Finland vs Russia, Euro 2020 Football Highlights: Miranchuk seals 1-0 win for Russia over Finland

Finland vs Russia, Euro 2020 Football Highlights: Aleksei Miranchuk scored in the first half to win the match for Russia at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg. Follow updates of Euro 2020, Finland vs Russia.

Finland vs Russia, Euro 2020 Football Highlights (Pool via REUTERS)

Euro 2020 Highlights, Finland vs Russia: Aleksei Miranchuk’s curling shot in first-half stoppage time gave Russia a 1-0 win over Finland and its first points at the Euro 2020. The playmaker exchanged passes with striker Artem Dzyuba before cutting inside onto his favoured left foot and floating an angled shot into the top corner. Finland had their chance in the third minute but Pohjanpalo's header was disallowed after he was marginally off-side just before meeting the cross with his head. Earlier Mário Fernandes was stretchered off after receiving a heavy knock and Karavaev was brought on. He was taken to the hospital.

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• 16 Jun 2021, 08:30:43 PM IST

  Full Time! Russia 1-0 Finland

  Russia beat Finland 1-0. Russia's Aleksei Miranchuk starred with the only goal of the match in the first half.

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:26:39 PM IST

  90+3' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Chance for Russia but Zhemaletdinov shoots over from a good position and misses the target.

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:24:54 PM IST

  UEFA EURO 2020: 90+1' Finland 0-1 Russia

  O’Shaughnessy gets booked by the referee. Sobolev on the ground which causes a delay in the game.

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:23:23 PM IST

  89' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Great effort from Arajuuri but his header gets drifted over the bar.

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:22:20 PM IST

  88' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Yellow Card to Russian captain. Dzhikiya booked by the referee. Free kick for Finland and chance to get the equalizer.

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:18:30 PM IST

  EURO 2020: 85' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Russia go for double substitution.

  Sobolev on for Dzyuba.

  Mukhin on for Miranchuk.

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:17:46 PM IST

  84' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Another Finland switch: Toivio for Jensen - A BIG MOVE

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:17:08 PM IST

  84' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Another foul affects Finland's momentum as they are toiling to find the equalizer. Kauko concedes a free-kick.

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:14:59 PM IST

  UEFA EURO 2020: 81' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Dzyuba gets penalised for a foul on Toivio. Free-kick for Finland.

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:10:42 PM IST

  77' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Pohjanpalo is penalised for a foul. Dzhikiya takes the free-kick.

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:09:48 PM IST

  75' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Substitution for Finland again:

  OUT: Jukka Ritala, Teemu Pukki

  IN: Pyry Soiri, Lassi Lappalainen

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:04:14 PM IST

  UEFA EURO 2020: 72' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Kuzyaev shoots but Hradecky makes a brilliant save.

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:03:00 PM IST

  69' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Jikia is down inside the area and the medics are on. Russia would not want anymore injury at the moment.

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:01:21 PM IST

  EURO 2020: 67' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Substitution for Finland:

  Out: Rasmus Schuller

  In: Joni Kauko

• 16 Jun 2021, 08:00:26 PM IST

  66' Finland 0-1 Russia

  BIG CHANCE, but Russia miss it. Miranchuk passes to Zhemaletdinov but his shot rolls past the goalpost.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:57:39 PM IST

  65' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Zobnin concedes a free-kick for a foul on Lod.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:54:00 PM IST

  61' Finland 0-1 Russia

  2nd change for Russia:

  In: Rifat Zhemaletdinov

  Out: Magomed Ozdoev

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:51:18 PM IST

  56' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Lod cuts inside from right but gets blocked by Dzhikiya. Finland continue to seek equalizer.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:47:11 PM IST

  UEFA Euro 2020: 51' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Good shot from Golovin but misses the target. He took his chance but the shot was wide of the goalpost.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:42:37 PM IST

  50' Finland 0-1 Russia

  Pukki misses the target. He was through but Diveev nullifies Finland's chance with last-gasp challenge.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:30:30 PM IST

  Halftime - Finland 0-1 Russia

  The game finishes with Russia leading at half-time. Finland had an early goal which was ruled out for off-side. Russia kept on handling the pressure and went ahead with magnificent efforts from Miranchuk in added time.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:22:30 PM IST

  45+2' Finland 0-1 Russia

  GOALLLLL! Russia finds it. Miranchuk plays an amazing short one-two with Dzyuba, then shows neat feet to curl an exquisite finish, outplaying the cover of Finland defenders.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:17:00 PM IST

  44' Finland 0-0 Russia

  Tight contest in midfield with Ozdoev and Kamara significantly involved. Six injury minutes added.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:14:43 PM IST

  41' Finland 0-0 Russia

  Arajuuri gets penalised for a foul on Dzyuba.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:12:36 PM IST

  40' Finland 0-0 Russia

  Finland get a Free kick as Pukki is hit in the face near the left touchline, right in front of the dugout.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:09:50 PM IST

  37' Finland 0-0 Russia

  Chance for Russia, but missed. Sensational defending from Uronen and Karavaev looks in pain after colliding with a goalpost.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:06:20 PM IST

  34' Finland 0-0 Russia

  Yellow Card to Magomed Ozdoev.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:02:36 PM IST

  30' Finland 0-0 Russia

  Russia miss a chance. Dzyuba almost had it but the header didn't hit the target. Ozdoev sends an overhead kick but Dzyuba doesn't get enough.

