NEW DELHI, June 10: Spain's fame strike force live upto their reputation as they beat Russia by four goals to one in the Euro 2008 Group D match at Tivoli Neu Stadium, Innsbruck on Tuesday.
Coach Luis Aragones decision to field a two-man strike force featuring Fernando Torres and David Villa turned out to be a fruitful one as Villa scored a clinical hat-trick in the match.
Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko scored a consolation goal in the 86th minutes to salvage the day, which was dominated by Spanish team. But Spain increased their margin in the 91st minutes to win the match 4-1.
Squads
Spain: 1-Iker Casillas; 15-Sergio Ramos, 5-Carles Puyol, 4-Carlos Marchena, 11-Joan Capdevila; 19-Marcos Senna; 6-Andres Iniesta, 8-Xavi, 21-David Silva; 7-David Villa, 9-Fernando Torres
Russia: 1-Igor Akinfeyev; 22-Alexander Anyukov, 8-Denis Kolodin, 14-Roman Shirokov, 18-Yuri Zhirkov; 11-Sergei Semak, 17-Konstantin Zyryanov, 20-Igor Semshov, 15-Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, 21-Dmitry Sychev; 19-Roman Pavlyuchenko
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria).
Source: TOI
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