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Italian Soccer Serie A
44% Ball Possession FINLAND and 56% Ball Possession RUSSIA
Finland 0 – 1 Russia 
. 45′ Aleksey Miranchuk
Russia making history winning the UEFA Euro 2020 Group B Matchday 2 defeating Finland on Wednesday 16 June 2021 in Saint Petersburg. The hero for Russia is Serie A player Atalanta forward Aleksey Miranchuk scoring the only goal of the game and enough to claim the victory. Russia celebrate their first win at a EURO competition since 2012 opener. Highlight of the match is Finland warming up wearing t-shirts with the message “Get well Christian” written across them. Denmark and Inter player Christian Eriksen is recovering after his heart attack on Matchday 1 during the game against Finland. On Matchday 3, June 21, Finland will face Belgium at St Petersburg and Russia will face Denmark in Copenhagen.
✅ Italian Serie A and Serie B Players in this game:
- Atalanta forward Aleksei Miranchuk (Russia) scored a goal in the 45th minute, played 85 minutes and replaced by Maksim Mukhin.
- *Brescia goalkeeper Jesse Joronen (Finland) listed as a substitute
- *Chievo Verona defender Sauli Vaisanen (Finland) not listed
Note: *Serie B teams.
✅ UEFA Euro 2020 Group B Standing after Matchday 2
🏆 UEFA Euro Group B Standing after Matchday 2. Belgium qualified to the Round of 16. pic.twitter.com/Ny2jq2UXrn
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) June 17, 2021
In the 45th minute, just before ending the first half, the great moment for Russia and “Atalanta fans” when forward Aleksei Miranchuk defeated Finland goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky with a left footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Artem Dzyuba.
🇷🇺 Aleksei Miranchuk celebrates his first goal for Russia since November 2019 ⚽️#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/z5AlpWZ3W3
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 16, 2021
📸 Aleksei Miranchuk curls in the opener for Russia ⚽️#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/Mx3iaTaWex
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 16, 2021
⚽️ The man who crowned an intricate move with a fine curling finish…
🇷🇺 Aleksei Miranchuk = Star of the Match👏
🤔 Did you see that coming?@Heineken | #EUROSOTM | #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/K16FqO7hO8
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 16, 2021
Click the video to watch Finland 0 – 1 Russia highlights on Wednesday 17 June 2021.
🇫🇮 The Finland side set to contest their second ever EURO game… @Huuhkajat | #EURO2020
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 16, 2021
🇷🇺 Semenov is replaced by Diveev alongside Dzhikiya at the heart of Russia’s defence…@TeamRussia | #EURO2020
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 16, 2021
🇷🇺 Russia celebrate their first win at a EURO since 2012 opener 👏#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/Kr3eRo1WI9
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 16, 2021
⏰ RESULT ⏰
⚽️ Aleksei Miranchuk 45’+2
🇫🇮🆚🇷🇺 Russia secure their first 3 points of the finals…
🤔 Fair result? #EURO2020
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 16, 2021
UEFA Euro 2020
Group stage – Group B, Matchday 2
Finland 0 – 1 Russia
Saint Petersburg Stadium
Russia
15:00
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Istvan Kovacs (ROU)
Reserve AR: Vasile Marinescu (ROU)
VAR: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR 1: Kevin Blom (NED)
AVAR 2: Benjamin Pages (FRA)
AVAR 3: Jerôme Brisard (FRA)
Referee Observer: Pascal Garibian (FRA)
Goals: 45′ Aleksey Miranchuk (R)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
Finland (3-4-1-2): Hradecky; Toivio (85′ Jensen), Arajuuri, O’Shaughnessy; Raitala (75′ Soiri), Schuller (67′ Kauko), Kamara, Uronen; Lod; Pukki (75′ Lappalainen), Pohjanpalo.
Subs: Vaisanen, Joronen, Sparv, Alho, Jaakkola, Valakari, Ivanov, Forss.
Head Coach: Kanerva
Russia (4-3-3): Safonov; Mário Fernandes (25’ Karavaev), Diveev, Dzhikiya, Kuzyaev; Zobnin, Barinov, Ozdoev (61′ Zhemaletdinov); Miranchuk (85′ Muchin), Dzyuba (85′ Sobolev), Golovin.
Subs: Sunin, Semenov, Cerysev, Sabolotnyj, Dyupin, Fomin, Evgen’ev, Makarov.
Head Coach: Cherchesov