Game 2: Arab Republic of Egypt v Oriental Republic of Uruguay

What exactly is an Oriental Republic? Regardless, this game is made all more the more interesting because of 1 person; Mohamed Salah.

Egypt (the Pharaohs) are far from a 1-man team. Mo Salah, by far the most famous Egyptian right now but Egyptians have managed to work their way in to many clubs worldwide including Elneny at Arsenal and a handful of other Egyptians in the English Premier League. With many players moving away from the Egyptian League and into Europe, you can see clearly that the country has developed a good generation of footballers. However with the injury cloud hanging over Mo Salah, it is hard to see the Pharaohs doing much more than "putting up a fight" without him.
Think of Egypt as the "Portugal" of Africa; they have a good team, but if their talisman player isn't putting in the hard yards, they will struggle to win games.

Irregardless the Egyptians also have a history of success recently, being crowned the Kings of Africa 3 times in a row (2006, 2008 & 2010). However amazingly, they failed to qualify for the next African Cup of Nations in 2012 as well as the 2 following, only returning to the tournament in 2017 where they were runners-up to Cameroon.
This is only their 3rd World Cup as a country and their first since 1990, so its fair to say that Egypt are in a bit of a purple patch at the moment. But the team itself has not won a game since October, losing 3 and drawing 2 of their recent friendlies.
Ranked 45th in the world, they are one of the lowest ranked countries participating this year.

Uruguay (The Sky Blues) are a side, as an Australian, I know fairly well with Australia having played them several times for World Cup qualification. The team is full of superstars who are coming to the twilight of their careers; Luis Suarez (31), Edison Cavani (31), Maxi Pereira (34), Martin Cacera (31) and Diego Godin (32). However they also have some very talented youngsters coming through such as Torreira and Gimenez.
They had a extremely strong showing in qualifying, even beating out Argentina to qualify 2nd from South America despite being the 2nd lowest FIFA ranked (14th) country to qualify from that region. This was the first time since 1990 that Uruguay managed to snag auto-qualification without an Inter-continental playoff.

Uruguay have always been plagued by the ghosts of the past in FIFA tournaments. AS the country that won the FIRST ever World Cup in 1930 and again Champions in the very next cup they played in 1950. The closest they've come was in 2010 making the semi-final thanks to a certain player now renowned for biting, who punched a ball off the line to save his team from elimination in the Quarter Finals v Ghana. However with Suarez suspended for the next game, the team lost to the Netherlands 3-2 in the semi.

Uruguay have't lost an internation game since march 2017. A 2-1 loss to Peru in Peru, which is a very hard place to go an play due to the altitude.  Of their last 7 internationals, they have won 5 and drawn 2, conceding only 3 goals.

Egypt are strong fighters and won't go down willingly, however with an injury doubt of whether Salah will even play let alone be at full fitness, Uruguay will simply outclass their African opponents. Uruguay 3-0. Salah being declared fit changes things somewhat. Whether he will be at 100% though is another story. Still it will give the team a confidence boost knowing he is there. 3-1 Uruguay.