat with a crushing 5: 0 score. "I say, based on my own experience. The reserve has already been made, yes, but there is no way to stumble. How well have Russian players recovered? Spent all the emotions, scoring five goals, or left to play with Egypt and Uruguay? The hardest game is yet to come, "Fomina summarized..

Meanwhile, football expert Eugene Lovchev believes that fans and experts overestimate the game of Salah. It should be borne in mind that the national team's riders do not always manage to redirect football players collected from different clubs to key players. At the same time, he pays tribute to such qualities of the Egyptian star as the presence of his speed, a good left foot and a bright football head. "To this under all the coach adjusts ten other players. When he comes to the team, the coach of the team only seven days to make things work. For this time there is no game for a particular person. Do not think that Salah, who scores in Liverpool, will be the same at the World Cup, "- explained Lovchev in an interview with the news agency Nation New. As an example, he led Argentinean Lionel Messi, "who leads the list in all bombardier lists at the club level, and as a player of the team until the world champion has not become". Recall, in the opening match, Argentina played a draw (1: 1) with Iceland. Argentines scored Sergio Aguero. Also Lovchev noted that the players of the Russian national team, of course, realize the importance of today's game. "They live in our country and perfectly understand that they spent a lot of money and everyone was waiting for this championship. They understand in what political situation we are now. You can and should be happy with a big victory. But. the most important is not a victory in one match, though a big one, but to leave the group. Everyone understands that there is a great chance for this in a match with Egypt. There is no dizziness, "he stressed..

On the eve of the head coach of the Russian team said that the team had already forgotten about a major victory over the Saudis, the main matches ahead. "Nothing flattered us. We started with a victory, three points are three points.

This sets Russians initially in a positive way. This is a pleasant, but already history.

We have already forgotten this victory. We need to write a new story, and I hope that in St. Petersburg we will succeed, "- quotes Stanislav Cherchesov's" Sport-Express ". We will not make predictions, like cat-otter snails, but simply enjoy good football, we will believe in our team and a little bit in the miracle in northern Palmyra. By the way, for this hour it became known that Salah is declared in the starting lineup of the Egyptians. Matches start at 21:00 on Moscow time.