Mo’ Salah misses in the Belgium, Egypt pre-World Cup friendly

Belgium beat Egypt 3-0 in an international friendly on Wednesday night at the King Baudouin Stadium.

The visitors were missing  their key player Mohamed Salah who is currently nursing injury from the Champions League.

Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne  combined to carve out the first opening, the latter narrowly failing to find Romelu Lukakuand Yannick Carrasco on seven minutes.

The ninth minute saw another yellow card for Egypt, Ahmed Fathi taking out Carrasco, while four minutes later, Mohamed Elneny’s half-volley struck Laurent Ciman, leading to half-hearted penalty calls.

Belgium were soon able to find their stride and took the lead on 26 minutes, Lukaku making the most of Essam Elhadary’s weak palm into the six-yard box to finish off on the rebound.

The Red Devils added a second nine minutes before the break, Carrasco hustling possession back from Fathi before a cutback from the byline was rifled home by Hazard.

Roberto Martinez’s charges continued to impress after the restart, with Michy Batshuayi firing inches over after Adnan Januzaj’s initial snapshot bobbling into the Chelsea man’s path.

BELGIUM (3-4-2-1): Courtois (Casteels 45′); Alderweireld, Ciman, Vertonghen (Boyata 81′); Meunier (T. Hazard 70′), De Bruyne, Witsel (Fellaini 45′), Carrasco; Mertens (Januzaj 45′), E. Hazard (Batshuayi 45′); Lukaku (Chadli 45′)

  • EGYPT (4-2-3-1): El Hadary (El Shenawy 45′); Fathy (Elmohamady 71′), Gabr, Hegazy, Abdel-Shafi; Elneny, El Said Hamed (Morsy 62′); Warda (Gaber 79′), El Said, Sobhi (Kahraba 67′); Mohsen (Hassan 56′)

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