Today was the first day of Eurohockey tour 2019-2020 Karjala Cup. The senior Russian national team had its opening match of the tournament against the Finland team. The game was truly spectacular. Damir Sharipzyanov opened the scoring in the first period. In the middle of the match, the hosts scored 2 goals – first scored Pesonen with the Manninen`s help and after a couple minutes Sakari scored the second goal. Finns netted two markers in the third period and Rafikov used those moments to score twice. Finland team run out eventually 4:3 winners.
Russia - Finland - 3:4 (1:0, 1:2, 1:2)
Goals:
1:0 Sharipzyanov (Burdasov, Kuzmenko), 05.29
1:1 Pesonen (Lehtonen, Manninen), 30.18
1:2 Manninen, 32.42
2:2 Rafikov (Zhafyarov), 33.20
3:2 Rafikov (Burdasov, Okulov), 45.21
3:3 Aaltonen (Rajala, Hietanen), 47.21
3:4 Pesonen (Puljujarvi, Pokka), 50.53
Goalkeepers: Ivan Bocharov - Harry Säteri