Russia does look like a winner. Veterans and talented youth. Very smart offense and defense... fluid according to play. I was surprised at their waning in the last "quarter"... almost as if they became terribly cautious and were satisfied with the tie... maybe that is because of the veterans and knowing they had to become reserved due to the average age of their players?

BTW... I only say such because of the commentators' comments... I didn't look up the ages or player profiles.

In any case, I hope all the shit with the violent fans and thugs gets sorted.