Robert Lewandowski, among others, was given a rest with the home team, but he saw how his compatriots started the game well. Swierczok opened the scoring in the 4th minute.
Russia was pushed back, but came alongside in the 20th minute. Right back Karavajev put a nice cross from Golovin past Fabianski.
The first half was not that bad, but the second half was completely watered down by the many substitutions.
The Belgians will not be immediately impressed by their first European Championship opponent, nor by Croatia, which looks the Belgians in the eye on Sunday. Croatia, where Ivan Perisic scored, was 1-1 against Armenia.
