Russia are the stars of the show as miniEURO2014 gets off to a goal-filled start
Russian minifootballers meant real business in first day of European championship held in Herceg Novi. Russia was at their finest and scored six goals against Cyprus and Ratnikov was a hat trick hero.
Host Montenegro fought a hard battle against Scotland but managed to win 3:2 with brace of Mr đenović and some great saves of Mirotić.
Moldova took care of Israel in last moments of game with great header from Eduard Valutza. Croatia overcame Italy, they came from behind and gained three points at start of tournament. Spain took a nice win against Czech Republic with brace of Mario Santos Fuentes.
All results and scorers:
Montenegro – Scotland 3:2
9’ 1:0 Darko Alibabic
10’ 1:1 Kevin Hagen
13’ 1:2 Joe Andrew
16’ 2:2 Mrđenović
32′ 3:2 MrÄ‘enović
Czech Republic – Spain 0:3 FT
12′ 0:1 Mario Santos Fuentes
35′ 0:2 Mario Santos Fuentes
40′ 0:3 Luis Lanca Dualto
Israel – Moldova 1:2 FT
12′ 0:1 Oleg Soimu
30′ 1:1 Roman Podolsky
40′ 1:2 Eduard Valutza
Croatia – Italy 2:1 FT
18′ 0:1 Andrea Chirivi
23′ 1:1 Ivan RanÄić
25′ 2:1 Zoran LukaveÄki
Cyprus – Russia 0:6 FT
11’ 0:1 Dmitry Ratnikov
16’ 0:2 Dmitry Ratnikov
18’ 0:3 Konstantin Anisimov
24’ 0:4 Dmitry Ratnikov
33’ 0:5 Alexey Pavlenko
39’ 0:6 Maxim Kovalchuk