Spain vs Russia Live Commentary

Spain vs Russia Live
The EURO 2008 Group D is the last group of this European Championship that has not started yet. Today is the big day for Spain, Russia, Greece and Sweden. I invite you to watch both games live online. We will start with Spain vs Russia that will kick-off at 18.00 CET.
Live text commentary and live highlights will be updated here by our staff during the whole 90 minutes of play. The post match report will be updated after the final whistle. It will be a opportunity for you to comment the result.

Highlights: Spain 4 – 1 Russia

Spain 4-1 Russia Live Full Time
90′+4′ The referee ends the match.
90′+4′ Joan Capdevila misses the target from a set piece.
90′+3′ Ball Possession: Spain 46%, Russia 54%.
90′+2′ Roman Pavlyuchenko is caught offside.
90′+1′ GOOOOOOAL!!! 4 – 1 Cesc Fabregas scores from the rebound.
90′+1′ Xavi Hernandez shoots and the keeper bounces the ball.
90′ Konstantin Zyrianov sends a corner kick and Semak’s shot is saved by the keeper.
86′ GOOOOOOAL!!! 3 – 1 Roman Pavlyuchenko heads the ball into the net.
86′ Konstantin Zyrianov delivers from the corner spot…
81′ Roman Pavlyuchenko shoots wide.
81′ Dmitri Torbinski’s set piece shot misses the target.
77′ Spain Substitution: David Jiménez Silva Xabi Alonso.
75′ GOOOOOAL!!! 3 – 0 David Villa completes his hat-trick after a Cesc Fabregas assist.
73′ David Silva misses the target.
72′ Roman Pavlyuchenko is denied by the keeper.
70′ Russia Substitution: Vladimir Bistrov is replaced by Roman Adamov.
67′ David Jiménez Silva is denied by the keeper.
67′ Xavi Hernandez delivers from the corner spot and Senna’s header is bounced by the keeper.
66′ Ball Possession: Spain 46%, Russia 54%.
63′ Spain Substitution: Andrés Iniesta is replaced by Santiago Cazorla .
60′ Diniyar Bilyaletdinov shoots wide.
58′ David Villa is denied by the keeper.
58′ Russia Subsititution: Igor Semshov is replaced by Dmitri Torbinski.
54′ Spain Substitution: Fernando Torres is replaced by Cesc Fabregas.
51′ Zhirkov has a corner kick for Russia and Bistrov’s shot is saved by Casillas.
50′ Yuri Zhirkov sends a set piece cross and a defender clears.
49′ Konstantin Zyrianov is caught offside.
46′ Russia Substitution: Dmitri Sychev is replaced by Vladimir Bistrov.
46′ Russia have the first touch of this second half.
46′ The second half has started.

45′+2′ The referee ends the first half.
45′GOOOOOOAL!!! 2 – 0 David Villa doubles Spain’s lead after another counter attack and an assist from Andres Iniesta.

44′ Ball Possession: Spain 49%, Russia 51%.
44′ Konstantin Zyrianov has a corner kick for Russia and they lose the ball.
39′ Roman Pavlyuchenko is caught offside.
38′ Fernando Torres has a nice run, passes the ball to Villa and the goalscorer is blocked this time.
36′ Torres is flagged offside.
32′ Fernando Torres is denied by the keeper.
31′ Konstantin Zyrianov is caught offside.
28′ Villa’s shot ends into a corner kick.

28′ Andres Iniesta brings the ball into the box.
25′ Sergei Semak has an attempt and Casillas denies.
24′ Fernando Torres tries to score and his shot is bounced by the keeper.
24′ Ball Possession: Spain 51%, Russia 49%.
23′ Fernando Torres ends a Spanish counter attack with a wide shot.
22′ Dmitri Sychev delivers and Zyrianov aims the post.

20′ GOOOOOOAL!!! 1 – 0 David Villa opens the score after a Spanish counter attack.

17′ Dmitri Sychev delivers and Semshov misses the target.
15′ David Silva shoots from long range and the keeper saves.
11′ Roman Pavlyuchenko is caught offside.
9′ David Villa misses the target for Spain.
8′ Fernando Torres has a nice run and his shot lands off target.
5′ Xavi Hernandez sends a set piece cross and a defender clears the ball.
4′ Yuri Zhirkov sends a free kick cross and Casillas clears the ball.
1′ Spain have the first touch of the game.
1′ The referee signals the kick-off.

Spain vs Russia Live Streams
Sopcast: YES (NL), B-wire Sport, Adthe, SUI99, SHTV, GE Sports.
TVants: Hrt 2, SHTV, CCTV-5, Rustavi 2.
PPMate: CCTV-5.
TVU Player: B-wire Sport, SHTV, Danish Delight.
Pcast: BTV-6.
Media Player: Eurosport, FoxSports2008, , Sport1, Cox TV England.

Spain vs Russia Preview
Competition: EURO 2008
Stage: Group D, Match-day 1
Date: 10.07.2008
Kick-off time: 18.00 CET
Location: Tivoli Neu, Innsbruck, Austria.
Referee: Konrad Plautz (AUT)
Live Coverage: Spain vs Russia
Match Discussions: FCFB Forums

Spain vs Russia Odds and Betting Tips
Spain start tonight’s match as the main favorites, but I think that the bookmakers are slightly over exaggerating with the high trust that they provide to Luis Aragones’ side. Russia has been rock solid in the last few friendly matches and a Russian side has also won the UEFA Cup, featuring many national players in the squad. I think that the match will end with a draw and that Russia won’t lose tonight.

Spain vs Russia Line-ups
The probable line-ups are:
Spain
1 I. Casillas
15 S. Ramos
5 C. Puyol
4 C. Marchena
11 J. Capdevila
6 A. Iniesta
19 M. Senna
8 X. Hernandez
21 D. Silva
7 D. Villa
9 F. Torres

Russia
1 I. Akinfeev
22 A. Aniukov
14 R. Shirokov
8 D. Kolodin
18 Y. Zhirkov
20 I. Semshov
17 K. Zyrianov
11 S. Semak
21 D. Sychev
15 D. Bilyaletdinov
19 R. Pavlyuchenko