Friday 8 June 2012

Russia 0-0 Belgium

Belinin and Volkovich sing the Russian National Anthem. Both failed to inspire the team as they drew 0-0 with Belgium

Russia and Belgium got the tournament under way in a dull fashion as they both clashed in a 0-0 draw at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

Highlights:

Russia: 1 Konstantin Leskov; 22 Sergey Savannov, 2 Igor Tiranov, 5 Alexey Zoltin, 3 Ivan Volkovich; 7 Igor Vladimov, 9 Igor Semikov, 4 Sergey Belinin, 15 Ivan Semikov; 12 Andrey Pavlychkin, 10 Roman Bogomirov

Belgium: 1 Filip Van Rekeren; 19 Nico Van Daele, 13 Marc-Antoine Luyckx, 4 Luc Wambelen, 5 Christian Makalongo; 20 Marco Mieskens, 8 Daniel Cassissi, 10 Julien Martinère, 3 Jean Croussant; 9 Vincent Vandamme, 16 Frankie De Morgen

Referee: Andreas Bönn (Austria).