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FT Saturday, June 5, 2021
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Russia LWWLD 1
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Match Report

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Sobolev penalty gives Russia 1-0 win over Bulgaria in Euro build-up

Substitute Aleksandr Sobolev's late penalty earned Russia a 1-0 win over Bulgaria in their final warm-up friendly before the European Championship.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
1
33.1
Possession
66.9
2
SHOTS
13
1
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
201
Accurate Passes
485
292
Passes
578
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
6
5
Crosses
23
0.0
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
63
24
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
4
8
Tackles
9
0.9
Tackle %
0.4
24
Interceptions
14
24
Effective Clearances
11
24
Clearances
11

Head to Head

RUS leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

RUS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Anton ShuninG
  2. 14Georgi DzhikiyaCD
  3. 5Andrei SemenovCD-L
  4. 21Dmitri BarinovCD-R
  5. 7Magomed OzdoevCM-L
  6. 11Roman ZobninCM-R
  7. 18Yuri ZhirkovLM
  8. 4Vyacheslav KaravaevRM
  9. 22Artem DzyubaF
  10. 17Aleksandr GolovinCF-L
  11. 20Aleksei IonovCF-R

BUL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 23Ivan KaradzhovG
  2. 4Valentin AntovCD
  3. 3Andrea HristovCD-L
  4. 25Petko HristovCD-R
  5. 18Ivaylo ChochevCM-L
  6. 16Kristiyan MalinovCM-R
  7. 21Momchil CvetanovLM
  8. 6Birsent KaragerenRM
  9. 9Andrej GalabinovF
  10. 7Dominik IankovCF-L
  11. 11Kiril DespodovCF-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Substitution, Bulgaria. Petar Vitanov replaces Kristiyan Malinov because of an injury.
  2. 45' Substitution, Bulgaria. Georgi Georgiev replaces Ivan Karadzhov.
  3. 45' Substitution, Russia. Daler Kuzyaev replaces Aleksey Ionov.
  4. 51' Substitution, Russia. Igor Diveev replaces Dimitri Barinov because of an injury.
  5. 58' Substitution, Russia. Alexander Sobolev replaces Artem Dzyuba.
  6. 58' Substitution, Bulgaria. Atanas Iliev replaces Andrej Galabinov.
  7. 62' Substitution, Bulgaria. Antonio Vutov replaces Dominik Yankov.
  8. 62' Substitution, Russia. Andrey Mostovoy replaces Aleksandr Golovin.
  9. 72' Substitution, Russia. Mario Fernandes replaces Vyacheslav Karavaev.
  10. 78' Substitution, Russia. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Yuri Zhirkov.
  11. 78' Substitution, Bulgaria. Ivan Turitsov replaces Birsent Karagaren.
  12. 84' Goal! Russia 1, Bulgaria 0. Alexander Sobolev (Russia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  13. 87' Alexander Sobolev (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 88' Substitution, Bulgaria. Georgi Minchev replaces Ivaylo Chochev.
  15. 90'+4' Georgi Dzhikiya (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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