Egypt will play Australia in Dallas on July 3 after securing second place in Group G in a hugely dramatic 1-1 draw with Iran on Friday night.An entertaining first half burst into life after just five minutes, when Mahmoud Saber’s shot went through Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand’s legs and in off a defender. Iran reacted and four minutes later won a penalty. Mehdi Taremi signposted his finish and saw it saved, but Ramin Rezaeian equalized in the 15th minute, reacting fastest to a Mohammadi saved shot and steering home a 0.07 xG chance from a tight angle.With Belgium 2-0 up early in the second half of the other game in Group G, this match was finely poised. A third goal — from Kevin De Bruyne — dropped Egypt to second and put Belgium top, so there was a definite motive for Hossam Hassan’s side to retake the lead. New Zealand pulling one back against Belgian briefly put Egypt back on top of the group, but Romelu Lukaku restored Belgium’s three goal advantage.But there was huge drama in injury time as Iran thought Shoja Khalilzadeh had given them a dramatic win, only for VAR to cruelly rule it out for offside. Iran then forced two more golden opportunities as Egypt hung on — just — to claim the point that sends them through to the knockouts.Iran are not confirmed as one of the best eight third-placed sides and will need results to go their way to do so. If Algeria and Austria draws in group J, sending both through, DR Congo beats Uzbekistan and Croatia gets at least a point against Ghana, then Iran is out. You can examine the possibilities here.Simon Hughes and Laurie Whitwell analyze the game.How far can Egypt go in the knockouts?In the space of 15 minutes in Seattle, the emotions of this match shook violently, especially for Egypt.When Mohamed Salah was removed by Hossam Hassan, as he chased the goal that would take him level with his coach as the all-time top scorer for his country, he promptly applied heavy strapping to his left leg.Salah had to come off injured in the second half (Stu Forster/Getty Images)Soon, news that Belgium had extended their lead over New Zealand was met with a huge groan.Drawing against Iran, Egypt were pushed into second place. On cold reflection, it was difficult to tell whether this might actually a good thing for Egypt because they were most likely to face South Korea at this stadium before potentially moving onto a date with the USMT.