International Friendly

FT Sunday, October 9, 2016
Costa Rica DLWWW 4
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Russia DLLDW 3
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CRC314
RUS123
Ozon Arena · 34,000 att.

Match Report

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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.

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Team Stats

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

Lineups

RUS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Soslan DzhanaevG
  2. 24Vasili BerezutskiCD-L
  3. 14Ilya KutepovCD-R
  4. 2Sergei PetrovLB
  5. 28Igor SmolnikovRB
  6. 21Aleksandr ErokhinAM
  7. 8Iury GazinskyLM
  8. 11Roman ZobninRM
  9. 22Artem DzyubaF
  10. 17Oleg ShatovAM-L
  11. 19Aleksandr SamedovAM-R

CRC · 5-4-1

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 6Francisco CalvoCD
  3. 2Johnny AcostaCD-L
  4. 3Giancarlo GonzálezCD-R
  5. 22Rónald MatarritaLB
  6. 15José SalvatierraRB
  7. 5Celso BorgesCM-L
  8. 14Randall AzofeifaCM-R
  9. 10Bryan RuizLM
  10. 11Johan VenegasRM
  11. 21Marco UreñaF

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 45' Johan Venegas (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+2' Own Goal by Vasili Berezutski, Russia. Russia 1, Costa Rica 3.
  6. 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.
  7. 56' Substitution, Russia. Dmitriy Poloz replaces Oleg Shatov.
  8. 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.
  9. 66' Substitution, Costa Rica. Yeltsin Tejeda replaces Rándall Azofeifa.
  10. 69' Substitution, Costa Rica. Kendall Waston replaces Johnny Acosta.
  11. 70' Substitution, Costa Rica. Rodney Wallace replaces Marco Ureña.
  12. 70' Substitution, Costa Rica. Joel Campbell replaces Bryan Ruiz.
  13. 75' Substitution, Costa Rica. Bryan Oviedo replaces Ronald Matarrita.
  14. 77' Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 78' Substitution, Costa Rica. David Guzmán replaces Celso Borges.
  16. 82' Substitution, Russia. Yuri Zhirkov replaces Aleksandr Erokhin.
  17. 85' Igor Smolnikov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 88' Substitution, Russia. Magomed Ozdoev replaces Aleksandr Samedov.
  19. 89' Substitution, Russia. Maksim Kanunnikov replaces Artem Dzyuba.
  20. 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.

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