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.