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		</div><p><b>Russia 1 &#8211; Slovakia 2</b></p>
<p>Slovakia claimed a 2-1 win against Russia to revive their hopes of reaching the Euro 2016 knock-out stages and leave their opponents on the brink of elimination.</p>
<p>First-half goals from Vladimir Weiss and Marek Hamsik at Lille&#8217;s Stade Pierre-Mauroy proved enough to secure a deserved three points that moved them second in Group B &#8211; behind Wales on goal difference.</p>
<p>To stand any chance of progressing, Russia must beat Wales on Monday and hope other results &#8211; including between England and Wales on Thursday &#8211; work to their advantage.</p>
<p>Russia&#8217;s lack of quality and confidence was evident for much of Tuesday&#8217;s game.</p>
<p>They had been fortunate Vasili Beretzuski&#8217;s late equalising goal gave them a 1-1 draw against England on Saturday, when their opponents had created enough chances to earn a convincing victory, and they again proved limited.</p>
<p>Slovakia&#8217;s Weiss scored the opening goal in the 32nd minute, running onto Hamsik&#8217;s impressive pass from inside his own half and controlling well inside Russia&#8217;s area.</p>
<p>He then cut inside on his right foot to create space away from Russia&#8217;s pedestrian defence, before calmly curling the ball into the bottom-right corner beyond goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev.</p>
<p>Hamsik, long recognised as Slovakia&#8217;s most important player, then doubled their lead in the 45th minute with one of the finest goals of the tournament so far.</p>
<p>Collecting Weiss&#8217; short corner on the edge of the area, he masterfully curled the ball across a crowded penalty area and into the top-right corner.</p>
<p>Russia manager Leonid Slutsky, who impressed in leading Russia to qualification after inheriting predecessor Fabio Capello&#8217;s struggling team, responded by making changes at half-time.</p>
<p>He introduced Denis Glushakov for Roman Neustadter and Pavel Mamaev for Aleksandr Golovin in pursuit of the goals they needed, but it was a defensive lapse that gave them hope.</p>
<p>Slovakia struggled to clear a loose ball and Oleg Shatov took advantage to curl a cross from the left towards Glushakov, from where he comfortably headed from the centre of the area beyond goalkeeper Matus Kozacik in the 80th minute.</p>
<p>A flare was then lit that appeared to be among the Russian supporters in the crowd, just a day after UEFA ruled they will be disqualified from the competition if there is a repeat of the crowd trouble seen during their fixture with England.</p>
<p>Russia continued to pursue a second goal but, amid growing pressure, Slovakia held out for an important win.</p>
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