Russia scrapes through despite late setback in Slovenia playoff
Published: 14 November, 2009, 20:10
Edited: 15 November, 2009, 04:40
Russia has won the first leg of their crucial FIFA World Cup playoff game against Slovenia in Moscow 2-1. Everton’s Bilyaletdinov raised Moscow spirits after hitting double, but the guests pulled one back toward the end.










It's a win, and an exciting match to watch, so well done to us there. But it was one of those games, we were pushing for 3 0 and they came back with a goal against the run of play. So now we face going to Slovenia with a hill to climb. But that's the way it goes. It is not going to be easy, so I will carry on with my celebration tonight! Fair play to Slovenia they ran around the park all night, a young side, hope they don't get any better in the next week, but we will see, this will be a heart attack case watching the next game.