INJURY TIMEpublished at 45 mins
Russia 2-0 Saudi Arabia
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Summary
Hosts Russia take on Saudi Arabia in Group A
Also in Group A: Egypt v Uruguay - Friday, 13:00 BST
Other Friday matches: Group B - Morocco v Iran (16:00 BST, BBC TV & 5 live), Portugal v Spain (19:00 BST, 5 live)
INJURY TIMEpublished at 45 mins
'Excellent'published at 16:47 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Russia 2-0 Saudi Arabia
Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielderIt is third time lucky for Denis Cheryshev. The play from Golovin was excellent and the little cut inside was brilliant from Cheryshev and then he showed the composure to smash it into the net
'Russia too quick for the visitors'published at 16:46 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Russia 2-0 Saudi Arabia
Alan Shearer
Former Newcastle striker on BBC Radio 5 liveEvery opportunity Russia have to hit them on the break, they are far too quick for Saudi Arabia, and they can go and get four or five goals if they want to.
GOAL - Russia 2-0 Saudi Arabiapublished at 43 mins
Denis Cheryshev
Now there's some noise in this ground! The hosts are 2-0 up in the World Cup opener.
Russia break from their own half. Roman Zobnin plays a ball to Denis Cheryshev, which looks a little short for the Villarreal winger. But the substitute manages to compose himself enough to take the ball past a defender and then smash it into the roof of the net.
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Russia 1-0 Saudi Arabia
The crowd has gone pretty quiet in the Luzhniki Stadium.
Wasteful from Russia winger Denis Cheryshev, who goes past a Saudi defender leaving him on the ground, then tries to go past him again but running it out of play.
Postpublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Beer? Tick. Scarf? Tick. Shirt? Tick. Replica World Cup trophy? Tick.
These Peru fans are having a great time in Moscow watching this one...
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Saudi striker Mohammed Al Sahlawi has made just seven touches so far in the first half, with two of those from kick-off.
'Russia in full control'published at 16:40 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Russia 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Dion Dublin
Ex-Aston Villa striker on BBC Radio 5 liveRussia are playing some really nice football in the middle of the park. You can see the posture has changed and they are now in full control, but Saudi Arabia could still surprise them.
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Russia 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Aleksandr Golovin tries to play a ball through to Fedor Smolov, who just leaves it. He knows he was offside. The linesman might have let him play on under this new guidance - but it would eventually have been ruled out by VAR had it led to a goal.
Smolov saves us all the hassle of that.
'Schoolboy stuff'published at 16:39 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Russia 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielderA brilliant challenge, Russia were two v two. To be fair to Omar he watched the ball and put in a perfect challenge. But that is three or four times Saudi Arabia have been caught two v two or three v three. It is schoolboy stuff from Saudi Arabia.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
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Quite a decent game so far. Hope it's a sign of how the World Cup's going to be.
Matt
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Russia 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Aleksandr Golovin goes down in the box and wants a penalty...
He doesn't get it though as Osama Hawsawi wins the ball. The referee doesn't even need to get VAR involved.
Hawsawi wants Golovin booked as he does the old imaginary waving a card to the referee. Don't think it was a dive though, just a fair tackle.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
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Harrison: The Saudi defence is rubbish. Russia have the men to win this game comfortably but always seem to lack the final product
Wayne: The Saudis look terrible. Doesn’t bode well for when the World Cup is extended to 48 teams in 2022
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Salem Al Dawsari evades a couple of weak tackles to run 40 yards but then runs out of steam. No repeat of Saudi Arabia's 1994 wonder goal.
Postpublished at 35 mins
Russia 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Russia's Fedor Smolov gets into the box, tries a bit of showboating to get past Osama Hawsaw, loses the ball and then fouls the Saudi captain. A waste.
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Russia 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Every single shot on target in this World Cup has led to a goal so far...
Postpublished at 32 mins
Russia 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Free-kick to Saudi Arabia. Salman Al Faraj has about seven men to pick out in the box and finds Yasir Al Shahrani with a floated cross but Al Shahrani heads over the bar. This is better from the Saudis though.
Player Rater is open!published at 16:31 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
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You can take part until 30 minutes after the final whistle.
Postpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
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Another good Opta stat - 39% of all goals Saudi Arabia have conceded in World Cup history have been headers.
They are also the only team to concede a Gary Breen goal at a World Cup...
A dream for Russiapublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Russia 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielderIt is a dream to play against teams like this because they sit back and you know they will give you a chance.
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