This Saturday, Chile faced Russia in a friendly match and emerged victorious with a score of 2-0 at Fisht Stadium, Sochi. Gonzalo Tapia opened the scoring for Chile in the 37th minute of the first half, while Ben Brereton Díaz sealed the win by scoring in the 76th minute of the second half.
Ben Brereton Díaz was the standout player of the match, contributing one goal to the scoreline.
Another key player for Chile was Gonzalo Tapia, who also found the net once during the game.
Russia’s coach, Valeri Karpin, deployed a 4-3-3 formation with Stanislav Agkatsev as goalkeeper; Mingiyan Beveyev, Matvey Lukin, Igor Diveev, and Danil Krugovoy in defense; Matvey Kislyak, Ivan Oblyakov, and Maxim Glushenkov in midfield; and Daniil Fomin, Konstantin Tyukavin, and Aleksandr Golovin in attack.
On the other hand, Chile, managed by Nicolás Córdova, implemented a 3-6-1 strategy, featuring Lawrence Vigouroux in goal; Iván Román, Benjamín Kuscevic, and Guillermo Maripán in defense; Fabián Hormazábal, Rodrigo Echeverría, Vicente Pizarro, Gabriel Suazo, Darío Osorio, and Javier Altamirano in midfield; and Gonzalo Tapia leading the attack.
The match was officiated by referee Firdavs Norsafarov.
Russia will have a break in the next round, while Chile will host Peru at the same Fisht Stadium.
Substitutions for Russia
25’ 1H – Ivan Oblyakov was replaced by Aleksey Batrakov
88’ 2H – Matvey Lukin came off for Ruslan Litvinov
Yellow Card for Russia
13’ 2H – Daniil Fomin (Unsporting behavior)
Substitutions for Chile
59’ 2H – Gonzalo Tapia was substituted by Lucas Cepeda, Javier Altamirano was replaced by Ben Brereton Díaz, Konstantin Tyukavin came off for Nikolay Komlichenko, Aleksandr Golovin was substituted by Kirill Glebov, and Daniil Fomin was replaced by Nail Umyarov.
74’ 2H – Vicente Pizarro was replaced by Felipe Loyola.
86’ 2H – Darío Osorio came off for Francisco Salinas and Rodrigo Echeverría was substituted by Agustín Arce.
87’ 2H – Iván Román was substituted by Maximiliano Gutiérrez and Matvey Kislyak came off for Ivan Sergeyev.
Yellow Cards for Chile
6’ 1H – Gonzalo Tapia (Unsporting behavior), 20’ 2H – Gabriel Suazo (Unsporting behavior), 21’ 2H – Iván Román (Unsporting behavior), and 28’ 2H – Vicente Pizarro (Unsporting behavior)