The final whistle blew on a 1-1 draw between Belgium and Egypt, and few inside the stadium could argue the scoreline didn’t tell the story fairly.
Egypt struck first. Mohamed Ashour lit up the contest with a stunning strike, sending the Pharaohs’ fans into raptures and putting Belgium firmly on the back foot.
But the Red Devils refused to fold. Romelu Lukaku was at the heart of the fightback, his pressure forcing the Egyptian defense into an own goal that leveled the score and changed the momentum of the match entirely.
From there, it was end-to-end stuff. Both sides pushed hard for a winner, carving out chances that threatened to settle the contest, but neither could find that decisive touch. In the end, a point apiece felt like the right outcome for an entertaining, hard-fought encounter.
