Russia vs Nicaragua, 2026 International Friendly

· International Friendly

Russia

3': Lechii Sadulaev
45'+3': Konstantin Tyukavin (P)
83': Aleksandr Golovin

FT
3 - 1

Nicaragua

16': Oscar Acevedo
47': Christian Reyes

About

Russia are hosting Nicaragua at Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia, starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Corner, Nicaragua. Conceded by Valentin Paltsev.
3': Goal! Russia 1, Nicaragua 0. Lechi Sadulaev (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Konstantin Tyukavin with a through ball.
5': Attempt missed. Jorge García (Nicaragua) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Juan Barrera.
6': Offside, Russia. Valentin Paltsev is caught offside.
7': Handball by Lechi Sadulaev (Russia).
7': Foul by Christian Reyes (Nicaragua).
7': Yaroslav Gladyshev (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Foul by Valentin Paltsev (Russia).
8': Óscar Acevedo (Nicaragua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Delay in match because of an injury Óscar Acevedo (Nicaragua).
9': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
15': Foul by Lechi Sadulaev (Russia).
15': Jacob Montes (Nicaragua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Delay in match because of an injury Lechi Sadulaev (Russia).
16': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
16': Goal! Russia 1, Nicaragua 1. Óscar Acevedo (Nicaragua) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jorge García.
18': Foul by Christian Reyes (Nicaragua).
18': Konstantin Tyukavin (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
18': Offside, Russia. Valentin Paltsev is caught offside.
20': Foul by Christian Reyes (Nicaragua).
20': Yaroslav Gladyshev (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
23': Delay in match because of an injury Marlon López (Nicaragua).
24': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
28': Attempt missed. Yaroslav Gladyshev (Russia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Konstantin Tyukavin.
30': Foul by Jorge García (Nicaragua).
30': Ruslan Litvinov (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
30': Attempt missed. Konstantin Tyukavin (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mingiyan Beveev.
32': Attempt missed. Byron Bonilla (Nicaragua) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jorge García.
34': Attempt blocked. Danil Prutsev (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
34': Danil Prutsev (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
34': Foul by Juan Barrera (Nicaragua).
35': Attempt missed. Yaroslav Gladyshev (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Valentin Paltsev.
38': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Jefferson Rivera.
39': Attempt blocked. Valentin Paltsev (Russia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mingiyan Beveev with a cross.
40': Attempt saved. Lechi Sadulaev (Russia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Erick Adonis Pineda (Nicaragua). Assisted by Ruslan Litvinov.
40': Byron Bonilla (Nicaragua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Foul by Valentin Paltsev (Russia).
42': Foul by Óscar Acevedo (Nicaragua).
42': Valentin Paltsev (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
42': Óscar Acevedo (Nicaragua) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
43': Attempt missed. Daniil Fomin (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Yaroslav Gladyshev following a set piece situation.
45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Corner, Nicaragua. Conceded by Valentin Paltsev.
45'+2': Attempt blocked. Konstantin Tyukavin (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mingiyan Beveev with a cross.
45'+2': Penalty conceded by Justing Cano (Nicaragua) with a handball in the penalty area.
45'+3': Goal! Russia 2, Nicaragua 1. Konstantin Tyukavin (Russia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
45'+4': First Half ends, Russia 2, Nicaragua 1.
45': Second Half begins Russia 2, Nicaragua 1.
45': Substitution, Nicaragua. Josué Quijano replaces Jefferson Rivera.
45': Substitution, Russia. Kirill Glebov replaces Yaroslav Gladyshev.
46': Foul by Konstantin Tyukavin (Russia).
46': Justing Cano (Nicaragua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Foul by Christian Reyes (Nicaragua).
47': Kirill Glebov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
47': Christian Reyes (Nicaragua) is shown the red card.
51': Erick Adonis Pineda (Nicaragua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Lechi Sadulaev (Russia).
52': Byron Bonilla (Nicaragua) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
52': Foul by Valentin Paltsev (Russia).
52': Valentin Paltsev (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
52': Offside, Nicaragua. Justing Cano is caught offside.
53': Offside, Russia. Mingiyan Beveev is caught offside.
54': Attempt blocked. Ruslan Litvinov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nail Umyarov.
54': Attempt saved. Kirill Glebov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Erick Adonis Pineda (Nicaragua).
54': Offside, Russia. Daniil Fomin is caught offside.
56': Attempt blocked. Daniil Fomin (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantin Tyukavin.
57': Attempt blocked. Lechi Sadulaev (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantin Tyukavin.
57': Delay in match because of an injury Ebert Martínez (Nicaragua).
58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
62': Delay in match because of an injury Daniil Fomin (Russia).
63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
64': Substitution, Nicaragua. Bancy Hernández replaces Jorge García.
65': Attempt blocked. Bancy Hernández (Nicaragua) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacob Montes with a headed pass.
65': Corner, Nicaragua. Conceded by Nail Umyarov.
66': Attempt missed. Josué Quijano (Nicaragua) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marlon López following a corner.
67': Substitution, Russia. Aleksandr Golovin replaces Konstantin Tyukavin.
67': Substitution, Russia. Anton Mitryushkin replaces Matvey Safonov.
67': Substitution, Russia. Matvey Kislyak replaces Nail Umyarov.
67': Substitution, Russia. Maksim Petrov replaces Daniil Fomin because of an injury.
67': Substitution, Russia. Ilya Vakhania replaces Valentin Paltsev.
67': Substitution, Russia. Georgi Melkadze replaces Lechi Sadulaev.
68': Foul by Bancy Hernández (Nicaragua).
68': Kirill Glebov (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
69': Attempt missed. Mingiyan Beveev (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
70': Offside, Nicaragua. Juan Barrera is caught offside.
71': Foul by Juan Barrera (Nicaragua).
71': Mingiyan Beveev (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
73': Attempt blocked. Kirill Glebov (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
73': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Justing Cano.
75': Substitution, Nicaragua. Joab Gutiérrez replaces Óscar Acevedo.
75': Substitution, Nicaragua. Jason Coronel replaces Marlon López.
75': Attempt saved. Ilya Vakhania (Russia) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner by Erick Adonis Pineda (Nicaragua).
75': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Erick Adonis Pineda.
76': Attempt missed. Kirill Glebov (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
77': Foul by Ruslan Litvinov (Russia).
77': Jacob Montes (Nicaragua) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
78': Foul by Mingiyan Beveev (Russia).
78': Josué Quijano (Nicaragua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Delay in match because of an injury Kirill Glebov (Russia).
80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
81': Attempt blocked. Maksim Petrov (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Georgi Melkadze.
81': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Justing Cano.
81': Attempt missed. Evgeni Morozov (Russia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin with a cross following a corner.
83': Goal! Russia 3, Nicaragua 1. Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) header from very close range to the top right corner.
83': Substitution, Russia. Dmitri Barinov replaces Danil Prutsev.
84': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Josué Quijano.
85': Foul by Evgeni Morozov (Russia).
85': Juan Barrera (Nicaragua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Offside, Russia. Ilya Vakhania is caught offside.
87': Substitution, Nicaragua. Jonathan Moncada replaces Byron Bonilla.
87': Substitution, Nicaragua. José Martínez replaces Juan Barrera.
87': Attempt missed. Evgeni Morozov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ruslan Litvinov.
89': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Ebert Martínez.
90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+1': Foul by Jonathan Moncada (Nicaragua).
90'+2': Attempt missed. Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dmitri Barinov following a set piece situation.
90'+3': Foul by Justing Cano (Nicaragua).
90'+3': Maksim Petrov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Foul by Maksim Petrov (Russia).
90'+3': Justing Cano (Nicaragua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Offside, Nicaragua. Bancy Hernández is caught offside.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Russia 3, Nicaragua 1.
0': Match ends, Russia 3, Nicaragua 1.

