Well, the first matches weren't seemed to be balance at all. Austria, Belgium, all fell down; England, Portugal, Sweden, only a draw… Wales, Russia, Switzerland, Poland, Croatia… onward please.
Eli Ayase (Russia) vs. Yui Yuigahama (Slovakia)
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Lille, France
Stade Pierre Mauroy…
So, this is the moment. Life or death, the name of the next second matches of every group. This is granted for Russia and Slovakia, both!
Actually for Slovakia only.
Nikov showed support to Russia, but he also cheered for Slovakia as well. Who knew…
Who knew…
Who… knew…
As for both two, they went up into the stadium…
And for the national anthems…
SLOVAKIA
Nad Tatrou sa blýska
(There is lightning over the Tatras
Hromy divo bijú
Thunders loudly sound
Zastavme ich, bratia
Let us stop them, brothers
Veď sa ony stratia
After all they will disappear
Slováci ožijú
The Slovaks will revive
To Slovensko naše
That Slovakia of ours
Posiaľ tvrdo spalo
Had been sleeping by now
Ale blesky hromu
But the thunder's lightnings
Vzbudzujú ho k tomu
Are rousing the land
Aby sa prebralo
to wake it up)
RUSSIA
Россия – священная наша держава,
Россия – любимая наша страна.
Могучая воля, великая слава –
Твоё достоянье на все времена!
Славься, Отечество наше свободное,
Братских народов союз вековой,
Предками данная мудрость народная!
Славься, страна! Мы гордимся тобой!
(Russia – our sacred homeland,
Russia – our beloved country.
A mighty will, a great glory –
These are your heritagefor all time!
Be glorious, our free Fatherland,
Age-old union of fraternal peoples,
Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!
Be glorious, our country! We are proud of you!)
Battle between Slavs! First Slavic clash between Russia and Slovakia! Sharing same flag, except coat of arm, friendly relationship, but this match would decide, only one could remain…
Eli understood how important the game.
Artem Dzyuba looked to Marek Hamšík, he seemed to be aware with it…
"Good luck, Slovakian brothers, but there is no mercy, from… us."
"I know, so the whole Slovakian team. Cheer, Russian brothers. Do the best."
"SLAVA!"
First half, Yui vs. Eli, began!
Russia had 1 point, Slovakia got 0 point, remember that…
Hungarian supporters must be watching it. Most of Hungarians hate Slovakia was in this stadium. They played a mysterious role in the stadium…
First at all, Russian team moved low behind, fear off sudden strikes from the Slovaks. Eli decided to start first. She jumped up!
JUMP! JUMP! JUMP! She moved up with a strike!
Slovakia first, they tried to make an attack like "suicidal squad" with "suicidal player". First, Robert Mak began the first player to do. But helpless.
Russia's Aleksandr Golovin moved far and further more, seeking other clean area. But Duda and Hamšík tried to get enough power to conquer the Russian defense, but… nothing except Akinfeev stopping them. Golovin held the minutes for a while…
"Don't be shocked. Instead increasing opportunity, please!"
Ján Ďurica, Mak and Weiss all together combined force to attack. Oleg Shatov whipped as well. Fyodor Smolov… OHHH, it was 21' and the corner kick…
Damn, but they failed. Fyodor Smolov tried to make a ball. At that day, Eli tried to make some move, but due to losing Russian contacts, her attempt to make special stunning was really hard for her.
But while her dance was still in working to attempt assists, suddenly…
WAIT, PASS FROM HAMŠÍK! AND ONLY WEISS! TWO RUSSIAN DEFENDERS RODE BACK BUT… WEISS SHOT…
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! 1-0 for Slovakia! Totally destroyed, Eli felt she almost collapsed, but she tried to do the best. 32', Russia 0-1 Slovakia.
Andrea Pirlo, whom himself had experience over Slovakia, said that Slovakia "only feared English, French, German, Chilean, Greek, Mexican, Uruguayan or Swedish football team, might be Welsh, but facing other Slavic team isn't a problem.
It was proven at the clash over Ukrainian, Polish, Czech and Croatian team. Russia now tried to attack but they seemed to have problem. They couldn't enter inside the Slovak one. Shatov tried to move in but they couldn't reach the target.
Kept playing like this, Russia would have no chance to score.
Eduardo Vargas, Chilean player, had to laugh on the Russian side: "Seriously, Chile will gonna destroy Slovakia, not Russia."
But if he wants, he needed to wait Slovakia in the World Cup. At 2010, Slovakia didn't meet Chile. Chilean side played Slovakia at a friendly.
