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Russia destroyed by Romania in Euro-2008 friendly
Russian football team has hit the ground with a bang on Wednesday, after
going down 3-0 to Romania in a friendly in Bucharest. Coach Guus Hiddink
has chosen a new look squad for the game, but the matter of the defeat
will have the Dutchman worried, just a few months before the start of
the Euro-2008.
The hosts taking the lead right on the stroke of half-time. Chiprian Marica
finding himself surrounded by Russian players, but the Stuttgart striker
took little notice, firing home with aplomb.
And the visitor's woes were doubled on the hour mark. The Russian defence
allowing Florentine Petra's initial miss-kick to fall to Daniel Niculae,
who made no mistake.
And the score line got worse for Russian eyes with 15 minutes left to
go.
The CSKA Moscow trio of Berezutsky brothers and Ignashevich having an
uncharacteristic off day at the back. Marius Niculae this time finding
himself all alone and scores the third.
A night to forget all round for Russia, but with five first team players
out of the starting eleven, the hope is things can't get any worse.
Russia
Today, March 27, 2008
| Match Information |
Stadium: Lia Manoilu
Attendance: 10,000
Referee:
Asaf Kenan (Israel) |
| Scoring |
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| Romania |
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| Ciprian Marica (44) |
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| Daniel George Niculae (60) |
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| Marius Constantin Niculae (75) |
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| Teams |
| Romania |
Russia |
| 12 Marius Popa |
1 Igor Akinfeev |
| 5 Cristian Chivu |
4 Sergei Ignashevich |
| 2 Cosmin Contra |
27 Alexei Berezutsky |
| 3 Razvan Dinca Rat |
2 Vasili Berezutsky |
| 4 Gabriel Sebastian Tamas |
22 Aleksandr Aniukov |
| 15 Dorin Goian |
20 Igor Semshov |
| 6 Mirel Matei Radoi |
15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov |
| 7 Florentin Petre |
23 Vladimir Bystrov |
| 11 Razvan Cocis |
18 Yuri Zhirkov |
| 10 Adrian Mutu |
14 Roman Shirokov |
| 9 Ciprian Marica |
8 Roman Adamov |
| Substitutes |
| 1 Razvan Stanca |
Viacheslav Malafeev 16 |
| 16 George Ogararu |
Vladimir Gabulov 12 |
| 19 Laszlo Sepsi |
Denis Kolodin 25 |
| 17 Marian Aliuta |
Dmitri Torbinsky 7 |
| 8 Ovidiu Petre |
Dmitri Sychev 26 |
| 20 Nicolae Marius Dica |
Roman Pavluchenko 19 |
| 14 Banel Nicolita |
Pavel Pogrebniak 13 |
| 18 Marius Constantin Niculae |
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| 21 Daniel George Niculae |
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| Substitutions |
Ovidiu Petre for Gabriel Sebastian Tamas (35)
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Roman Pavluchenko for Roman Adamov (59)
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Daniel George Niculae for Ciprian Marica (46)
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Dmitri Torbinsky for Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (61)
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Marius Constantin Niculae for Cristian Chivu (46)
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Dmitri Sychev for Vasili Berezutsky (65)
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Nicolae Marius Dica for Adrian Mutu (46)
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Banel Nicolita for Florentin Petre (62)
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George Ogararu for Cosmin Contra (70)
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