Finally let loose after a year-long diet of international friendlies, hosts Russia roared their World Cup intent to the rafters on Thursday (Jun 14) with a 5-0 tournament opening win over Saudi Arabia.
Russian players celebrate a goal
against Saudi Arabia.
(Photo: Reuters)
The
Russians served up an adrenaline-fuelled performance for an 80,000-capacity
Luzhniki crowd which included President Vladimir Putin and the Saudi crown
prince.
The Saudis, ranked three places above Russia at 67 in
the world rankings, played some nice, tight football at times, but were never
able to match the Russian hosts for energy or intent.
Luzhniki exploded into raptures after only 12 minutes
when Yury Gazinsky headed home for the opener. Better still, with Russians
looking for the early shoots of a footballing Renaissance in a side cramped by
a financially rich but poor quality domestic league, the cross that set up the
tournament's opening goal came from CSKA Moscow's 22-year-old Aleksandr
Golovin.
His potential move to Juventus stirred excitement at home
this week after years in which Europe's best
clubs have lost almost all interest in Russian talent.
Denis Cheryshev showed great skill of his own to double the
hosts' lead just before half time with a left-footed piledriver, and Artem
Dzyuba headed Russia's third in the 71st minute - 89 seconds after coming on as
a substitute.
Cheryshev and Golovin hit a further two in injury time,
the latter from a free kick, to complete the visitors' misery.
Egypt and Uruguay are due to play the second
Group A match in Yekaterinburg on Friday.
Source: NDO
Along with promoting the spirit of volunteerism and completing the core tasks of the Youth Communist Union and the youth movement, in recent years, the Youth Communist Union at all levels in the province has regularly organized the movement of physical exercise and sports attracting the participation of a large number of union members and young people. These activities help the union members and the young people raise their awareness of self-training, improving their health, and building a healthy lifestyle and they are also a solution to attract and gather the young people in many localities.
In recent years, modern dance has gradually become popular and emerged as a trend, attracting more and more young people in Hoa Binh to practice and perform. As an art form consisting of many different dancing genres, participating in modern dancing activities, practitioners not only improve their health, physique, flexibility, agility, and confidence, but they also contribute to building a healthy cultural and artistic movement in the community.
In the afternoon of January 18th, at Hoa Binh Provincial Stadium, Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) played against Hue Football Club (Hue FC) in the 6th round of the National First Division Football Tournament - Bia Sao Vang, 2024-2025 tournament.
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After the final whistle of the second leg of the ASEAN Cup 2024 semi-final between Vietnamese team and Singaporian team sounded, thousands of football fans in Hoa Binh City burst into the joy of victory. Vietnamese team officially won a ticket to the final of the ASEAN Cup 2024 with a 3-1 victory (the total score after 2 semi-final matches is 5-1) against Singapore.
Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) has just organized a special friendly match, combined with a tour and cultural exploration in Mai Chau district. This activity aims to strengthen solidarity and exchange between the players and the community, and at the same time, it introduces the cultural beauty of Hoa Binh province.
