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Russians defeat Cyprus national team in World Cup qualifying round

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Russians defeat Cyprus national team in World Cup qualifying round


12.11.2021

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The Russian national team won over their rivals from Cyprus with 6-0 score. The match took place as part of the 2022 World Cup qualifying round. Now the team will have to play a decisive game against the Croatian national team on November 14, R-Sport reports.

During the match in St.petersburg, Alexander Erokhin scored two goals, four more goals were scored by Fedor Smolov, Andrey Mostovoy, Alexey Sutormin and Anton Zabolotny.

At the moment, the Russian national team is at the first place in their group, the Croats are two points behind. Therefore, they will need to win on Sunday in order get to the finals of the World Cup. A victory or a draw will be enough for Russians to get into into the tournament. 

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is set to take place in Qatar between November 21 and December 18.

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