Rossiya		Ireland
like a 5-2-E-2	Tactics	Alfa
49%	Possession	51%
32%	Play in the half	68%
18	Shots	5
3	Fouls	5
0	Yellow cards	0
1	Red cards	0
2	Offsides	7
77.2	average mark	76.2
incredible	Shooting	formidable
outstanding	Passing	outstanding
outstanding	Defending	brilliant

2 minute.
Zaev lobs the ball high into the air. Reynolds plays the ball through. Truman plays the ball through. Norman just manages to reach the ball first. Norman shoots. Tiapkin palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers.

3 minute.
Kavelin wins the ball from behind. Kavelin plays the ball through. Matveev takes over possession. Matveev lobs the ball high into the air. Fedosov gets his head on it. The ball dips, but not enough, it clips the bar. Selin approaches the ball. Selin has a fantastic effort at goal.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Rossiya - Ireland 1:0

13 minute.
Truman makes an instep pass. Moloney approaches the ball. Moloney makes a one-touch pass. Norman takes over possession. Norman has a fantastic effort at goal. Tiapkin tries to get hold of the ball but it slips out of his hands.

34 minute.
The ball is kicked out of play. Moloney, swiftly takes the throw-in. Truman makes a sublime pass. Reynolds approaches the ball. Reynolds shoots.
Missed by few inches.

39 minute.
Fedosov lobs the ball high into the air. Cummins approaches the ball. Selin wins the ball from behind. Selin takes a swing and hits it... Shields hopelessly throws himself behind the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Rossiya - Ireland 2:0

43 minute.
Zalyalov approaches the set piece. Matveev plays the ball off with his head. Here comes Forster, having a little trouble catching the ball. Selin approaches the ball. Selin shoots.
What a tremendous chance!

45 minute.
Throw-in. Arkhipov comes on to the pitch.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Rossiya 33%, Ireland 67%.
Rossiya - Ireland 2:0

46 minute.
Lawrie comes on to the pitch. Darcy comes on to the pitch.

48 minute.
Darcy just manages to reach the ball first. Dubinskij cleverly intercepts the pass. Kavelin plays the ball through. Arkhipov takes over possession. Arkhipov takes a swing and hits it... The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.

52 minute.
Matveev plays the ball through. Ryzhov just manages to reach the ball first. Ryzhov centers. Selin takes over possession. Selin has a fantastic effort at goal. Shields palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers.

57 minute.
Kavelin just manages to reach the ball first. Kavelin attempts to pass. Matveev takes over possession. Matveev passes, it`s a high ball. Selin rises up and heads the ball.
Missed by few inches.

61 minute.
Cummins attempts to pass. Reynolds approaches the ball. Ryzhov tripped the opponent on purpose. The referee takes the red card out of his top pocket, Ryzhov goes straight to the changing room for an early bath.

77 minute.
Matveev approaches the ball. The referee whistles for a foul Cummins is guilty of misconduct. Matveev was harmed in the clash. Kavelin takes a quick free-kick. Here comes Matveev, having a little trouble catching the ball. Matveev passes, it`s a high ball. Selin approaches the ball. Selin takes a swing and hits it... Shields palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers.

80 minute.
Matveev has problems with catching the ball. Cummins just manages to reach the ball first. Matveev wins the ball from behind. Matveev lobs the ball high into the air. Selin gets his head on it. Shields miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

81 minute.
Reynolds takes over possession. Zalyalov wins the ball from behind. Zalyalov makes a sublime pass. Matveev just manages to reach the ball first. Matveev has a fantastic effort at goal. Shields tries to get hold of the ball but it slips out of his hands.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Rossiya 31%, Ireland 69%.
Rossiya - Ireland 2:0