Midfielder Alexey Miranchuk opened the scoring in the 47th minute - he managed to hit the opponents' goal with a pass from the captain of the national team Artyom Dziuba.
The game between the national teams of Russia and Finland takes place in St. Petersburg. Our team lost the previous match in the group, losing to Belgium with a score of 0: 3. Thus, today, June 16, the Russians managed to score the first goal in the tournament.
By the way, the Finns scored a goal against the Russian national team in the third minute of the match. But it was not counted due to an offside position.
It's worth reminding that the defender of the Russian national team Yuri Zhirkov will miss the entire Euro 2020 championship due to injury. In addition, during today's game, Mario Fernades was injured, he was taken from the stadium in an ambulance.