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Two own goals and a brilliant solo effort by
Andrey Arshavin gave Russia a 3-0 victory over Finland in Moscow -
their second win in the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. Guss
Hiddink’s men have six points after three games and are increasingly
confident of travelling to South Africa for the finals.
The hosts looked better throughout the first half. And the opener came
on 23 minutes. Pavel Pogrebnyak was first on the rebound after a shot
by Yury Zhirkov was saved. But Finnish defender Peti Pasanen stole the
goal from the striker and put the ball into his own net, 1-0.
The situation on the field didn’t change much after the break. Russia
continued to dominate the possession while the Finns relied on rare
counter attacks. But they could only score into their own goal. Veli
Lampi once again surprised his keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen on 53 minutes
and made it 2-0.
Than it was time for some Arshavin magic. The Euro-2008 star’s
dribbling left two Finnish defenders wondering and than the striker
gave no chance to Jaaskelainen in a one-on-one duel.
The Finish defender also managed to touch the ball before it crossed
the line but this time the goal was awarded to the Russian player. 3-0
it ended.
Germany and Wales are also in action in Group 4.
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