MOSCOW – Russia made an excellent start to the tournament by hammeringSaudi Arabia 5-0 in the opening match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. HostsRussia dominated the visitors throughout the match with their rationalplay.
Yuri Gazinskiy got Russia off the mark with a fine header from the closerange and Denis Cheryshev scored the first of his two goals, displayinggreat composure. Artem Dzyuba was the second player to come off the benchand within minutes found the net with a header. In the stoppage time,Cheryshev scored a beauty with his left foot and Aleksandr Golovin finishedthe game by curling in a free-kick to score Russia’s fifth goal.
The month-long festival has begun and Russia takes three points from theopening game and leads the group A. Thank you for joining the FIFA Worldcup updates, tune in tomorrow for the second day of the FIFA World cup.