Russia have all but booked their place in the Last 16 of their own World Cup after cruising to a 3-1 win over Egypt. Only miraculous results in the remaining Group A games will now keep them from getting to the knockout stages or prevent Egypt from going home early.
An own goal from Egypt captain Ahmed Fathy started the rout, before Denis Cheryshev's third goal of the tournament and one from Artem Dzyuba made it 3-0. Mohamed Salah scored for Egypt - their first of the competition - from the penalty spot .
With Egypt ideally needing a win just to keep their World Cup dreams alive, all eyes before the game were on national hero Salah following his return to the starting XI after being forced to sit out the opening defeat at the hands of Uruguay last Friday.