Russia ease past Saudi Arabia in the opening match of the world cup

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Welcome to the 2018 FIFA world cup in Russia.
The kick-off to the world prestigious football tournament is under way with the host Russia facing Saudi Arabia in an opening encounter of the tournament.
Both team started brightly, YASIR ALSHAHRANI (Saudi Arabia) forced KUTEPOV (Russia) to a brilliant save in the first 10 minutes of opening into the first half.
A corner conceded by Saudi Arabia defender MOHAMMED ALBURAYK, the corner saw YURI GAZINSKY (Russia) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner at 15 minutes of the first half. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin with a cross from the resulting corner.

Russia continues pressing which saw Saudi Arabia conceding a free kick in the defensive half. The tempo of the game has caught Saudi Arabia out at the back. They need to put their foot on the ball and play the match at their own pace.

Saudi Arabia are beginning to press harder which earn them a great corner. Al shahrani leads a counter for Saudi Arabia and he breaks into a promising position. Al sahlawi puts kutepov under pressure and forces the defender to put the ball wide of the post.

Russia doesn’t want to stop. They could possibly have had a second, but the attacking players got in each other’s way and the chance was fizzled out. Dzagoev is down in a heap clutching his hamstring. He was substituted for Denis Cheryshev due to his injury. Dzagoev was pulling the strings for the Russians in the middle of the park. His loss could have a huge impact on the outcome of the game.

Free kick conceded llya kutepov. Attempt missed following the free kick which saw Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia) right footed shot from outside the box flying too high. At the other end Russia probe down the left, but on this occasion Golovin moves too soon and is caught offside. The officials have been told to give the benefit of the doubt to the attacking side, but that decision was clear.
 Al Dawsari allow Russia to break on a counter attack following a loose ball. Smolov leads the counter and slides a pass for Golovin before being taken out. The midfielder continues the attack in the box, but Osama Hawsawi makes an inch-perfect tackle to win the ball. Golovin wanted a penalty, but the referee immediately turned down his appeal.

CHERYSHEV doubles Russia's lead in the closing stage of the first half which gave the host nation an edge of 2-0 lead into the second half. Goals from Yuri Gazinskiy and Denis Cheryshev have handed the host nation a dream start to the tournament. They've exposed Saudi Arabia at the back, first in the air as Gazinsky rose to direct a header beyond the reach of Abdullah Al-Mayoof. The second goal came just before the break with a counter at speed before Cheryshev scored the second of the game.

The second half is more engaging for the host nation has it took them a while to add to their tally. Saudi Arabia failed to record a single shot on target in the second half.
DZYUBA made it 3-0 in advantage to the host through a loose ball. Saudi Arabia are opened up easily at the back, allowing Golovin to float a cross from the right flank towards the middle. Dzyuba makes the move to beat the attention of the Saudi defender before placing his effort past Al-Mayoof.

CHERYSHEV teams with team mate Dzyuba to score a stunning goal. The winger ends the game on the highest of notes with a screamer into the top corner. Dzyuba won the knockdown in the final third. Cheryshev collected the ball on the edge of the box and took a touch before firing at goal with the outside of his foot. His effort flew over Al-Mayoof into the top corner of the net. A stunning goal, which caps a brilliant performance off the bench.

Saudi Arabia are of no match to the Russians as the host nation continue in a flying color which saw them adding a 5th goal from Aleksandr Golovin. The Arabian fans was left dejected as the referee blew the final whistle which ensure a brilliant start to the tournament from the host nation.  




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