Russia – Wales live blog
By: blackjack | September 10th, 2008We about to get started in Moscow.
Lineups are posted:
Wales
Wayne Hennessey,Chris Gunter,Craig Morgan,Ashley Williams,Gareth Bale,Simon Davies,Carl Fletcher,Carl Robinson,David Edwards,Joe Ledley,Sam Vokes
Russia
Igor Akinfeev,Aleksandr Aniukov,Denis Kolodin,Sergei Ignashevich,Yuri Zhirkov,Konstatin Zurianov,Dmitri Torbinsky,Igor Semshov,Sergei Semak,Andrei Arshavin,Roman Pavluchenko
3′ general play in mid-field. Wales holding tight with good ball possession
5′ Sergei Ignashevich fouls Gareth Bale. Free kick for Wales
8′ First attacking flourish led by Yuri Zhirkov. Roman Pavluchenko called offside
11′ Roman Pavluchenko’s shot from top of the box deflected wide of goal.
14′ Wayne Hennessey stops a Roman Pavluchenko point blank shot
Russia attacking in waves. Wales playing well behind ball
16′ Sergei Semak fouls Gareth Bale, spot pointed to.
17′ Igor Akinfeev of CSKA Moscow stops the penalty effort dead
22′ Carl Robinson fouls Konstatin Zurianov. Penalty awarded
22′ Roman Pavluchenko takes penalty, Goal
Russia 1 Wales 0
31′ Yuri Zhirkov misses with strong right footed kick
good flurry, Wales not giving in.
35′ the rain is really coming down now, pitch is slippery and ball is skipping off.
38′ box to box action, more open than anyone would have imagined on Wales part
44′ Joe Ledley open to opposite side, misses but called back with a push. The most remarkable part was Igor Akinfeev was in bad position.
1 minute of added time
At the half: Russia 1 Wales 0
Second half underway
Wales pushes forward immediately
47′ Ashley Williams foul on Dmitri Torbinsky – rain is extremely heavy
49′ Andrei Arshavin volleys across to Roman Pavluchenko, Walsh ‘keeper Wayne Hennessey cuts off
50′ Roman Pavluchenko shot deflected wide. Very dangerous opportunity averted
53′ Yuri Zhirkov shot skitters wide. The pitch is becoming a mess and you can see how badly the ball is moving now.
53′ Wayne Hennessey free kick
Wales very aggressive, looking for tying goal
63′ Wales sends in Ched Evans for Sam Vokes
68′ Stunning – Joe Ledley neatly tucks in the tying goal. Russia 1 Wales 1
71′ Chris Gunter fouls Sergei Semak. Free kick Russia
74′ Wales attacking, Gareth Bale sends a shot from outside the box over the bar
74′ Pavel Pogrebniak in for Sergei Semak
76′ Samuel Rickett shown the yellow for wasting time.
79′ Gareth Bale takes a free kick, saved by Russia ‘keeper
82′ Pavel Pogrebniak scores for Russia, his 5th goal in 10 appearances. Looked like Wayne Hennessey had saved it but the rebound came to the Zenit man. Over takes this match GOAL Russia 2 Wales 1
85′ Russia on the attack, taking advantage of Wales pushing forward
86′ Samuel Rickett adventurous shot from 25 meters goes wide
90′ – Wales has the ball but little ability to break through Russian defense for a serious effort to score
FULL-TIME
Russia 2 Wales 1
Category: EPL
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Comments
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Do I care about this game? Not really.
Why am I at the Liveblog? I support anybody calling themselves blackjack.Go uh….ummm…Wales?
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United States
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Think Wales is gonna play for the draw? I do. Russia is too talented, they’re already the dark horse for the WC after what they did at the euros
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Spurs won’t be happy that Pavlyuchenko is playing. Didn’t they try and claim he was injured?
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Love the screen caps. but who is wearing which ugly jersey?
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BMatthews – Wales is surprising everyone with playing more open. I would have thought more defensive. I’m not sure Russia is the dark horse anymore – Odd’s are moving fast in their direction. Re “Blackjack”, wait to you meet my friend coming online “Double-Down”
Daryl- yes, Tottenham complained of him injured. He’s 100% – no issues and it was a ridiculous claim
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I think I’d love to see Wales in the WC, in the US’s group would be nice too.
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Just went to Footballshirtculture.com and found out that the red is Russia and that puke yellow is Wales
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The odds on Wales getting through with Russia and Germany in their group is very tough. They’re a good squad but there are going to be many disappointed countries with qualifying.
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True. In fact, isn’t Finland in their group too? They’re basically out if they don’t win this game (a draw would help).
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yes – its very tough group. Finland plays Germany in a few hours
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Rough finish for the Welsh. Oh well, there is always 2014
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United States
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