After June 19, Russia beat Egypt 3: 1 in its second match at the World Cup, the German edition of Spiegel published an article titled "Sorry, Russia, we were wrong". So the publication commented on its previous negative forecast regarding the game of Russians in the tournament.
Previously, German journalists said that at the home championship the Russian team will not go to the 1/8 finals. After yesterday's victory of the Russians, Spiegel admitted that he underestimated the Russian players. According to the publication, in terms of gameplay, the Russian team is now stronger than many other teams. Yesterday Denis Cheryshev and Artem Dzyuba scored goals in the St. Petersburg stadium "Zenit-Arena", and Egyptian Ahmed Fathi scored a goal. In the Egyptian team, an effective penalty was scored by forward Mohammed Salah.