Czechs lose in Russia, 52-12

Czech team weakened by an absence of many key players provided no match for well prepared Russian team in todays European Championship game in Krasnodar today and lost 52 - 12.

Quotes:

„Home team surprised us right from the start. They took the game much more seriously than us. We missed a lot of players and also the preparation wasn't good enough for such game .“ Pavel Syrový, Czech scrum half.

„We haven't put enough effort into the game. Russians wanted to repay their two losses and succeeded. Lack of good preparation, lineout mistakes and organisation in defence cost us the game.“, Mirek Němeček, Czech number eight

„We've made a too many defensive mistakes in the first half. Second half was much better. The result was affected by absence of many foreign-based players.„ Josef Fatka, assistent coach

Russia 52 (37)
Tries: Garbuzov, Kuzin, Novikov, Vojtov, Prishchepenko, Kushnaryov 2
Conversions: Novikov 3, Kushnaryov
Pens: Novikov 2, Kushnaryov
Sin bin: Shakirov

Czech Republic12 (7)
T: Buryanek 2
C: Kafka
Sin bin Syrovy

Location: Krasnodar, Dynamo Football Stadium

Conditions: 12°C, sunny eather, wet terrain

Score: 7:0, 12:0, 15:0, 20:0, 27:0, 27:7, 34:7, 37:7 half-time, 44:7, 47:7

Spectators: 600

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