Rubin Kazan 3-0 West Ham United
Pre-season match
West Ham United fell to a 3-0 defeat to Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan in the second match of their tour to Austria on Wednesday.
Just 24 hours after drawing 2-2 with FC Slovacko of the Czech Republic, the Hammers were back in action, although they were unable to find a way past their opponents.
After Enner Valencia and Reece Burke went close early on, Kazan showed a greater ruthlessness in front of goal, moving into a 2-0 lead by the break through Marko Devic and Maxime Lestienne.
Gukdeniz Karadeniz added a third after the break and the Hammers will head into Saturday’s meeting with Karlsruher SC hoping to register their first win of the tour.
There were starts for Havard Nordtveit and Aaron Cresswell after the pair sat out Tuesday’s draw with FC Slovacko, while Adrian also returned between the posts in an experienced Hammers line-up.
Domingos Quina and Reece Burke provided a youthful element too, but it was one of the established players who had the first chance to strike six minutes in.
A simple clipped ball over the top caught the Rubin Kazan defence out and left Enner Valencia in the clear, but he couldn’t get enough power in his shot to beat goalkeeper Sergey Rzyhikov.
Three minutes later Sofiane Feghouli cut out the Russian’s defence with a whipped free-kick to the far post, but Burke couldn’t keep his effort down.
The game then settled down with neither team making too many inroads until Kazan struck the opener out of nothing with 23 minutes on the clock.
It was a well worked goal, as they waited for the overload down the right to feed the onrushing Ilzat Akhmetov. He took his time and waited for the perfect moment to cut back to Devic to knock home from close range.
Two minutes later the same player went close to a second when Quina’s loose pass in midfield allowed him to carry the ball forward. Adrian was off his line and Devic tried the chip, only just clearing the crossbar.
Quina had a 25-yard shot easily saved by Ryzhikov, but it was Rubin Kazan who struck next, doubling their lead right on half time. Lestienne pounced on Declan Rice’s backpass to sweep home past an exposed Adrian and give his side a 2-0 lead at the break.
The Hammers tried to find a route back into the match after half time, but were being frustrated by some solid defending from Kazan.
Instead, it was the Russians who moved further ahead midway through the half when, just moments after Samuel Garcia hit the post, sub Karadeniz burst clear to roll into the bottom left hand corner.
Cresswell fired a free kick into the wall and Pedro Obiang fired over, but there would be no consolation goal for the Hammers.
Rubin Kazan: Ryzhikov, Nabiullin, Devic (Karadeniz 54), Lestienne (Tkachuk 62), Caktas, Sanchez, Ozdoev, Burlak, Garcia, Ustinov, Akhmetov
Subs: Bergstrom, Kverkvelina, Portnyagin, Mironov, Zhemaletdinov, Bauer, Nesterenko, Zambrano, Dzhallov, Kuznetcov, Filtsov, Kamenshikov, Kambolov, Akmurzin
Goals: Devic 23, Lestienne 45, Karadeniz 67
Booked: Devic
West Ham United: Adrian; Antonio (Cullen 64), Nordtveit, Burke (Rice 33), Cresswell (Page 74); Kouyate (Browne 74); Feghouli (Samuelsen 80), Quina (Obiang 46), Noble, Tore (Fletcher 74); Valencia (Martinez 80)
Subs: Randolph, Spiegel, Makasi
Pre-season match
West Ham United fell to a 3-0 defeat to Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan in the second match of their tour to Austria on Wednesday.
Just 24 hours after drawing 2-2 with FC Slovacko of the Czech Republic, the Hammers were back in action, although they were unable to find a way past their opponents.
After Enner Valencia and Reece Burke went close early on, Kazan showed a greater ruthlessness in front of goal, moving into a 2-0 lead by the break through Marko Devic and Maxime Lestienne.
Gukdeniz Karadeniz added a third after the break and the Hammers will head into Saturday’s meeting with Karlsruher SC hoping to register their first win of the tour.
There were starts for Havard Nordtveit and Aaron Cresswell after the pair sat out Tuesday’s draw with FC Slovacko, while Adrian also returned between the posts in an experienced Hammers line-up.
Domingos Quina and Reece Burke provided a youthful element too, but it was one of the established players who had the first chance to strike six minutes in.
A simple clipped ball over the top caught the Rubin Kazan defence out and left Enner Valencia in the clear, but he couldn’t get enough power in his shot to beat goalkeeper Sergey Rzyhikov.
Three minutes later Sofiane Feghouli cut out the Russian’s defence with a whipped free-kick to the far post, but Burke couldn’t keep his effort down.
The game then settled down with neither team making too many inroads until Kazan struck the opener out of nothing with 23 minutes on the clock.
It was a well worked goal, as they waited for the overload down the right to feed the onrushing Ilzat Akhmetov. He took his time and waited for the perfect moment to cut back to Devic to knock home from close range.
Two minutes later the same player went close to a second when Quina’s loose pass in midfield allowed him to carry the ball forward. Adrian was off his line and Devic tried the chip, only just clearing the crossbar.
Quina had a 25-yard shot easily saved by Ryzhikov, but it was Rubin Kazan who struck next, doubling their lead right on half time. Lestienne pounced on Declan Rice’s backpass to sweep home past an exposed Adrian and give his side a 2-0 lead at the break.
The Hammers tried to find a route back into the match after half time, but were being frustrated by some solid defending from Kazan.
Instead, it was the Russians who moved further ahead midway through the half when, just moments after Samuel Garcia hit the post, sub Karadeniz burst clear to roll into the bottom left hand corner.
Cresswell fired a free kick into the wall and Pedro Obiang fired over, but there would be no consolation goal for the Hammers.
Rubin Kazan: Ryzhikov, Nabiullin, Devic (Karadeniz 54), Lestienne (Tkachuk 62), Caktas, Sanchez, Ozdoev, Burlak, Garcia, Ustinov, Akhmetov
Subs: Bergstrom, Kverkvelina, Portnyagin, Mironov, Zhemaletdinov, Bauer, Nesterenko, Zambrano, Dzhallov, Kuznetcov, Filtsov, Kamenshikov, Kambolov, Akmurzin
Goals: Devic 23, Lestienne 45, Karadeniz 67
Booked: Devic
West Ham United: Adrian; Antonio (Cullen 64), Nordtveit, Burke (Rice 33), Cresswell (Page 74); Kouyate (Browne 74); Feghouli (Samuelsen 80), Quina (Obiang 46), Noble, Tore (Fletcher 74); Valencia (Martinez 80)
Subs: Randolph, Spiegel, Makasi