This means after their second group-stage match, Russia have six points and have an excellent chance of reaching the knockout stage, where they could face Portugal, Spain, Iran or Morocco.

"We have fulfilled our first goal, I'm proud and happy," Samedov said.

"We have fulfilled our game plan. We understood that Egypt would attack as they needed to win, but we counterattacked, we were sharper. I think we performed better [than Egypt] in the first half, too. I think we controlled everything. We are happy!" 

He added that he believed Russia put in a better performance than in their first match when they thrashed Saudi Arabia 5-0.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off on June 14 and will continue until July 15, with the matches set to be played in 11 cities across Russia.