Russia crushes rivals at the European Championship. Croats arrived in 20 minutes
Fans expected a stressful match with a long-standing irritant, but a decent job did not work out.
The match between Russia and Croatia is perhaps the main sign of Group C.
The statistics of personal meetings in our meeting with the help of the Start Euro turned out to be victorious for the destruction of the team – the Croats beat the Poles 3:1, our greenhouses destroyed Slovakia with a score of 7:1.
— We got a very confident start, it is always very important. Croatia has progressed rapidly, today it is a very trained, fast, tactically competent team with a number of high-class players. We understand that we are in for a very difficult match and to win we need to show all our skills and abilities,” the coach of the Russian national team Sergei Skorovich assessed the opponent.
— Russia is a fantastic team with great experience and opportunities for owners, owners like Robinho, Chishkala, Sokolov. They are wonderful. Russia is the favourite, but I think we have to play aggressively and make quick decisions,” Croatian national team coach Marinko Mavrovic said before the game.
Croatia started the match dirty and paid for it
Robinho was praised by the Croatian coach, but his boys almost broke the Brazilian at the very beginning of the game. Matosevic flew to Russia, naturalized by a Russian, and after discussion, the arbitrators removed the violator. Robinho was limping heavily, but they still appeared on the field, and we face with naturalness just a couple of minutes to tell the opponent – Artem Antoshkin hit the bottom corner of the goal with a beautiful long-range shot.
The Croats did not sit back, they owned the ball a lot and sometimes attacked dangerously, but to no avail. Russia did not fly forward and worked reliably, being wary of counterattacks. Eight minutes before the end of the half, the team in red and white uniforms doubled the lead – Paulinho played the role of a “pillar”, received the ball with his back to the goal, turned around and powerfully shot in the upper corner – 2:0. And in a matter of seconds before the end, Ivan Chishkala brought the score to a devastating one, gracefully throwing the goalkeeper over. No wonder the Croatian coach praised him! In fact, the game was done – the Russian team beat the Croats in just 20 minutes.
Croats are old irritants, but Russia failed to tie a worthy fight
At the beginning of the second half, the Russians decided to save some energy, and the opponent almost pointed it out. Croats are big fans of scoring the ball, and in one of the episodes, the opponent pressed Paulinho on the spot so much that the Brazilian almost lost the ball and rolled it into his own goal. It’s good that the Croat could not get into the frame, but loaded Paulinho in the leg.
After that, the Russians woke up and began to act aggressively, forcing the opponent to make a mistake. The goalkeeper absurdly got the result, lost the ball, and got it Antoshkin scored a double. 4:0 – the opponent could have left the field, they did not win today.
Croats have a chance to get out of the group, but we have nothing to oppose them. They did not look hopeless, but Russia acted much more coherently and faster. No wonder we are considered the favorites of the tournament. And Antoshkin, by the way, scored five goals in two meetings, he is currently the top scorer. We wish and support to please our fans as brightly as it was today!