Russia Line-Up: Malafeev, Ignashevich, A.Berezutski, Anyukov, Zhirkov, Zyryanov, Shirokov, Denisov, Kerzhakov (Pavlyuchenko, 72'), Arshavin (c), Dzagoev (Kokorin, 84')
Czech Republic Line-Up: Cech, Sivok, Kadlec, Selassie, Hubnik, Rosicky (c), Jiracek (Petrzela, 74'), Baros (Lafata, 85'), Plasil, Pilar, Rezek (Hubschman, 45')
Russia blast themselves to the top of Group A with an emphatic victory over Czech Republic. Despite having the best start, the Czechs found themselves 1-0 down after 15-minutes when Aleksandr Kerzhakov's header came back off the post for Alan Dzagoev to smash home.
Andrei Arshavin had one his better games, being instrumental in the mid-field. He played the ball through to Roman Shirokov who chipped the ball over Petr Cech, to make it 2-0 nine minutes later.
Czech Republic came back into it in the second half and Vaclav Pilar rounded Vyacheslav Malafeev to make it 2-1 seven minutes after the restart. Within five minutes of coming on, Roman Pavlyuchenko made an immediate impact; picking out Dzagoev to score his second of the night on 77-minutes. Pavlyuchenko then put himself on the scoresheet with a mazy run into the box before smashing a shot past Cech with nine minutes left.
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