Slovakia deepened Russia's woes with classy first-half goals from Vladimir Weiss and Marek Hamsik in a tense 2-1 victory in Euro 2016 Group B on Wednesday.
Just 24 hours after UEFA told Russia it would be expelled from the tournament if their fans caused more crowd trouble, the Slovaks outplayed them for large parts of a match contested under a closed roof because of forecasts of heavy rain.
Slovakia, after losing their opening clash 2-1 to Wales, took the lead in the 32nd minute when midfielder Hamsik hit a superb long ball to Weiss who cut inside the left-hand side of the box and curled his shot inside the far post.
Just before halftime Hamsik picked up a short corner on the left and struck his own superb curling shot across the goal and inside the right hand post.
Russia made the last 10 minutes intense with a header from Denis Glushakov but the Slovaks survived, leaving Russia with a point from a draw with England at the weekend when their fans were involved in violent clashes with opposition supporters.
The key moments that decided Russia v Slovakia
We bring you the key moments that decided Russia v Slovakia...
GOAL RUSSIA!
And Glushakov heads them back into the match from Shatov's cut back. Game on suddenly!
Mak effort (54 mins)
Now Akinfeev forced to tip over Mak's drive as Slovakia go for the killer third.
GOAL SLOVAKIA! (45 mins)
And it’s a brilliant, curling effort from Hamsik, that cannons in off the far post. Magic from the Napoli man. Best player on the pitch.
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GOAL SLOVAKIA! (32 mins)
Just 24 hours after UEFA told Russia it would be expelled from the tournament if their fans caused more crowd trouble, the Slovaks outplayed them for large parts of a match contested under a closed roof because of forecasts of heavy rain.
Slovakia, after losing their opening clash 2-1 to Wales, took the lead in the 32nd minute when midfielder Hamsik hit a superb long ball to Weiss who cut inside the left-hand side of the box and curled his shot inside the far post.
Just before halftime Hamsik picked up a short corner on the left and struck his own superb curling shot across the goal and inside the right hand post.
Russia made the last 10 minutes intense with a header from Denis Glushakov but the Slovaks survived, leaving Russia with a point from a draw with England at the weekend when their fans were involved in violent clashes with opposition supporters.
The key moments that decided Russia v Slovakia
We bring you the key moments that decided Russia v Slovakia...
GOAL RUSSIA!
And Glushakov heads them back into the match from Shatov's cut back. Game on suddenly!
Mak effort (54 mins)
Now Akinfeev forced to tip over Mak's drive as Slovakia go for the killer third.
GOAL SLOVAKIA! (45 mins)
And it’s a brilliant, curling effort from Hamsik, that cannons in off the far post. Magic from the Napoli man. Best player on the pitch.
View image on Twitter

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UEFA EURO 2016
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Hamšík. You can't deny his passion for scoring goals! #EURO2016 #SVK
3:00 PM - 15 Jun 2016
• 682 682 Retweets 898 898 likes
Follow the match LIVE
GOAL SLOVAKIA! (32 mins)
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