Moscow June 14 (IANS) Hosts Russia began their FIFA World Cup campaign in emphatic fashion registering an easy 5-0 victory over minnows Saudi Arabia in a Group A game here on Thursday.
Yuri Gazinskiy (12th minute) Denis Cheryshev (43rd 90+1) Artem Dzyuba (71st) and Aleksandr Golovin (90+4) scored for the hosts.

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