Russia route Czechs

Dzagoev with two goals as Advocaat men power to victory

Russia produced a convincing display to move into pole position in Group A with a 4-1 win over the Czech Republic in Wroclaw.

Two emphatic first-half counter-attacks stunned a poor Czech side with Alan Dzagoev and Roman Shirokov the men on the scoresheet.
Wasteful finishing by Aleksandr Kerzhakov looked like it might prove costly when Vaclar Pilar beat Vyacheslav Malafeev neatly from Jaroslav Plasil's expert through ball.
But Dzagoev's second of the night ended the game as a contest before substitute Roman Pavlyuchenko made a mockery of Kerzhakov's earlier misses by making it four.
Curiously, the Czechs had begun brightly and dominated possession in the early stages without creating any clear opportunities.
But it was a different story at the other end with Russia scoring from their first opening just before the quarter of an hour mark.
Konstantin Zyryanov's right-wing cross was headed against the post by Kerzhakov but the ball bounced back out to Dzagoev who fired low into the corner from 15 yards.