Russia v Korea Republic, 17 June 2014

Kick-off 6.00pm local (11.00pm BST) Man of the Match: Son Heung-min (South Korea) Assistant referees: Hernán Maidana (Argentina) Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) Fourth official: Roberto Moreno (Panama) Fifth official: Eric Boria (United States) The two teams had met in one previous match, in a friendly in 2013. After a goalless first half, the two teams traded goals by substitutes in the second half as the match finished 1–1. First, Han Kook-young passed to Lee Keun-ho, and his long range shot was spilled by Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev into the net. Russia equalised after Alan Dzagoev's shot was parried by South Korean goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong, the clearance hit Andrey Yeshchenko, and Aleksandr Kerzhakov scored from close range.