Russia easily beat Spain 39-14 in Madrid on Saturday afternoon in a European Nations Cup match played at the Central Ciudad Universitaria.
The result is a great disappointment to Spain after their good showing in their 21-18 defeat by Portugal the weekend before. It also will cause worries because after the double-round competition over two years the bottom side will be relegated and Spain has just returned from relegation.
Spain actually led in the second half after Juan Cano has d scored a try but after that Russia simply took over, and they did this with 14 men for prop Ivan Prischpenko was sent off in the first half.
It may seem strange but the Spanish pack dominated but the victory went to the speedy outside men of the Russia.
The match started evenly enough with a penalty goal by Yuri Kushnarev for Russia followed by an equaliser by new cap Manuel Olivares at flyhalf for Spain. He kicked a second penalty and Spain led 6-3 after 14 minutes.
Russia had a period of attack but lost centre Igor Galinovski to the sin bin and Spain's pack put great pressure on the visitors who were better in the line-outs than the home side.
A five-metre line-out gave Russia the chance to maul and they went over for a try credited to Andrey Garbuzov. Then just before half-time Alexandr Shakirov took advantage of a serious Spanish blunder on defence to score the second try so that the Bears led the Lions 13-6 at the break.
In the second half the Swainish coach Ged Glynn brought on Juan González and Sergio Souto, and this seemed to add more purpose to Spain for Olivares scored a third penalty goal and then Cano got his try, a great try that started in the Spanish 22. Spain now led 14-13.
But then Galinosvki got a counterattack try and replacement scrumhalf Viktor Motorin converted. Motorin was able tpo get the Russian backs going at speed, and this changed the game.Three tries followed by Gvozdovsky, who got two, and then finally an intercept try by Kushnarev in injury time. Motorin converted two of them.
Scorers:
For Russia:
Tries: Garbuzov, Shakirov, Galinosvki, Gvozdovsky 2, Kushnarev
Cons: Motorin 3
Pen: Kushnarev
For Spain:
Try: Cano
Pens: Olivares 3
Teams:
Spain: 15 César Sempere, 14 Juan Cano, 13 Manuel Mazo, 12 Javier Canosa, 11 David Mota, 10 Manuel Olivares, 9 Pablo Feijóo, 8 Iván Criado captain, 7 Alfonso Mata, 6 Cyril Hijar, 5 Sergio Souto, 4 Guillermo Bárcena, 3 Javier Salazar 2 Mathieu Cidré, 1 Jon Insausti
Replacements: 16 Diego Zarzosa, 17 Manuel Serrano, 18 Carlos Souto, David Hernández, 20 Igor Mirones, 21 Juan González, 22 Ignacio Gutiérrez
Russia: 15 Igor Klyuchnikov, 14 Andrey Kuzin, 13 Mikhail Babaev, 12 Igor Galinovsky, 11 Alexandr Gvozdovsky, 10 Yuri Kushnarev, 9 Alexandr Shakirov, 8 Alexey Panasenko, 7 Andrey Garbuzov, 6 Kirill Kushnarev, 5 Kirill Kulyomin, 4 Artem Fatakhov, 3 Ivan Prischepenko, 2 Vladimir Marchenko, 1 Alexandr Khrokin
Replacements: 16 Ivan Naumenko, 17 Viktor Kobzev, 18 Sergey Novoselov, 19 Andrey Temnov, 20 Viktor Motorin, 21 Yaroslav Rechnev, 22 Vladimir Ostrushko
Referee: Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
Touch judges: Andy Ireland, Alan Forrest (both Scotland)
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