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2018 WORLD CUP - DAY 01 - GROUP A - RUSSIA VS SAUDI ARABIA 5:0

GROUP A

Russia vs Saudi Arabia  5:0

 

Goals Russia:

11' Goal Gazinskiy
42' Goal Cheryshev
70' Goal Dzyuba
90' Goal Cheryshev
93' Goal Aleksandr Golovin

 

SQUADS
RUSSIA  Saudi Arabia

 

Russia

Coach: Stanislav Cherchesov

System: 4-2-3-1

15 Aleksey Miranchuk
13 Kudryashov
20 Vladimir Gabulov
 7 Daler Kuzyaev 
16 Anton Miranchuk
12 Andrey Lunev
22 Dzyuba  
 5 Semenov
21 Alexandr Erokhin
 6 Cheryshev  2x 
23 Smolnikov
14 Granat
 

.............................................

Saudi Arabia

Coach: Juan Antonio Pizzi

System: 4-1-4-1

11 Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri
12 Mohammed Kanno
20 Mohannad Aseri 
 2 Mansour Al-Harbi
16 Al-Mogahwi
 9 Hattan Bahebri 
21 Al-Mosailem
22 Mohammed Alowais
15 Abdullah Alkhaibari
 4 Ali Albulayhi
23 Motaz Hawsawi
19 Fahad Al-Muwallad 

 

 

 

14 Jun 2018
(afrofootball.com)

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