Soccer Football - World Cup - Group A - Saudi Arabia vs Egypt - Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia - June 25, 2018 Egypt's Trezeguet shakes hands with coach Hector Cuper after he was substituted REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - Coach Hector Cuper defended team tactics and said Egypt were unlucky to end their World Cup expedition with a third successive defeat after going down to a last-gasp goal against Saudi Arabia on Monday.
“Our strategy has not been a failure. We created at least five good chances on the counter attack and we had a very good first half in which we took the lead," he said after Monday's 2-1 loss followed the defeats against Uruguay and hosts Russia in Group A.
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