Soccer Football - World Cup - Group A - Russia vs Egypt - Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia - June 19, 2018 Russia's Artem Dzyuba celebrates scoring their third goal with Aleksandr Samedov REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - The physical threat of a target-man striker has become something of an endangered species in modern football but Russia's Artem Dzyuba offered a reminder, in Tuesday's 3-1 World Cup win over Egypt, that there is still value in the big man up-front.
Egypt's defence struggled to handle the power and aggression of the 29-year-old Dzyuba throughout the win which took the hosts to near certain qualification for the knockout stage from Group A.
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