over Finland on Wednesday in which Aleksei Miranchuk made all the difference with a sublime individual performance.
Miranchuk carried his good club form into the European Championship, having helped Atalanta to a third-place finish in Italy's Serie A this season. Miranchuk repaid coach Stanislav Cherchesov's faith handsomely against Finland as he netted his sixth goal in 35 games for Russia, whose overall display on home soil in St Petersburg still left a lot to be desired.Much like they did against Belgium, the Russians looked vulnerable at the back as Finland created an array of chances and nearly took a third-minute lead when Joel Pohjanpalo's header was chalked off for marginal offside.
The Finns, who packed their defence like they did against in the opening 1-0 win over Denmark, looked a threat whenever they came forward with purpose.
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