Belgium and Egypt played out an entertaining 1-1 draw to get Group G underway at the World Cup. It was an end-to-end affair for much of the evening in Seattle, with Egypt’s stubborn back line and composed midfield giving them a firm platform from which to build. No surprise, then, that the box-to-box Al Ahly midfielder Emam Ashour would open the scoring, firing beyond Thibaut Courtois from the edge of the area to put the Pharaohs in front. It might have been the winner, had Mohamed Hany not put the ball in his own net 24 minutes from time.
