Russia vs Costa Rica, International Friendly

· International Friendly

Russia

31': Aleksandr Samedov
48': Artem Dzyuba
61': Artem Dzyuba

FT
3 - 4

Costa Rica

22': Randall Azofeifa
29': Bryan Ruiz
45'+2': Vasili Berezutski (OG)
90'+2': Joel Campbell (P)

Russia punished for poor defence in defeat against Costa Rica

Russia's hopes of rebuilding in time for the World Cup suffered another blow on Sunday as repeated defensive lapses allowed Costa Rica to claim a win.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
3': Attempt saved. Aleksandr Samedov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
3': Attempt saved. Aleksandr Samedov (Russia) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
3': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Keylor Navas.
4': Attempt saved. Vasili Berezutski (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
6': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Giancarlo Gonzalez.
8': Hand ball by Sergei Petrov (Russia).
8': Foul by José Salvatierra (Costa Rica).
8': Oleg Shatov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
10': Attempt saved. Marco Ureña (Costa Rica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Johan Venegas.
10': Corner, Costa Rica. Conceded by Soslan Dzhanaev.
11': Attempt saved. Giancarlo Gonzalez (Costa Rica) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by José Salvatierra.
11': Corner, Costa Rica. Conceded by Soslan Dzhanaev.
13': Attempt missed. Marco Ureña (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Francisco Calvo.
13': Delay in match Soslan Dzhanaev (Russia) because of an injury.
14': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
15': Corner, Costa Rica. Conceded by Vasili Berezutski.
15': Attempt missed. Marco Ureña (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
16': Foul by José Salvatierra (Costa Rica).
16': Oleg Shatov (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
17': Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia).
17': José Salvatierra (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Foul by José Salvatierra (Costa Rica).
17': Sergei Petrov (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
18': Artem Dzyuba (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by José Salvatierra (Costa Rica).
22': Goal! Russia 0, Costa Rica 1. Rándall Azofeifa (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Celso Borges.
24': Foul by Johan Venegas (Costa Rica).
24': Yuri Gazinskiy (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
26': Foul by Ronald Matarrita (Costa Rica).
26': Igor Smolnikov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Goal! Russia 0, Costa Rica 2. Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Celso Borges.
31': Goal! Russia 1, Costa Rica 2. Aleksandr Samedov (Russia) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oleg Shatov with a cross.
33': Attempt missed. Yuri Gazinskiy (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
33': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Johnny Acosta.
34': Delay in match Artem Dzyuba (Russia) because of an injury.
35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
35': Delay in match Igor Smolnikov (Russia) because of an injury.
36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
36': Attempt saved. Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Sergei Petrov.
37': Foul by Ronald Matarrita (Costa Rica).
37': Igor Smolnikov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Aleksandr Samedov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Foul by Ronald Matarrita (Costa Rica).
43': Foul by Ronald Matarrita (Costa Rica).
43': Igor Smolnikov (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
43': Attempt missed. Yuri Gazinskiy (Russia) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Aleksandr Samedov with a cross following a set piece situation.
45': Foul by Johan Venegas (Costa Rica).
45': Igor Smolnikov (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45': Johan Venegas (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Delay in match Igor Smolnikov (Russia) because of an injury.
45'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+2': Own Goal by Vasili Berezutski, Russia. Russia 1, Costa Rica 3.
45'+3': First Half ends, Russia 1, Costa Rica 3.
0': Match ends, Russia 3, Costa Rica 4.
45': Second Half begins Russia 1, Costa Rica 3.
48': Goal! Russia 2, Costa Rica 3. Artem Dzyuba (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roman Zobnin with a cross.
49': Foul by Aleksandr Samedov (Russia).
49': Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Foul by Igor Smolnikov (Russia).
49': Johan Venegas (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
50': Attempt blocked. José Salvatierra (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
51': Corner, Costa Rica. Conceded by Vasili Berezutski.
52': Attempt saved. Rándall Azofeifa (Costa Rica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Francisco Calvo.
54': Foul by Igor Smolnikov (Russia).
54': Johan Venegas (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Substitution, Russia. Dmitriy Poloz replaces Oleg Shatov.
58': Dmitriy Poloz (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
58': Foul by Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica).
61': Goal! Russia 3, Costa Rica 3. Artem Dzyuba (Russia) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Aleksandr Samedov with a cross.
62': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Ronald Matarrita.
65': Attempt saved. Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dmitriy Poloz.
66': Substitution, Costa Rica. Yeltsin Tejeda replaces Rándall Azofeifa.
67': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Johan Venegas.
69': Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
69': Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia).
69': Substitution, Costa Rica. Kendall Waston replaces Johnny Acosta.
70': Substitution, Costa Rica. Rodney Wallace replaces Marco Ureña.
70': Substitution, Costa Rica. Joel Campbell replaces Bryan Ruiz.
71': Dangerous play by Roman Zobnin (Russia).
71': Yeltsin Tejeda (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Foul by Igor Smolnikov (Russia).
71': Ronald Matarrita (Costa Rica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
72': Foul by Rodney Wallace (Costa Rica).
72': Igor Smolnikov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Substitution, Costa Rica. Bryan Oviedo replaces Ronald Matarrita.
75': Foul by Johan Venegas (Costa Rica).
75': Igor Smolnikov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
77': Foul by Joel Campbell (Costa Rica).
77': Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78': Substitution, Costa Rica. David Guzmán replaces Celso Borges.
80': Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Foul by José Salvatierra (Costa Rica).
82': Bryan Oviedo (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Foul by Aleksandr Samedov (Russia).
82': Substitution, Russia. Yuri Zhirkov replaces Aleksandr Erokhin.
84': Foul by Bryan Oviedo (Costa Rica).
84': Roman Zobnin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Igor Smolnikov (Russia).
85': Rodney Wallace (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Igor Smolnikov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
87': Foul by David Guzmán (Costa Rica).
87': Roman Zobnin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Substitution, Russia. Magomed Ozdoev replaces Aleksandr Samedov.
89': Substitution, Russia. Maksim Kanunnikov replaces Artem Dzyuba.
90': Foul by Vasili Berezutski (Russia).
90': Johan Venegas (Costa Rica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Penalty Costa Rica. Joel Campbell draws a foul in the penalty area.
90'+1': Penalty conceded by Vasili Berezutski (Russia) after a foul in the penalty area.
90'+2': Goal! Russia 3, Costa Rica 4. Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
90'+3': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Kendall Waston.
90'+4': Corner, Russia. Conceded by José Salvatierra.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Russia 3, Costa Rica 4.

