Russia vs Czechia, 2018 International Friendly, International Friendly

· International Friendly

Russia

8': Aleksei Ionov
24': Anton Zabolotny
29': Aleksei Ionov (P)
78': Aleksandr Erokhin
83': Dmitriy Poloz

FT
5 - 1

Czechia

74': Tomás Soucek

About

Russia are hosting Czechia at Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
1': Aleksey Ionov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
1': Foul by Stanislav Tecl (Czech Republic).
3': Attempt blocked. Josef Husbauer (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
3': Foul by Denis Cheryshev (Russia).
3': Jakub Jankto (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
7': Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
7': Foul by Jan Boril (Czech Republic).
7': Attempt missed. Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksey Ionov with a cross following a set piece situation.
8': Goal! Russia 1, Czech Republic 0. Aleksey Ionov (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yuri Gazinskiy with a through ball.
13': Denis Cheryshev (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
13': Foul by Josef Husbauer (Czech Republic).
14': Anton Zabolotny (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Radim Reznik (Czech Republic).
15': Attempt missed. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aleksandr Erokhin.
17': Attempt blocked. Yuri Gazinskiy (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksey Ionov.
17': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Josef Husbauer.
20': Attempt blocked. Aleksey Ionov (Russia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Daler Kuzyaev.
20': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Tomas Kalas.
20': Attempt missed. Anton Zabolotny (Russia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Konstantin Rausch with a cross following a corner.
22': Offside, Russia. Mario Fernandes tries a through ball, but Aleksandr Erokhin is caught offside.
22': Foul by Roman Neustädter (Russia).
22': Stanislav Tecl (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
24': Goal! Russia 2, Czech Republic 0. Anton Zabolotny (Russia) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrey Lunev.
25': Attempt missed. Anton Zabolotny (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksandr Erokhin.
26': Aleksey Ionov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Foul by Jan Boril (Czech Republic).
28': Attempt missed. Josef Husbauer (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Tomas Horava.
28': Penalty Russia. Anton Zabolotny draws a foul in the penalty area.
28': Penalty conceded by Jan Boril (Czech Republic) after a foul in the penalty area.
29': Jan Boril (Czech Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
29': Goal! Russia 3, Czech Republic 0. Aleksey Ionov (Russia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
31': Attempt missed. Josef Husbauer (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
33': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Konstantin Rausch.
34': Attempt missed. Jaromir Zmrhal (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
38': Foul by Yuri Gazinskiy (Russia).
38': Tomas Horava (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
40': Foul by Radim Reznik (Czech Republic).
40': Konstantin Rausch (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Andrey Semenov.
42': Attempt missed. Tomas Horava (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Josef Husbauer with a cross.
45': First Half ends, Russia 3, Czech Republic 0.
45': Second Half begins Russia 3, Czech Republic 0.
45': Substitution, Czech Republic. Jakub Brabec replaces Tomas Kalas.
46': Andrey Semenov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Foul by Stanislav Tecl (Czech Republic).
47': Foul by Andrey Semenov (Russia).
47': Stanislav Tecl (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
52': Attempt saved. Vladimir Coufal (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jaromir Zmrhal with a cross.
56': Attempt missed. Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Aleksey Ionov.
58': Denis Cheryshev (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Foul by Tomas Horava (Czech Republic).
59': Jakub Jankto (Czech Republic) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Jaromir Zmrhal.
62': Substitution, Russia. Roman Zobnin replaces Aleksey Ionov.
63': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic).
63': Roman Zobnin (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
63': Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64': Substitution, Russia. Igor Smolnikov replaces Mario Fernandes.
64': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Radim Reznik.
64': Foul by Anton Zabolotny (Russia).
64': Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Substitution, Czech Republic. Jan Sykora replaces Tomas Horava.
67': Attempt saved. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daler Kuzyaev.
67': Attempt missed. Jakub Jankto (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Stanislav Tecl.
68': Anton Zabolotny (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Foul by Radim Reznik (Czech Republic).
69': Foul by Daler Kuzyaev (Russia).
69': Josef Husbauer (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Attempt saved. Jan Boril (Czech Republic) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jaromir Zmrhal.
71': Substitution, Czech Republic. Michal Krmencik replaces Stanislav Tecl.
72': Attempt blocked. Josef Husbauer (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jan Boril.
73': Substitution, Russia. Dmitriy Poloz replaces Anton Zabolotny.
74': Attempt saved. Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jaromir Zmrhal.
74': Goal! Russia 3, Czech Republic 1. Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
77': Foul by Roman Neustädter (Russia).
77': Michal Krmencik (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
77': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Jakub Brabec.
78': Attempt blocked. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
78': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Josef Husbauer.
78': Goal! Russia 4, Czech Republic 1. Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Konstantin Rausch with a cross following a corner.
80': Attempt missed. Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Denis Cheryshev with a cross.
80': Substitution, Russia. Dmitriy Stotskiy replaces Denis Cheryshev.
82': Attempt missed. Jan Sykora (Czech Republic) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jan Boril.
82': Substitution, Czech Republic. Michal Travnik replaces Josef Husbauer.
83': Goal! Russia 5, Czech Republic 1. Dmitriy Poloz (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Konstantin Rausch.
85': Substitution, Russia. Ruslan Kambolov replaces Yuri Gazinskiy.
85': Delay in match Konstantin Rausch (Russia) because of an injury.
86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
87': Substitution, Russia. Egor Sorokin replaces Konstantin Rausch.
87': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Jan Boril.
88': Foul by Roman Neustädter (Russia).
88': Michal Travnik (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
88': Attempt blocked. Michal Travnik (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
88': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Dmitriy Stotskiy.
89': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Daler Kuzyaev.
90': Foul by Roman Neustädter (Russia).
90': Michal Krmencik (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Jakub Jankto (Czech Republic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jan Sykora.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Jan Sykora (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Michal Krmencik.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Jakub Jankto (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Michal Travnik.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Russia 5, Czech Republic 1.
90'+4': Match ends, Russia 5, Czech Republic 1.

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Rostov Arena
Location: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Attendance: 45,000

Line-Ups

Russia (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
12	Andrey Lunev (GK)
3	Roman Neustädter
5	Andrei Semenov
23	Konstantin Rausch
2	Mário Fernandes
21	Aleksandr Erokhin
8	Iury Gazinsky
7	Daler Kuzyaev
9	Anton Zabolotny
6	Denis Cheryshev
20	Aleksei Ionov

Russia Substitutes:

Igor Smolnikov, Ruslan Kambolov, Anton Shvets, Elmir Nabiullin, Pavel Mogilevets, Georgi Dzhikiya, Egor Sorokin, Anton Shunin, Roman Zobnin, Guilherme, Dmitriy Poloz, Dmitriy Stotskiy.

Czechia (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Tomas Koubek (GK)
3	Tomás Kalas
17	Radim Rezník
18	Jan Boril
20	Vladimír Coufal
12	Tomás Horava
10	Josef Husbauer
15	Tomás Soucek
7	Stanislav Tecl
8	Jaromír Zmrhal
14	Jakub Jankto

Czechia Substitutes:

Ondrej Petrak, Jan Sýkora, Jakub Brabec, Michael Krmencík, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Patrik Schick, Pavel Kaderábek, Tomás Vaclík, Michal Travnik, Ondrej Kolar.

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