FIFA Confederations Cup

FT Saturday, June 17, 2017
New Zealand DWWLL 0
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Russia WLDWD 2
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NZL000
RUS112
Gazprom Arena · 50,251 att.

Match Report

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Russia dominate New Zealand in Confederations Cup opener

Russia kicked off their Confederations Cup Group A campaign in style as they cruised to a 2-0 victory over New Zealand in St Petersburg.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
6
2
Corner Kicks
12
7
Saves
3
40.7
Possession
59.3
10
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
168
Accurate Passes
291
287
Passes
404
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
10
8
Crosses
25
0.3
Cross %
0.4
69
Long Balls
82
31
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
13
16
Tackles
18
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
15
22
Clearances
15

Lineups

RUS · 5-3-2

  1. 1Igor AkinfeevG
  2. 5Viktor VasinCD
  3. 13Fedor KudryashovCD-L
  4. 6Georgi DzhikiyaCD-R
  5. 18Yuri ZhirkovLB
  6. 19Aleksandr SamedovRB
  7. 8Denis GlushakovCM
  8. 17Aleksandr GolovinCM-L
  9. 21Aleksandr ErokhinCM-R
  10. 7Dmitriy PolozCF-L
  11. 9Fedor SmolovCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Maksim KanunnikovSUB
  2. 10Ruslan KambolovSUB
  3. 4Iury GazinskySUB
  4. 15Alexey MiranchukSUB
  5. 2Igor SmolnikovSUB
  6. 22Dmitri TarasovSUB
  7. 3Roman ShishkinSUB
  8. 12Vladimir GabulovSUB
  9. 14Ilya KutepovSUB
  10. 23Dmitri KombarovSUB
  11. 16GuilhermeSUB
  12. 11Alexander BukharovSUB

NZL · 5-3-2

  1. 1Stefan MarinovicG
  2. 22Andrew DuranteCD
  3. 20Tommy SmithCD-L
  4. 5Michael BoxallCD-R
  5. 3Deklan WynneLB
  6. 18Kip ColveyRB
  7. 11Marco RojasCM
  8. 14Ryan ThomasCM-L
  9. 8Michael McGlincheyCM-R
  10. 9Chris WoodCF-L
  11. 7Kosta BarbarousesCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Tamati WilliamsSUB
  2. 21Storm RouxSUB
  3. 19Alex RuferSUB
  4. 10Shane SmeltzSUB
  5. 16Dane InghamSUB
  6. 6Bill TuilomaSUB
  7. 4Themistoklis TzimopoulosSUB
  8. 2Sam BrothertonSUB
  9. 12Glen MossSUB
  10. 17Tom DoyleSUB
  11. 13Monty PattersonSUB
  12. 15Lewis ClaytonSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Own Goal by Michael Boxall, New Zealand. Russia 1, New Zealand 0.
  2. 61' Substitution, New Zealand. Bill Poni Tuiloma replaces Kosta Barbarouses.
  3. 64' Substitution, Russia. Aleksandr Bukharov replaces Dmitriy Poloz.
  4. 69' Goal! Russia 2, New Zealand 0. Fedor Smolov (Russia) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  5. 71' Substitution, New Zealand. Shane Smeltz replaces Marco Rojas.
  6. 77' Substitution, Russia. Dmitriy Tarasov replaces Aleksandr Erokhin.
  7. 83' Substitution, New Zealand. Monty Patterson replaces Kip Colvey.
  8. 90' Substitution, Russia. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Fedor Smolov.

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