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5-0: Russian national team’s winning start of 2018 FIFA World Cup

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5-0: Russian national team’s winning start of 2018 FIFA World Cup


15.06.2018

Sergei Bobylev/TASS

Russian national football team bashed the team of Saudi Arabia. The first goal was hit already on the 12th minute of the game by Yuri Gazinsky. Artem Dzyuba and Alexander Golovin showed brilliant performance. Denis Cheryshev had 2 successful attacks, TASS informs.
 
The players of the national team of Saudi Arabia failed to break the defense of the Russian team and hit the goal. The game was over with the final score of 5-0. 

More than 80 000 football fans watched the game at Moscow’s stadium Luzhniki.

The next game with participation of the Russian team will take place next week. On Tuesday in June 19 our football players will meet with the Egyptians in Saint Petersburg.

There was 2018 FIFA World Cup gala opening ceremony. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, President of FIFA Gianni Infantino, heads of states and governments of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and other states, 
Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al-Saud and Chairman of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea China Kim Yong-nam were present at the ceremony.

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