• 16 Jun 2021, 07:01:01 PM IST

  27' Finland 0-0 Russia

  Barinov booked. He tried to pull back Kamara and the referee isn't afraid of a yellow card.

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:58:42 PM IST

  25' Finland 0-0 Russia

  Fernandes has done himself serious damage and he gets stretchered off. Karavaev comes in at his place.

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:55:04 PM IST

  22' Finland 0-0 Russia

  YELLOW CARD! Midfielder Kamara has been booked by the referee. Concedes a free kick for a foul on Zobnin.

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:52:49 PM IST

  21' Finland 0-0 Russia

  Great effort from Diveev. Pohjanpalo looks for an opportunity but the Russian defender blocks it brilliantly.

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:49:44 PM IST

  16' Finland 0-0 Russia

  Russia gets Free Kick as Pukki fouls Zobnin. Diveev takes it but little comes form it.

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:48:02 PM IST

  13' Finland 0-0 Russia

  OFFSIDE! Nice play from Miranchuk, passing it to Dzyuba inside the penalty area. He hits the post before the flag goes up.

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:44:10 PM IST

  10' Finland 0-0 Russia

  Ozdoyev misses the target from 6 yards out. He had a chance for a goal but skies it over the post.

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:37:26 PM IST

  3' Goal disallowed due to off-side - FINLAND 0-0 RUSSIA

  3' NO GOAL! Tough luck, Finland. The goal has been disallowed for offside.

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:35:46 PM IST

  3' GOAL! FINLAND 1-0 RUSSIA

  3' Amazing start from Finland! Pohjanpalo scores stunning goal; Finland 1-0 Russia

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:27:44 PM IST

  Teams arrive

  Here come the teams. The crowd at the St Petersburg Stadium is cheered up. National anthems underway before the kick-off.

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:17:05 PM IST

  Finland vs Russia: Form Guide

  Finland: W, L, L, L, D, D

  Russia: L, W, D, L, W, W

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:13:15 PM IST

  We have to improve our attacking: Markku Kanerva, Finland coach

  "We have to improve our attacking. We need to create more chances and score more goals. This is going to be a tough game for sure. Russia pretty much have to win this game; they will be hurt and they will be aggressive. Everything in the group is open. We’re looking at everything we can do to get the win or at least get a point."

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:10:55 PM IST

  Russia line-up

  Aleksandr Golovin, Artem Dzyuba, Aleksei Miranchuk, Magomed Ozdoev, Dmitri Barinov, Roman Zobnin, Daler Kuzyaev, Georgi Dzhikiya, Igor Diveev, Mario Fernandes, Matvei Safonov

• 16 Jun 2021, 06:03:34 PM IST

  Finland line-up

  Lukas Hradecky, Joona Toivio, Paulus Arajuuri, Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Rasmus Schuller, Glen Kamara, Jukka Raitala, Robin Lod, Jere Uronen, Teemu Pukki, Joel Pohjanpalo

• 16 Jun 2021, 05:58:25 PM IST

  Russia squad

  Goalkeepers: Yuri Dyupin, Matvei Safonov, Anton Shunin

  
  

  Defenders: Igor Diveev, Georgi Dzhikiya, Mario Fernandes, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Fedor Kudryashov, Andrei Semenov

  
  

  Midfielders: Dmitri Barinov, Denis Cheryshev, Daniil Fomin, Aleksandr Golovin, Daler Kuzyaev, Andrei Mostovoy, Maksim Mukhin, Magomed Ozdoev, Rifat Zhemaletdinov, Yuri Zhirkov, Roman Zobnin

  
  

  Forwards: Artem Dzyuba, Aleksei Ionov, Denis Makarov, Aleksei Miranchuk, Aleksandr Sobolev, Anton Zabolotny.

• 16 Jun 2021, 05:51:47 PM IST

  Finland squad

  Goalkeepers: Lukas Hradecky, Anssi Jaakkola, Jesse Joronen

  
  

  Defenders: Paulus Arajuuri, Robert Ivanov, Thomas Lam, Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Jukka Raitala, Joona Toivio, Jere Uronen, Leo Väisänen Sauli Vaisanen

  
  

  Midfielders: Nikolai Alho, Fredrik Jensen, Glen Kamara, Joni Kauko, Robin Lod, Rasmus Schuller, Pyry Soiri, Tim Sparv, Robert Taylor, Onni Valakar

  
  

  Forwards: Marcus Forss, Lassi Lappalainen, Joel Pohjanpalo, Teemu Pukki.

• 16 Jun 2021, 05:49:45 PM IST

  Finland vs Russia - LIVE

  Hello and welcome to the live blog of the Euro 2020 match between Finland and Russia. For the Russians, it's a must-win tie as they desperately need to have points in their kitty. After a 3-0 loss against Belgium, they would look to make a comeback. Finland are coming into the contest after thumping Denmark and would like to continue their winning run.