The Russian national team won the match of the ninth round of the qualifying tournament of the 2022 World Cup against the team of Cyprus. The correspondent of “Lenta.ru” informs about it.
The meeting took place in St. Petersburg. In the first half, the Russians hit the visitors’ gate only once. In the fourth minute, Alexander Erokhin scored. Already in the second half, Valery Karpin’s charges sent five unanswered goals into the gate of the Cypriots. Goals were scored by: Fedor Smolov, Andrey Mostovoy, Alexey Sutormin and Anton Zabolotny. The double was designed by Erokhin. The final score is 6: 0 in favor of the Russian national team.
In the final round of the Russian national team there will be a match against Croatia. The meeting will take place in Split on November 14th.
The victory over Cyprus allowed the Russian team to retain the leadership in Group H. After nine matches, Karpin’s team has 22 points. Croatia, which occupies the second line with 17 points, will play with Malta in the ninth round. The meeting will take place on November 11 and will begin at 22:45 Moscow time.
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