| 07.09.2021 | Moscow | Otkritie Arena | 10 508 |
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Russia | 2:0 (1:0) | Malta | |
| [1] Guilherme, [3] Diveyev Igor, [4] Vyacheslav Karavaev, [5] Maksim Osipenko, [20] Aleksey Ionov, [8] Dmitriy Barinov, [15] Alexey Miranchuk, [17] Arsen Zakharyan, [9] Fedor Smolov(c), [21] Aleksandr Erokhin, [23] Daler Kuzyaev | [1] Henry Bonello, [4] Steve Borg, [5] Andrei Agius(c), [22] Zach Muscat, [3] Ryan Camenzuli, [10] Steve Pisani, [17] Teddy Teuma, [18] Cain Attard, [7] Joseph Mbong, [9] Luke Montebello, [11] Paul Mbong |
| Coach:Valery Karpin (RUS) | Devis Mangia (ITA) |
| Scorers:10' Fedor Smolov, 84' Zelimkhan Bakaev(p) | |
| Substitutions:46' in [10] Zelimkhan Bakaev out Arsen Zakharyan, 46' in [11] Roman Zobnin out Aleksandr Erokhin, 58' in [13] Ilya Samoshnikov out Alexey Miranchuk, 71' in [7] Anton Zabolotny out Fedor Smolov, 79' in [19] Rifat Zhemaletdinov out Aleksey Ionov |
66' in [19] Alexander Satariano out Luke Montebello, 66' in [23] Triston Caruana out Steve Pisani, 75' in [21] Shaun Dimech out Cain Attard, 86' in [2] Kurt Shaw out Andrei Agius, 86' in [6] Nicky Muscat out Teddy Teuma |
| Cautions:50' Alexey Miranchuk | 68' Steve Borg, 83' Ryan Camenzuli |
| Referee:Ali Palabiyik (TUR) Fourth Official:Yasar Kemal Ugurlu (TUR) |
Assistant referee:Ceyhun Sesiguzel (TUR), Serkan Olguncan (TUR) |
