International Friendly

FT Friday, March 23, 2018
Brazil DDWWD 3
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Russia LWDLD 0
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Match Report

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Philippe Coutinho scores as Neymar-less Brazil breeze past Russia

Brazil began life without Neymar with a 3-0 victory over Russia in their international friendly on Friday.

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Head to Head

BRA leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

RUS · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Igor AkinfeevG
  2. 4Ilya KutepovCD
  3. 13Fedor KudryashovCD-L
  4. 14Vladimir GranatCD-R
  5. 17Aleksandr GolovinCM-L
  6. 47Roman ZobninCM-R
  7. 8Denis GlushakovAM
  8. 23Dmitri KombarovLM
  9. 19Aleksandr SamedovRM
  10. 11Fedor SmolovF
  11. 15Alexey MiranchukRCF

Substitutes

  1. 3Roman NeustädterSUB
  2. 10Alan DzagoevSUB
  3. 24Anton ZabolotnySUB
  4. 16Anton MiranchukSUB
  5. 5Andrei SemenovSUB
  6. 99Andrey LunevSUB
  7. 28Igor SmolnikovSUB
  8. 21Aleksandr ErokhinSUB
  9. 18Yuri ZhirkovSUB
  10. 6Anton ShvetsSUB
  11. 27Denis CheryshevSUB
  12. 12Aleksandr SelikhovSUB

BRA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 3MirandaCD-L
  3. 14Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 2Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5CasemiroCM
  7. 15PaulinhoLM
  8. 11Philippe CoutinhoRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 7Douglas CostaLF
  11. 19WillianRF

Substitutes

  1. 17FernandinhoSUB
  2. 18TaliscaSUB
  3. 21Roberto FirminoSUB
  4. 13MarquinhosSUB
  5. 22FagnerSUB
  6. 10FredSUB
  7. 24TaisonSUB
  8. 8Renato AugustoSUB
  9. 20Pedro GeromelSUB
  10. 25Willian JoséSUB
  11. 6IsmailySUB
  12. 23EdersonSUB

Timeline

  1. 53' Goal! Russia 0, Brazil 1. Miranda (Brazil) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  2. 53' Substitution, Russia. Alan Dzagoev replaces Aleksey Miranchuk.
  3. 62' Goal! Russia 0, Brazil 2. Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 64' Substitution, Russia. Anton Miranchuk replaces Denis Glushakov.
  5. 65' Substitution, Brazil. Roberto Firmino replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  6. 66' Goal! Russia 0, Brazil 3. Paulinho (Brazil) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Willian following a corner.
  7. 71' Substitution, Brazil. Renato Augusto replaces Paulinho.
  8. 71' Substitution, Russia. Anton Zabolotny replaces Fedor Smolov.
  9. 76' Substitution, Russia. Yuri Zhirkov replaces Dmitri Kombarov.
  10. 79' Substitution, Brazil. Fred replaces Philippe Coutinho.
  11. 79' Substitution, Brazil. Taison replaces Willian.
  12. 80' Substitution, Russia. Igor Smolnikov replaces Aleksandr Samedov.
  13. 83' Substitution, Brazil. Fagner replaces Dani Alves.
  14. 85' Substitution, Russia. Aleksandr Erokhin replaces Roman Zobnin.
  15. 86' Substitution, Brazil. Geromel replaces Miranda.

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