Manchester United Players: Rooney, Smalling, Rashford

Other Players of interest: Stones?

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We'll try to have stickies each day for Euro 2016 games, with the main concentration and discussion being about Manchester United Players, former players and players we've been linked to or you would like to discuss signing.

If you would like to do a match thread, put one up an hour before the game. Bonus points if you're from one of the countries playing (insight and all that)

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Teams

England: Hart, Walker, Smalling, Cahill, Rose; Dier, Alli, Rooney; Lallana, Sterling, Kane

Russia: Akinfeev; Schennikov, V. Berezutski, Ignashevich, Smolnikov; Neustädter, Golovin; Smolov, Shatov, Kokorin; Dzyuba

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SUBS

England: Heaton, Forster, Clyne, Bertrand, Stones, Henderson, Milner, Rashford, Vardy, Sturridge, Wilshere, Barkley

Russia: Guilherme, Lodygin, A. Berezutski, Kombarov, Schennikov, Shishkin, Denisov, Torbinski, Mamaev, Samedov

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Match Updates

The Russian National Anthem is BOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo

Group huddle from the refs is on point. Can't wait till they make a giant cock-up

Arsene Wenger in attendance, hoping to sign a 17 year old Wayne Rooney from Everton

Kick off

2' England have yet to score, the Rooney project has failed

2' Rooney picks out a beauty of a pass, comes to nothing

3' Lallana wins a free kick. Nice to see a liverpool player win something

4' McDonalds have an ad for 'Player Escorts' Lmao

5' Akinfeev asks a question of his defence: Mission Report: December 16th, 1991?

6' Russia get the ball in the England box but comes to nothing

7' More shots on the Russian goal, Akinfeev happy to punch

9' Kane almost gets on the end of a half shot from Alli. Terrible Russian defending

11' Walker looks lively as England win a corner

12' Corner is taken by Harry Kane

13' Sterling wins another corner

13' Corner is taken by Harry Kane

13' Rooney plays cross field ball to Kane who misses from far away

16' Rose gives away a free kick

17' Header straight at Hart

17' Sterling and Rose work it well, nobody in the middle to finish

21' Rose makes a meal of the cross. Still scoreless

22' Lallana cocks up a great England move. Russian defence static

24' Sterling too slow on the one-v-one, tackled to win a corner

24' Corner is taken by Harry Kane

25' ^{Lallana is playing well}

28' Kane has the ball in the net but is offside

31' Rooney clears ball from the box

32' Rooney with a great pass, out for a corner

33' Corner is taken by Harry Kane

34' Rooney shoots straight at Akinfeev after good Alli work

36' Kane wins a corner

36' Corner is taken by Harry Kane

37' Cahill almost gets on the end of Kane cross/shot

38' Vardy warming up........

45' England creating plenty, but are always either offside or failing to connect with crosses

Second half begins

No changes

48' Early signs of Russia playing better and England sitting deeper. Surely Vardy would then be imminent?

51' Russia growing into the game. Will England regret not taking their many first half chances?

53' Sterling wins free in a dangerous position

54' Kane taking it, Smalling I think misses from short range

54' Kane wins a free in shooting position

55' Rooney hits it just over

58' Sterling surely hasn't always been this bad at taking his chances considering how many kids he has

59' Russia win the corner. Kane might take it

59' Almost an own goal from Dier. Russia corner.

62' Cahill booked on halfway line

63' Kane look tired to anyone else?

64' Kaleshnikov goes close for Russia

65' Sterling's end product brought to you by kickstarter.com

67' Not to be biased, but Lallana and Sterling need to come off for Vardy and Rashford.

68' Smalling is a beast

70' 20 minutes to go and still no subs from Roy

71' ROONEY'S shot saved onto crossbar!

72' Alli wins free kick on edge of box

73' Dier scores!

76' Wilshere on for Rooney

81' Kane is a poor mans Jones

83' Another offside goal by England

84' Kane set to take a free. Blasted over

85' Sterling is like a duck who met a genie and wished to be turned into a professional footballer, but forget to mention being a good one

91' Great header from Smalling to clear in the dying minutes

92' Henderson coming on for the last minute to qualify for his benefits

92' Russia have equalised and this Irishman is saying nothing

FULL TIME England 1 - 1 Russia