ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June 2 (Reuters) - Alexander Kerzhakov
notched a hat-trick as Russia routed Andorra 4-0 in their Euro 2008 Group
E qualifier on Saturday.
The Sevilla striker fired the home team ahead in the eighth minute with
a neat lob over Andorra keeper Koldo Alvarez, then doubled the lead eight
minutes later.
Kerzhakov made it 3-0 four minutes after the break by latching on to a
rebound and substitute Dmitry Sychev scored the fourth midway through
the second half.
The Russians could have easily added a few more but were still satisfied
with a comfortable victory which moved them top of the group with 14 points
from six matches, a point ahead of Croatia, who were playing Estonia later
on Saturday.
Andorra, who were missing eight first-team players through injury and
suspension, rarely threatened Russia's goal as they slumped to their sixth
defeat in six qualifiers.
02.06.2007
European Championship Qualifying: Group E
Petrovski Stadium
Referee Tommy Skjerven (NOR)
Russia 4 - 0 Andorra
Alexander Kerzhakov (8)
Alexander Kerzhakov (16)
Alexander Kerzhakov (49)
Dmitri Sychev (71)
| Teams |
| Russia |
Andorra |
| 16 Viacheslav Malafeev (G) |
(G) Koldo Alvarez 1 |
| 27 Alexei Berezutsky (D) |
(D) Oscar Da Cunha 7 |
| 2 Vasili Berezutsky (D) |
(D) Txema Garcia 5 |
| 5 Sergei Ignashevich (D) |
(M) Josep Ayala 2 |
| 23 Vladimir Bystrov (M) |
(M) Marc Bernaus 3 |
| 20 Igor Semshov (M) |
(M) Jordi Escura 4 |
| 7 Dmitri Torbinsky (M) |
(M) Manolo Jimenez 10 |
| 18 Yuri Zhirkov (M) |
(M) Ruiz Justo 11 |
| 17 Konstatin Zurianov (M) |
(M) Marc Pujol 8 |
| 10 Andrei Arshavin (S) |
(M) Marcio Vieira 6 |
| 11 Alexander Kerzhakov (S) |
(S) Sergi Moreno 9 |
| Substitutes |
| 30 Vladimir Gabulov (G) |
(G) Alfonso Sanchez 13 |
| 22 Aleksandr Aniukov (D) |
(D) Juli Fernandez 18 |
| 25 Denis Kolodin (D) |
(D) Jordi Rubio 15 |
| 28 Viktor Boudianski (M) |
(D) Alex Somoza 16 |
| 13 Pavel Pogrebniak (S) |
(M) Xavi Andorra 17 |
| 9 Ivan Saenko (S) |
(S) Ludovic Clemente 12 |
| 26 Dmitri Sychev (S) |
(S) Juli Sanchez 14 |
| Substitutions |
| A Aniukov for A Berezutsky (46) |
J Sanchez for O Da Cunha (57) |
D Sychev for A Kerzhakov (54)
|
X Andorra for M Jimenez (73) |
V Boudianski for Y Zhirkov (57)
|
A Somoza for S Moreno (88) |
| Yellow Cards |
| |
Marc Pujol (18) |
| |
Manolo Jimenez (44) |
