Did Russia beat Saudi Arabia to get the World Cup off to a good start?

On the evening of June 14, the World Cup in Russia officially kicked off, and the latest performance was a relatively simple opening ceremony. Russian leaders Putin and infantino also spoke successively, and then the opening match officially began. The Russian team is facing the challenge from Saudi Arabia at Luzhniki Stadium. The strength of both teams is not very strong in the group, so this game is also very crucial for them, because if they want to break through from the group stage, they must win such a level of confrontation.

In the first half of the game, the offensive rhythm of both sides was still very fast, and the first ten minutes protected the sidewalk very well. In the first 1 1 minute of the game, Golovin's asthma cross, which played very well in this game, assisted Gasinski to score the first goal of this World Cup. Later, the Russian front waist player ZaGoyev, who is familiar to many people, pulled out with a muscle strain, and the former talented player Cherishev appeared. At the end of the first half, Zobnin came off the bench to help Cherishev score a goal. The former Real Madrid player proved his ability.

Russia, which entered the second half with a two-goal lead, played more steadily. Saudi Arabia has never been the kind of long ball team, but in this case, they paid the price for their habits. Saudi Arabia wasted many offensive opportunities because it just wanted to pass the ball on the ground. After taking the lead, Russian players are more active in defense. In the second half, Kuba came on as a substitute. 196 shortly after the center came on stage, the header helped the Russian team expand the score advantage to 3:0. After the goal, the Russian coach paid tribute to Kuba.

After that, the two sides continued to fight fiercely. Cherishev's outside instep shot in stoppage time extended the score to 4-0. At the last minute of stoppage time, the Russian team staged a good show of scoring a free kick. Finally, the whole game ended. Russia beat Saudi Arabia with 5 goals at home in Luzhniki Stadium, thus making a good start for the team in this World Cup. Source: Sohu