Head coach of the national team of Egypt Hector Cooper shared his opinion after the defeat of the national team of Uruguay.
In the final match of the first round of Group A Uruguay won a minimum victory with a score of 1: 0 over the national team of Egypt.
"Egypt could achieve much more in this match. But I'm happy that my players did on the field. We did our best to stop Uruguay. But missed this goal.
We lost to a stronger team, "Cooper said at a press conference.
"Ramadan? This is a difficult topic. We had an excellent preparation and the players were ready for this and adapted. Ramadan can not be an excuse for our defeat ".
The next match at the 2018 World Cup, the Uruguayan national team will play against Saudi Arabia on June 20th. Recall that the Pizzi team lost in the first round of the Russian team 5: 0.
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