Sergio Aguero gives Argentina win over Russia in friendly
Sergio Aguero scored the initial goal at the reopened Luzhniki stadium as Argentina beat Russia 1-0 in an amiable Saturday. The Manchester City forward scored on the rebound in the 86th minute to leave Argentina seven games unbeaten despite a hard World Cup qualifying campaign.It absolutely was the initial game in four years at Moscow's vast Luzhniki stadium, which hosts next year's World Cup final.
On a cool afternoon in Moscow, Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria went near to scoring for Argentina in the initial half but were denied by good saves from Russia captain and goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev.Konstantin Rausch headed a goal-line clearance right after halftime to cut right out a chipped cross from Lionel Messi. Russia came closest to scoring with two efforts from midfielder Denis Glushakov round the hour-mark, but one went narrowly wide and another was hit straight by goalkeeper Sergio Romero.With a sellout crowd, security was tight at Luzhniki. The Soviet-era stadium, which hosted the 1980 Olympics and 2008 Champions League final, has been almost completely rebuilt for next year's tournament.
On a cool afternoon in Moscow, Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria went near to scoring for Argentina in the initial half but were denied by good saves from Russia captain and goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev.Konstantin Rausch headed a goal-line clearance right after halftime to cut right out a chipped cross from Lionel Messi. Russia came closest to scoring with two efforts from midfielder Denis Glushakov round the hour-mark, but one went narrowly wide and another was hit straight by goalkeeper Sergio Romero.With a sellout crowd, security was tight at Luzhniki. The Soviet-era stadium, which hosted the 1980 Olympics and 2008 Champions League final, has been almost completely rebuilt for next year's tournament.
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