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62% Ball Possession RUSSIA and 38% Ball Possession SLOVAKIA

Russia 1 – 2 Slovakia

80′ Denis Glushakov           32′ Vladimir Weiss
.                                                  45′ Marek Hamsik

 

Way to go for Slovakia!   A great victory for Slovakia defeating Russia on Wednesday 15 June 2016 for the UEFA Euro 2016 Group Stage – Group B at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France. There are 4 Italian Serie A players in Slovakia team. No Serie A players called up for Russia.   Kudos for Napoli defender Marek Hamsik scoring a goal and providing an assist with his national team Slovakia.

Slovakia: 4 Italian Serie A players

• Napoli midfielder Marek Hamšík (Starting lineup)
• AC Milan midfielder Juraj Kucka (Starting lineup)
• Sampdoria defender Milan Škriniar (Subs)
• AS Roma defender Norbert Gyömbér (Subs)

It is Slovakia to open the score in the 32nd minute.   Vladimir Weiss defeating Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev with a right footed shot in the bottom right corner.   The assist is by midfielder  Marek Hamsik.

There you go…. a joyous moment for Hamsik!    This time it is Hamsik to score defeating goalkeeper Akinfeev with a right footed shot in the top right corner following a corner conceded by Russia defender Roman Neustädter.    The assist is by Vladimir Weiss.

• Vladimír Weiss and Marek Hamšík combine for both first-half Slovakia goals (goals – assists)

Photo: facebook.com/sfzofficial

 

Russia shortening the distance in the 80th minute.  Russia midfielder Denis Glushakov defeating Slovakia goalkeeper Matúš Kozáčik with a headed shot in the bottom right corner.   The assist is by Oleg Shatov with a cross.

Here is Russia official starting lineup by coach Slutsky:

RUSSIA (4-2-3-1): Akinfeev; Smolnikov, V. Berezutski, Ignashevich, Schennikov; Neustädter, Golovin; Kokorin, Shatov, Smolov; Dzyuba.

Here is SLOVAKIA official starting lineup by coach Kozák:

SLOVAKIA (4-2-3-1): Kozáčik; Pekarík, Škrtel, Ďurica, Hubočan; Pečovský, Kucka; Mak, Hamšík, Weiss; Duda.

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Euro 2016: Russia 23-man Squad

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Guilherme (Lokomotiv Moscow), Yuri Lodygin (Zenit St. Petersburg)

Defenders: Alexei Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Vasily Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak Moscow), Roman Neustadter (Schalke), Georgy Shchennikov (CSKA Moscow), Roman Shishkin (Lokomotiv Moscow), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg)

Midfielders: Igor Denisov (Dynamo Moscow), Denis Glushakov (Spartak Moscow), Alexander Golovin (CSKA Moscow), Oleg Ivanov (Terek Grozny), Pavel Mamaev (Krasnodar), Alexander Samedov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Oleg Shatov (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Shirokov (CSKA Moscow), Dmitri Torbinski (Krasnodar)

Forwards: Artyom Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg), Alexander Kokorin (Zenit St Petersburg), Fyodor Smolov (Krasnodar)

Euro 2016: Slovakia 23-man Squad

Goalkeepers: Matúš Kozáčik (Viktoria Plzeň), Ján Mucha (Slovan Bratislava), Ján Novota (Rapid Wien).

Defenders: Peter Pekarík (Hertha Berlin), Milan Škriniar (Sampdoria), Martin Škrtel (Liverpool), Norbert Gyömbér (Roma), Ján Ďurica (Lokomotiv Moskva), Kornel Saláta (Slovan Bratislava), Tomáš Hubočan (Dinamo Moskva), Dušan Švento (Köln).

Midfielders: Marek Hamšík (Napoli), Juraj Kucka (AC Milan), Miroslav Stoch (Bursaspor), Vladimír Weiss (Al-Gharafa), Róbert Mak (PAOK), Patrik Hrošovský (Viktoria Plzeň), Ján Greguš (Jablonec), Viktor Pečovský (Žilina), Stanislav Šesták (Ferencváros), Ondrej Duda (Legia Warszawa).

Forwards: Michal Ďuriš (Viktoria Plzeň), Adam Nemec (Willem II).

Photo:   facebook.com/sfzofficial

 

UEFA EURO 2016

Russia 1 – 2 Slovakia
Wednesday 15 June 2016
Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Lille, France

Goals: 32′ Vladimir Weiss (S),  45′ Marek Hamsik (S), 80′ Denis Glushakov (R)

 

RUSSIA (4-2-3-1): Akinfeev; Smolnikov, V. Berezutski, Ignashevich, Schennikov; Neustädter, Golovin; Kokorin, Shatov, Smolov; Dzyuba.

Subs: Lodygin, Guilherme,A. Berezutski, Kombarov, Shishkin, Denisov, Dzagoev, Glushakov, Ivanov, Mamaev, Samedov, Shirokov.

Coach.: Slutsky

SLOVAKIA (4-2-3-1): Kozáčik; Pekarík, Škrtel, Ďurica, Hubočan; Pečovský, Kucka; Mak, Hamšík, Weiss; Duda.

Subs: Mucha, Novota; Škriniar, Gyömbér, Saláta, Švento, Stoch, Hrošovský, Greguš, Šesták, Ďuriš, Nemec.

Coach: Kozák

Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant referee: Jure Praprotnik (SVN) and Robert Vukan (SVN)
Additional assistant referee: Matej Jug (SVN) and Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
Fourth official: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)