Volgograd (Russia) June 26 (IANS) Egypt coach Hector Cuper said that his team was unlucky in their third defeat of the World Cup group stage after losing 2-1 to Saudi Arabia.

"Our strategy worked well and we created many good chances on the counter-attacks. We had a very good first half in which we took the lead. We were just unlucky " Cuper said on Monday reports Xinhua news agency.

"I think we played well but the results didn t go our way. We lost all three matches but we lost two games with goals conceded after 90 minutes. That s too bad " he added.

"I m sad and disappointed but at the World Cup we have to face the world s top teams and even they concede goals too " the coach added.

In previous games Egypt had lost to Uruguay and hosts Russia 1-0 and 3-1 respectively.

--IANS kk/bg