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Krasnodar Stadium
Location: Krasnodar, Russia
Attendance: 31,625

Line-Ups

Russia (4-3-3)

No.	Name
39	Matvei Safonov (GK)
2	Evgeny Morozov
19	Ruslan Litvinov
22	Mingiyan Beveev
5	Valentin Paltsev
8	Nail Umiarov
25	Danil Prutsev
74	Daniil Fomin
10	Konstantin Tyukavin
20	Lechii Sadulaev
21	Iaroslav Gladyshev

Russia Substitutes:

Aleksandr Golovin, Dmitri Barinov, Viktor Melekhin, Ilya Vakhanla, Dmitry Vorobyev, Nikolay Komlichenko, Anton Mitryushkin, Kirill Glebov, Matvey Kislyak, Aleksandr Silyanov, Maksim Petrov, Denis Adamov, George Melkadze.

Nicaragua (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
12	Erick Pineda (GK)
5	Justing Cano
21	Christian Reyes
19	Evert Martínez
8	Jacob Montes
17	Marlon López
3	Oscar Acevedo
4	Jefferson Rivera
16	Jorge García
10	Byron Bonilla
11	Juan Barrera

Nicaragua Substitutes:

Joab Gutiérrez, Anyelo Velásquez, Alyer López, Edgar Castillo, Darryl Parker, Jonathan Moncada, José Martínez, Leyner Moses, Bancy Hernández, Josué Quijano, Marvin Barahona, Jason Coronel.

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