Day 12 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup – Spain and Portugal survive Group B

Day 12

Uruguay is perfect

Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani were on the scoresheet for Uruguay to top Group A and complete a perfect run – winning every match and not conceding a goal.

Mohamed Salah scored his second goal of the tournament, but it wasn’t enough to save Egypt from going pointless in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Saudi Arabia wins their first World Cup match since 1994 while Egypt remains winless at the World Cup.

Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El Hadary became the oldest player (45 years and 161 days) to take part in the World Cup. El Hadary’s first-half penalty save was what kept Egypt from losing by more than a goal against Saudi Arabia.

Group A – Saudi Arabia vs Egypt

Date – June 25, 2018

Venue – Volgograd Arena

Goal scorers – (Saudi Arabia) Salman Al-Faraj 45+6’(pen) Salem Al-Dawsari 90+5

Goal scorers – (Egypt) -Mohamed Salah 22’

Group A – Uruguay vs Russia

Date – June 25, 2018

Venue – Cosmos Arena

Goal Scorers – (Uruguay) – Luis Suarez 10’ Edinson Cavani 90’

Goal scorers – (Russia) – Denis Cheryshev 23’(o.g)

Spain win Group B in injury time.

Both matches in Group B had goals scored in the injury time to affect the final standings. The pre-tournament favorites ended up advancing from the group.

Group B – Iran vs Portugal

Date – June 25, 2018

Venue – Saransk Stadium

Goal scorers – (Iran) Karim Ansarifard 90+3’(pen)

Goal scorers – (Portugal) Ricardo Quaresma 45’

Group B- Spain vs Morocco

Date – June 25, 2018

Venue – Kaliningrad Stadium

Goal scorers – (Spain) Isco 19’ Iagos Aspas 90+1’

Goal scorers – (Morocco) – Khalid Boutaib 14’, Youssef En-Nesyri 81’

Advancing to the ‘Round-of-16’

Group A – Uruguay and Russia

Group B – Spain and Mexico