Game # 17 - Russia vs Korea Republic

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Sadly, another fairly dull draw with neither side doing much to be excited about. Akinfeev must have felt very disappointed in the way he simply gifted the first goal to the Koreans but to the Russian team's credit, they kept going and, if anything, were woken up by that goal. They were woken up to such an extent that they equalized just 6 minutes later. Unfortunately, with another 16 minutes still to go, both teams seemed to decide that it was better to settle for the draw rather than go for the win and risk getting caught at the back so it finished very dully, though not without a final flourish from the Russians. Both will need to play better if they are going to progress out of the group.