Yeah, and he was watching…
Wait, wait, Weiss? Weiss? HOLD ON, MAREK, HE FOUND HIMSELF, THIS PLACE WASN'T CLEAR BUT…
HE SHOT! IT HIT THE CORNER AND BALL DEFLECTED… GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! 2-0 for Slovakia! NO ONE BELIEVED WHAT SLOVAKIA HAD DONE! 2-0 for Slovakia! Mareeeeeek Hamšík.
Only then, Chile's Eduardo Vargas laughed:
"Jajajajajajajajajajajaja… are you kidding me? 2-0? If this were Chile it would be Chile 4-0 Slovakia. JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA…"
And the first half ended. 2-0 for Slovakia! Eduardo Vargas and Andrea Pirlo both shared a right move. Yui, by only the singing skills, had beaten Eli 2 goals!
Coach Slutsky wondered why Russia played so bad this match… while Kozák praised Slovakia for this. 2-0 in the battle of Slavs.
According from Claudio Bravo, who watched this match through TV, Russia seemed "have no one to challenge with Marek and Weiss". He said in the Slovakian side, Marek and Weiss played like making thunder. Alexis Sánchez believed that the Slavic curse had totally prevented Russia from scoring goal into Slovakia, Russia seemed "wanna see Slovakia win" rather than playing duel with them.
Alexis claimed Russia "only wants play to death with Wales".
Same as Messi.
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Second half started! Nothing change!
Coach Alejandro Sabella posted comment: "Russia played like they just meet their brothers, therefore they don't want to win. Typical girly squad, you want to play like that in front of Wales?" This comment got many likes, including Matadora.
Dora-the-Kid couldn't feel disappointed more. The United States even played better than Russia.
Ondrej Duda tried to make effort, but Russians retook back ground again. However, Sabella's comment "girly squad" seemed affect much of Russian fans…
Slovakia got corner!
Yui just sat down. She had a lot of confident to do. 2-0 was an advantage for Slovakia.
56'! Juraj Kucka almost scored but hit his pass. Then Shatov tried to give a goal for Russia but nothing improved as well. Sabella was right…
But nothing improved for Russia. Gareth Bale laughed high. But Russia tried a lot.
Moved on, it was Oleg Shatov. Then Kokorin… he attempted to break the deadlock. As for this, Eli had to call…
"RIAS, RIAS! PLEASE HELP ME RIAS GREMORY!"
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BOOM! Eli found herself in trouble, her move and Russian team couldn't contact each others. Rias decided to aid Eli.
Even though, she tried to do the best. Combining power… wasn't strong enough to help Russia. At least, Schennikov plated better. Nemec and Pečovsky almost created chance but nothing helped them.
And when Matadora with Nikov was about to leave…
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! DENIS GLUSHAKOV! 1-2! Russia managed a goal, their hope of trying comeback grew…
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But the late combination, as Yui kept a calm face, helped Slovakia to hold the line. Shatov, Berezutski, Smolov to Glushakov all tried to enter in, Slovakia had to defend.
Dzyuba also spent a lot of spirit to fight…
But from those last minutes, Russia could do nothing. It made everyone remember back to the day Serbia defeated Germany 1-0 in South Africa 6 years ago…
And finally…
OVER! Slovakia had marked their first victory! Yui, didn't use any supports, had held until the end under fire pressure from Rias and Eli.
Eli Ayase (Russia) 1-2 Yui Yuigahama (Slovakia)
Once again, another miracle had been created, only this time, Serbia's best friend, Slovakia had done this. It forced England to win Wales unless they didn't want to end their journey.
Coach Alejandro Sabella… hang on, also at the stade, looked down. He was right. Russia played like girls that day…
This Argentine man…
"Well, please make a special meeting to Mr. Slutsky after 1 hour."
"Sir, why?"
"Who know? Damn, as an Argentine, I have to help Russia if they didn't want to be same fate like Germany… at 2010…"
"At least Germany qualified to semi-finals…"
"I can use that experience. For right now, I will tell those Ruskies something to win the last match with Wales."
"How about Slovakia, Sir?"
"They will be destroyed by England." Sabella predicted: "I am not a liar anyway, but England, with good youngsters, will manage many surprise to Wales and Slovakia. They're unlucky at the opening match."
Leaving the scene, ex-Coach of Argentina went out. Nikov had to congratulate the Slovaks for this…
"(Well said… Slavic fellows.)"