Safonov: 5. As expected, the Russian goalkeeper was preferred to Chevalier who is recovering from an ankle injury. For his third consecutive match, he had to fetch the ball from the back of the net twice, on a powerful shot from Deminguet (1-2, 42nd) and a heavy strike from Tsitaishvili (2-3, 81st). He relaxes well, however, to release Kouao’s long shot (62nd), before his team’s third goal.
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