90 The referee blows the final whistle after three-minute injury time as Egypt virtually qualify for the quarter-finals.
89 Egypt’s Mohamed Salah is back in action after receiving treatment on the sidelines. He earlier seemed to have suffered a calf problem.
88 Substitute Andrei Voronkov diverts a corner kick to see his unstoppable header hit the net.
87 GOAAAAAAL FOR Belarus!
85 Egypt’s Mohamed Salah seems to be suffering a calf injury. The Pharaohs have no substitutions left.
82 Egypt are taking a stranglehold on the game and are poised to put the icing on the cake with a fourth goal.
80 Substitute Omar Gaber outruns his opponents to send the ball from inside the area past the keeper to the unmarked Abou-Treika, who makes no mistake from point-blank range to slot into an empty net. Belarus seem to have completely collapsed!
79 GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL FOR EGYPT!!!!
77 Saleh Goma replaces over-age striker Emad Meteb as Egypt remain in control.
74 Substitute Marwan Mohsen slots home from close range, connecting unmarked with a low cross whipped in by Eslam Ramadan following an Egyptian display of silky passes.
73 GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL FOR EGYPT!!
70 Omar Gaber replaces over-age midfielder Ahmed Fathi in a substitution that aims at bolstering Egypt’s frontline.
65 Egypt goalie Ahmed El-Shennawy keeps intact his side’s one-goal lead as he produces a great save to block a powerful low effort.
60 Abou-Treika unexpectedly aims at the goal when he took a free kick from a narrow angle. His effort was hardly palmed by the Belarus keeper.
57 Mohamed Salah latches onto a long pass to make his way into the area despite his markers, to hit home with an accurate low effort.
56 GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL FOR EGYPT!!!!!!
51 Egypt’s Marawan Mohsen, who was sent in during the interval, squanders a golden chance to put his team ahead when he receives unmarked a long pass in the area. Instead of slotting home, he cuts back only for the Belarus defence to steal the ball.
48 The game’s tempo steps up a bit as both teams seem willing to break the deadlock.
The second half gets underway
It is teeming with rain now at the stadium as the interval will end soon.
The referee blows his whistle as the first half ends goalless
45+1 Belarus come close to opening the scoring as Kuzmenok sees his glimpsing header go high, after he connected with a corner-kick from point-blank range in the dying minutes of the first half.
45 Salah finds himself one-on-one with the keeper, thanks to a blunder from this marker, only for the Egyptian to sky the ball.
43 A one-two exchange of passes between Meteb and Mohamed Salah releases the latter down the right flank, but the forward’s cross poses no threat in Belarus’ goal.
40 Nearly five minutes left in the eventless first half.
33 Meteb releases another shot only to miss the target by quite some distance.
30 Abou-Treika tries his luck from outside the area only to see his effort hits an opponent on the half-hour mark. Belarus still adopt a defensive strategy as Egypt keep the upper hand.
27 The first scoring opportunity for Egypt falls to Meteb, whose looping diving header was blocked by Belarus’ goalie.
24 A tame low shot from Fathi is easily handled by the Belarus shot-stopper.
23 An exchange of passes between Egypt’s over-age players Meteb and Abou-Treika but the latter is eventually nutmegged near the edge of the area. Egypt is still unable to carve out scoring chances.
20 Egypt seem to be superior in terms of ball procession but still lack cutting-edge after the first 20 minutes of the game.
16 Eslam Ramadan feints an opponent on the left wing near the center but loses control of the ball, failing to dart towards the Belarus’s goal.
12 The match’s tempo remains slow as both sides are cautious near the quarter-hour mark.
8 Ahmed Fathi from the right flank sends a cross that goes wide.
6 Emad Meteb runs onto a through pass from Mohamed Salah but the referee raises his flag for offside.
4 Egypt's right-back Ahmed Fathi sends two crosses in quick succession but Belarus defence clears them.
3 Both sides make a cautious start.
The match is underway
15:25 Both sides are lining up for the national anthem.
15:20 Egypt coach Hany Ramzy made two changes in his starting XI, introducing central defender Saad Samir instead of Mahmoud Alaa and midfielder Shehab Ahmed instead of Saleh Gomaa.
15:00 Belarus starting line-up: Alyaksandr Hutar, Stanislaw Dragun, Ihar Kuzmyanok, Sergei Politevic, Dzmitry Baha, Sergei Kornilenko, Renan Bressan, Alyaksey Kazlow, Illya Aleksiyevich, Mikhail Gordeichuk, Dzyanis Palyakow
14:50 Egypt's starting line-up: Ahmed El-Shennawy, Ahmed Fathi, Ahmed Hegazy, Saad Samir, Eslam Ramadan, Hossam Hassan, Mohamed El-Nenny, Shehab Ahmed, Mohamed Abou-Treika, Mohamed Salah, Emad Meteb.
14:40 The Pharaohs also hope New Zealand, who have one point, do not beat the already-qualified Brazil in the other group game.
14:40 Egypt, who could only garner one point following a defeat by Brazil and draw with New Zealand, will have to beat Belarus (three points) to stand any chance of advancing to the quarter finals.
14:40 Welcome to Ahram Online's live coverage of Egypt's final Group C game against Belarus which will be played in Glasgow.
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