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Egypt depart World Cup with bitter taste despite breaking new ground
ATLANTA, July 8 : Egypt departed the World Cup feeling hard done by but also paid the price for inviting Lionel Messi to lead an irresistible late charge against them as Argentina fought back to win a thrilling last-16 clash on Tuesday.Egypt complained bitterly, with coach Hossam Hassan floating conspiracy theories, after their 3-2 defeat, and they did have grounds to feel aggrieved after Mostafa Zico’s 62nd-minute strike was called back for a foul in the build-up, and a claim for a foul on Mohamed Salah in the dying minutes was waved away.Zico’s effort - he did score a legitimate goal five minutes later in almost the same way - was ruled out after a VAR review on a tug by Marwan Attia on Lisandro Martinez.There was certainly a push on Martinez, who also had his foot stood on and his jerse
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