Slovakia adds to Russian misery with Lille victory
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SLOVAKIA deepened Russia’s woes with classy first-half goals from Vladimir Weiss and Marek Hamsik in a tense 2-1 victory in Euro 2016 Group B yesterday.
Just 24 hours after UEFA told Russia it would be expelled from the tournament if its fans caused more crowd trouble, the Slovaks outplayed the Russians for large parts of a match contested under a closed roof in Lille because of forecasts of heavy rain.
Slovakia, which lost its opening clash with Wales 1-2, took the lead in the 32nd minute when midfielder Hamsik hit a superb long ball to Weiss who cut inside the left-hand side of the box and curled his shot inside the far post.
Just before halftime Hamsik picked up a short corner on the left and struck his own superb curling shot across the goal and inside the right hand post.
The Slovaks appeared to be heading towards a comfortable victory but the game changed direction dramatically in the last 10 minutes.
Substitute Denis Glushakov threw his side a lifeline when he reduced the deficit in the 80th, heading home Oleg Shatov’s cross. Suddenly Slovakia was on the back foot and the Russians looked capable of grabbing an equalizer. Glushakov had a chance to pull his side level late on but fired just wide, and an injury-time corner for Russia was headed clear as the final whistle went.
The result left Russia with just a point from a draw with England at the weekend when its fans were involved in violent clashes with opposition supporters.
Slovakia tops the group on three points ahead of Wales on goal difference. The Welsh take on England in Lens today.
Earlier, Russia summoned France’s ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert to protest over the arrest of Russian supporters at the Euro 2016.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the detention of the supporters on a bus in southern France “absolutely unacceptable”.
French police swooped on a group of 43 Russian fans near Marseille on Tuesday and took them into custody over clashes.
Separately, Russian fans were among 10 people arrested before yesterday’s game in Lille.
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