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Russia Thursday, 14. June 2018
16:00 Clock 		Saudi Arabia
5:0
goals
1 : 0 Yuri Gazinskiy 12. / header  (Aleksandr Golovin)
2 : 0 Denis Cheryshev 43. / left-footed shot  (Roman Zobnin)
3 : 0 Artem Dzyuba 71. / header  (Aleksandr Golovin)
4 : 0 Denis Cheryshev 90. / left-footed shot  (Artem Dzyuba)
5 : 0 Aleksandr Golovin 90. / free kick

1 Igor Akinfeev
2 Mário Fernandes
3 Ilya Kutepov
4 Sergey Ignashevich
18 Yuriy Zhirkov
8 Yuri Gazinskiy
9 Alan Dzagoev 24'
11 Roman Zobnin
17 Aleksandr Golovin yellow 88'
19 Aleksandr Samedov 64'
10 Fedor Smolov 70'
Substitutes
6 Denis Cheryshev 24'
7 Daler Kuzyaev 64'
22 Artem Dzyuba 70'
12 Andrey Lunev
20 Vladimir Gabulov
5 Andrei Semyonov
13 Fedor Kudryashov
14 Vladimir Granat
23 Igor Smolnikov
15 Aleksey Miranchuk
16 Anton Miranchuk
21 Aleksandr Erokhin
1 Abdullah Al Mayoof
3 Osama Hawsawi
5 Omar Hawsawi
6 Mohammed Al Burayk
13 Yasir Al Shahrani
7 Salman Al Faraj
8 Yahya Al Shehri 74'
14 Abdullah Otayf 64'
17 Taisir Al-Jassim yellow 90'
18 Salem Al Dawsari
10 Mohammed Al Sahlawi 84'
Substitutes
9 Hattan Bahebri 74'
19 Fahad Al Muwallad 64'
20 Muhannad Aseri 84'
21 Yaser Al Mosailem
22 Mohammed Al Owais
2 Mansour Al-Harbi
4 Ali Al Bulaihi
23 Motaz Hawsawi
11 Abdulmalek Al Khaibri
12 Mohammed Kanno
15 Abdullah Al Khaibari
16 Hussain Al Moqahwi

Manager: Stanislav Cherchesov

Ass. Manager: Miroslav Romashchenko

Manager: Juan Pizzi


Luzhniki (Moskva / Russia)
78.011
Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)

Reports

Saudi Arabia's sports authorities threatened Friday to hold members of the national football team "accountable" after their crushing defeat against hosts Russia in the opening match of the World Cup....
Russia kicked off their World Cup in style on Thursday, thumping Saudi Arabia 5-0 in front of an ecstatic crowd in Moscow as President Vladimir Putin basked in the glow....
Russia winger Denis Cheryshev said he "could never have dreamed" of his two-goal performance for the hosts in the opening match of the World Cup after a long struggle back from injury....
Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov said he received a congratulatory call from President Vladimir Putin after the World Cup hosts pummelled Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the tournament's opening match on Thursday....
Saudi Arabia may be World Cup minnows, but analysts say the kingdom's backing of North America's winning bid to host the 2026 tournament underscores a drive to become a football powerhouse in the face of regional rivalries....
British pop star Robbie Williams caused a stir during his performance at the World Cup opening ceremony in Moscow on Thursday by making an obscene gesture to a camera....
The World Cup kicks off in Russia Thursday as the host nation take on Saudi Arabia in front of 80,000 people in Moscow after President Vladimir Putin officially declares the tournament open....
The World Cup trophy was displayed at Moscow's 80,000-seat Luzhniki Stadium on Thursday ahead of the tournament's opening match between host nation Russia and Saudi Arabia....
Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov has told his team to ignore media criticism ahead of Thursday's World Cup kick-off against Saudi Arabia and focus on winning....
Argentina's Nestor Pitana will referee the opening World Cup match on Thursday when hosts Russia play Saudi Arabia, FIFA has announced....