Football
Football Union of Russia vs Spain. European Championships Semi-Final.
7:45pm, Thursday 26th June 2008.
Ernst Happel StadionAttendance: Attendance50,000.
Match ends, Russia 0, Spain 3.
Second Half ends, Russia 0, Spain 3.
Attempt missed. Dmitri Sychev (Russia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Yuri Zhirkov.
Attempt saved. Dani Güiza (Spain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xabi Alonso.
Attempt saved. Dmitri Sychev (Russia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrey Arshavin with a cross.
Foul by Sergio Ramos (Spain).
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Spain. Dani Güiza is caught offside.
Carlos Marchena (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dmitri Sychev (Russia).
Goal! Russia 0, Spain 3. David Silva (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas following a fast break.
Foul by David Silva (Spain).
Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Spain. Conceded by Vasili Berezutskiy.
Andrés Iniesta (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sergey Semak (Russia).
Foul by Marcos Senna (Spain).
Andrey Arshavin (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dani Güiza (Spain).
Sergey Semak (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Russia 0, Spain 2. Dani Güiza (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
Attempt missed. Sergio Ramos (Spain) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by David Silva with a cross.
Attempt saved. Xabi Alonso (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
Corner, Spain. Conceded by Igor Akinfeev.
Attempt saved. Cesc Fàbregas (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Ramos.
Dani Güiza (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alexandr Anyukov (Russia).
Substitution, Spain. Dani Güiza replaces Fernando Torres.
Substitution, Spain. Xabi Alonso replaces Xavi.
Cesc Fàbregas (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia).
Offside, Russia. Roman Pavlyuchenko is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Yuri Zhirkov (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Carlos Marchena (Spain).
Dmitri Sychev (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Fernando Torres (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sergio Ramos with a cross.
Attempt missed. Fernando Torres (Spain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sergio Ramos.
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
David Silva (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Russia).
Xavi (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Andrey Arshavin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Spain. Fernando Torres is caught offside.
Substitution, Russia. Dmitri Sychev replaces Ivan Saenko.
Yuri Zhirkov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Yuri Zhirkov (Russia).
Substitution, Russia. Diniyar Bilyaletdinov replaces Igor Semshov.
Offside, Spain. Andrés Iniesta is caught offside.
David Silva (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ivan Saenko (Russia).
Cesc Fàbregas (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Dangerous play by Sergey Semak (Russia).
Attempt missed. Fernando Torres (Spain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas with a through ball.
Corner, Russia. Conceded by Carlos Marchena.
Goal! Russia 0, Spain 1. Xavi (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta with a cross.
Foul by Cesc Fàbregas (Spain).
Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Second Half begins Russia 0, Spain 0.
First Half ends, Russia 0, Spain 0.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Carles Puyol (Spain).
Delay in match because of an injury Andrey Arshavin (Russia).
Carles Puyol (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andrey Arshavin (Russia).
Fernando Torres (Spain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Sergey Ignashevich (Russia).
Attempt saved. Fernando Torres (Spain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
Marcos Senna (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Sergio Ramos (Spain) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
Attempt missed. Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alexandr Anyukov with a cross.
Attempt missed. Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Konstantin Zyryanov.
Substitution, Spain. Cesc Fàbregas replaces David Villa because of an injury.
Delay in match because of an injury David Villa (Spain).
Attempt missed. Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Yuri Zhirkov.
Attempt saved. David Villa (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Fernando Torres (Spain) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joan Capdevila Méndez with a cross.
Joan Capdevila Méndez (Spain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia).
Attempt saved. Sergio Ramos (Spain) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Fernando Torres.
Attempt blocked. Yuri Zhirkov (Russia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantin Zyryanov.
Corner, Russia. Conceded by Sergio Ramos.
Alexandr Anyukov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Villa (Spain).
Sergey Semak (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Andrey Arshavin (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantin Zyryanov.
Ivan Saenko (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Igor Semshov (Russia).
Attempt missed. Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Carles Puyol (Spain).
Sergey Ignashevich (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fernando Torres (Spain).
Attempt missed. Marcos Senna (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner, Russia. Conceded by Joan Capdevila Méndez.
Attempt blocked. Andrés Iniesta (Spain) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Joan Capdevila Méndez.
Attempt saved. David Villa (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Silva.
Alexandr Anyukov (Russia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Xavi (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Silva.
Attempt saved. Fernando Torres (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Villa with a through ball.
Corner, Spain. Conceded by Alexandr Anyukov.
Attempt blocked. Sergio Ramos (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Xavi with a cross.
David Villa (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