Statistics

CRC		RUS
17	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	7
5	Saves	3
45.1	Possession	54.9
9	SHOTS	10
6	ON GOAL	8
0.7	On Target %	0.8
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
288	Accurate Passes	361
393	Passes	462
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
0	Accurate Crosses	11
9	Crosses	27
0.0	Cross %	0.4
65	Long Balls	82
31	Accurate Long Balls	51
0.5	Long Balls %	0.6
1	Blocked Shots	0
18	Effective Tackles	12
20	Tackles	15
0.9	Tackle %	0.8
0	Interceptions	0
18	Effective Clearances	13
21	Clearances	17

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Ozon Arena
Location: Krasnodar, Russia
Attendance: 34,000

Line-Ups

Russia (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
12	Soslan Dzhanaev (GK)
24	Vasili Berezutski
14	Ilya Kutepov
2	Sergei Petrov
28	Igor Smolnikov
21	Aleksandr Erokhin
8	Iury Gazinsky
11	Roman Zobnin
22	Artem Dzyuba
17	Oleg Shatov
19	Aleksandr Samedov

Russia Substitutes:

Aleksandr Belenov, Dmitriy Poloz, Georgi Schennikov, Roman Shishkin, Yuri Zhirkov, Alexey Miranchuk, Pavel Mogilevets, Maksim Kanunnikov, Andrei Semenov, Ivan Novoseltsev, Magomed Ozdoev.

Costa Rica (5-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Keylor Navas (GK)
6	Francisco Calvo
2	Johnny Acosta
3	Giancarlo González
22	Rónald Matarrita
15	José Salvatierra
5	Celso Borges
14	Randall Azofeifa
10	Bryan Ruiz
11	Johan Venegas
21	Marco Ureña

Costa Rica Substitutes:

Kendall Waston, David Guzmán, Michael Umaña, Yendrick Ruiz, Joel Campbell, Rodney Wallace, Esteban Alvarado, Jhamir Ordain, Patrick Pemberton, Yeltsin Tejeda, Bryan Oviedo.

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