#Match Report: World Cup hosts Russia held by Turkey

Summary

World Cup hosts Russia will head into the tournament on a 7-match winless streak after being held to a 1-all draw by Turkey in a warm-up friendly on Tuesday.

leksandr Samedov opened scoring to give Russia the lead in Moscow from a tight angle, converting Alan Dzagoev’s pass over Turkey’s goalkeeper Serkan Kirintili in the 35 minute.

Cengiz Under almost doubled for Russia 12 minutes into the second half from 20 yards but his effort went wide. Two minutes later, Yunus Malli smashed home Turkey’s equaliser from 25 yards.

Russia head to the World Cup the lowly ranked country in FIFA rankings.

Highlights

Moments

8′ First attempt. Caglar Söyüncü (Turkey) header from a resultant corner on the left side of the six yard box misses by inches to the left.

35′ Goal! Russia 1, Turkey 0. Aleksandr Samedov (Russia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Alan Dzagoev.

43′ Attempt saved. Kenan Karaman (Turkey) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

59′ Goal! Russia 1, Turkey 1. Yunus Malli (Turkey) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.

72′ Attempt missed. Fedor Smolov (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. 

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