Russia v New Zealand, 17 June 2017
| Score | 2-0 to Russia |
| Referee | Wilmar Roldán |
| Competition | FIFA Confederations Cup Group A |
| Venue | Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg |
View Russia v New Zealand head to head
The opening match of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 featured host Russia and Oceania champions New Zealand.
Russia dominated the game and were good value for their 2-0 win.
The advent of video refereeing had an early disaster as the referee and video refs managed to miss an obvious Russian penalty early in the game
2
Russia
Manager: Stanislav Cherchesov
Goals:
| Michael Boxall | own goal | 31 |
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| Fedor Smolov | 69 |
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Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Igor Akinfeev
(captain)
Defender
Georgi Dzhikiya
Defender
Fedor Kudryashov
Defender
Viktor Vasin
Defender
Yuri Zhirkov
Midfielder
Aleksandr Erokhin
Midfielder
Denis Glushakov
Midfielder
Aleksandr Golovin
Midfielder
Aleksandr Samedov
Forward
Dmitriy Poloz
Forward
Fedor Smolov
Substitutions:
| Alexander Bukharov for Dmitriy Poloz | 64 |
| Dmitry Tarasov for Aleksandr Erokhin | 77 |
| Aleksei Miranchuk for Fedor Smolov | 90 |
On the bench:
Goalkeeper
Vladimir Gabulov
Goalkeeper
Guilherme
Defender
Ruslan Kambolov
Defender
Ilja Kutepov
Defender
Roman Shishkin
Defender/Midfielder
Igor Smolnikov
Midfielder
Yuri Gazinskiy
Midfielder
Dmitriy Kombarov
Midfielder
Dmitry Tarasov
Midfielder/Forward
Aleksei Miranchuk
Forward
Alexander Bukharov
Forward
Maxim Kanunnikov
0
New Zealand
Manager: Anthony Hudson
Goals:
Starting lineup:
Stefan Marinović
Goalkeeper
Michael Boxall
Defender
Andrew Durante
Defender
Tommy Smith
Defender
Deklan Wynne
Defender
Kip Colvey
Defender/Midfielder
Michael McGlinchey
Midfielder
Marco Rojas
Midfielder
Ryan Thomas
Midfielder
Kosta Barbarouses
Midfielder/Forward
Chris Wood
Forward
(captain)
Substitutions:
| Bill Tuiloma for Kosta Barbarouses | 61 |
| Shane Smeltz for Marco Rojas | 71 |
| Monty Patterson for Kip Colvey | 83 |
On the bench:
Goalkeeper
Glenn Moss
Goalkeeper
Tamati Williams
Defender
Sam Brotherton
Defender
Tom Doyle
Defender
Dane Ingham
Defender
Storm Roux
Defender/Midfielder
Bill Tuiloma
Midfielder
Clayton Lewis
Midfielder
Alex Rufer
Midfielder
Themi Tzimopoulos
Forward
Monty Patterson
Forward
Shane Smeltz