UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Monday, September 8, 2014
Liechtenstein LLLLL 0
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Russia WDLDW 4
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RUS134
Arena Khimki · 11,236 att.

Match Report

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Russia open Euro 2016 qualifying with victory over Liechtenstein

Russia got more than a helping hand as they began their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a 4-0 victory over Liechtenstein in Group G.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
10
10
Saves
1
34
Possession
66
5
SHOTS
22
3
ON GOAL
10
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
5
1
Crosses
5
0.0
Cross %
1.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

RUS leads series 4-0

Lineups

RUS

  1. 1Igor AkinfeevG
  2. 2Igor SmolnikovD
  3. 14Vasili BerezutskiD
  4. 4Sergey IgnashevichD
  5. 23Dmitri KombarovD
  6. 8Denis GlushakovM
  7. 10Alan DzagoevM
  8. 18Denis CheryshevM
  9. 19Alexander SamedovF
  10. 9Aleksandr KokorinF
  11. 11Alexander KerzhakovF

LIE

  1. 1Peter JehleG
  2. 5Ivan QuintansD
  3. 10Mario FrickD
  4. 8Sandro WieserD
  5. 11Franz BurgmeierD
  6. 23Michele PolverinoM
  7. 6Andreas ChristenM
  8. 13Martin BuechelM
  9. 18Nicolas HaslerM
  10. 15Seyhan YildizF
  11. 21Dennis SalanovicF

Timeline

  1. 4' Oh no! That was a bit unlucky, Martin Buechel has just scored on his own net! Liechtenstein now trails 0 - 1
  2. 19' Sandro Wieser is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 27' Mario Frick is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 46' Russia makes a sub: Artem Dzyuba enters for Alexander Kerzhakov. Reason: Tactical
  5. 50' Oh no! That was a bit unlucky, Franz Burgmeier has just scored on his own net! Liechtenstein now trails 0 - 2
  6. 55' Dmitry Kombarov places the penalty kick with his left foot to the lower left corner and scores!! The goalkeeper guessed correctly but could not stop the shot.
  7. 64' Russia makes a sub: Magomed Ozdoev enters for Alan Dzagoev. Reason: Tactical
  8. 64' Liechtenstein makes a sub: Daniel Brandle enters for Andreas Christen. Reason: Tactical
  9. 65' Goal!! Artem Dzyuba hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Russia now leads 4 - 0
  10. 72' Russia makes a sub: Yury Lodygin enters for Igor Akinfeev. Reason: Tactical
  11. 73' Liechtenstein makes a sub: Robin Gubser enters for Michele Polverino. Reason: Tactical
  12. 87' Liechtenstein makes a sub: Sandro Wolfinger enters for Ivan Quintans. Reason: Tactical
  13. 90' End of the game

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