England v Russia, 11 June 2016

Score1-1
RefereeGianluca Rocchi
CompetitionUEFA European Championship Group B
VenueStade Velodrome, Marseille
Attendance62,343
Kick-off: 9.00pm local (8.00pm BST) Assistant referees: Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) Mauro Tonolini (Italy) Fourth official: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) Additional assistant referees: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Antonio Damato (Italy) Reserve assistant referee: Damianos Efthymiadis (Greece) Man of the Match: Eric Dier (England) Despite being the only country to win all ten of their Euro 2016 qualifiers, England remained without a win in their opening game in their nine European Championship finals as they were thwarted by a Russian injury time equaliser. After a bright start, England had their first shot on target in the 7th minute when keeper Igor Akinfeev turned Adam Lallana's close range shot over the bar. The Three Lions' positive approach ignited an energetic, enterprising display and the failure to turn the first-half attacking onslaught into the reward it deserved was due to some weak finishing and dogged Russian defending. Russia wrestled back some control after the break as England appeared to be running out of steam. Their frustration grew when Akinfeev pulled off a save of the highest quaility after 70 minutes from Wayne Rooney but, three minutes later, the deadlock was finally broken with Eric Dier's magnificent free-kick from inside the D. It wasn't to be enough though as Russia grasped a last-gasp leveller when, in the second minute of three minutes of added time, captain Vassili Berezutskiy leapt high at the far post to send a looping header beyond keeper Joe Hart. It was the fifth time in a row that England had taken the lead in their opening game of a European Championships finals but failed to convert it in to a victory.

1  England

Manager: Roy Hodgson

1  Russia

Manager: Leonid Slutsky

Goals:

Eric Dier 73 G

Goals:

Vassili Berezutskiy 90 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Joe Hart
Defender Gary Cahill
Defender Chris Smalling
Defender Kyle Walker
Defender/Midfielder Eric Dier
Defender/Midfielder Danny Rose
Midfielder Dele Alli
Midfielder/Forward Adam Lallana
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling
Forward Harry Kane
Forward Wayne Rooney (captain)

Starting lineup:

Igor Akinfeev Goalkeeper
Vassili Berezutskiy Defender (captain)
Roman Neustädter Defender/Midfielder
Igor Smolnikov Defender/Midfielder
Aleksandr Golovin Midfielder
Oleg Shatov Midfielder
Artem Dzyuba Forward
Fedor Smolov Forward

Substitutions:

Jack Wilshere for Wayne Rooney 78
James Milner for Raheem Sterling 87

Substitutions:

Roman Shirokov for Aleksandr Golovin 77
Denis Glushakov for Roman Neustädter 80
Pavel Mamaev for Fedor Smolov 85

Cards:

Gary Cahill 62 Y

Cards:

Georgi Schennikov 72 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Fraser Forster
Goalkeeper Tom Heaton
Defender Nathaniel Clyne
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Bertrand
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder John Stones
Midfielder Ross Barkley
Midfielder Jack Wilshere
Midfielder/Forward Marcus Rashford
Forward Jamie Vardy

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Guilherme
Goalkeeper Yuri Lodygin
Defender Roman Shishkin
Midfielder Denis Glushakov
Midfielder Oleg Ivanov
Midfielder Dmitriy Kombarov
Midfielder Pavel Mamaev
Midfielder Aleksandr Samedov
Midfielder Roman Shirokov
Midfielder Dmitri Torbinsky
Midfielder Artur Yusupov

1  England

Manager: Roy Hodgson

Goals:

Eric Dier 73 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Joe Hart
Defender Gary Cahill
Defender Chris Smalling
Defender Kyle Walker
Defender/Midfielder Eric Dier
Defender/Midfielder Danny Rose
Midfielder Dele Alli
Midfielder/Forward Adam Lallana
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling
Forward Harry Kane
Forward Wayne Rooney (captain)

Substitutions:

Jack Wilshere for Wayne Rooney 78
James Milner for Raheem Sterling 87

Cards:

Gary Cahill 62 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Fraser Forster
Goalkeeper Tom Heaton
Defender Nathaniel Clyne
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Bertrand
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder John Stones
Midfielder Ross Barkley
Midfielder Jack Wilshere
Midfielder/Forward Marcus Rashford
Forward Jamie Vardy

1  Russia

Manager: Leonid Slutsky

Goals:

Vassili Berezutskiy 90 G

Starting lineup:

Igor Akinfeev Goalkeeper
Vassili Berezutskiy Defender (captain)
Roman Neustädter Defender/Midfielder
Igor Smolnikov Defender/Midfielder
Aleksandr Golovin Midfielder
Oleg Shatov Midfielder
Artem Dzyuba Forward
Fedor Smolov Forward

Substitutions:

Roman Shirokov for Aleksandr Golovin 77
Denis Glushakov for Roman Neustädter 80
Pavel Mamaev for Fedor Smolov 85

Cards:

Georgi Schennikov 72 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Guilherme
Goalkeeper Yuri Lodygin
Defender Roman Shishkin
Midfielder Denis Glushakov
Midfielder Oleg Ivanov
Midfielder Dmitriy Kombarov
Midfielder Pavel Mamaev
Midfielder Aleksandr Samedov
Midfielder Roman Shirokov
Midfielder Dmitri Torbinsky
Midfielder Artur Yusupov