Live Match Commentary
Up-to-the-Second Score: Russia 2, Tunisia 0 -- Final Match Report
91 +2' - Corner to Tunisia but final whistle sounds as Russia clears. Titov and Karpin's goals fire Russia to top of Group H.
89' - Ben Achour scuffs a clear chance from corner of six yard box across goal.
87' - Alenichev booked for time-wasting.
86' - Jaziri goes down again in box but referee ignores penalty appeal.
84' - A cleared Russian corner is crossed back in and spilled by Boumnijel but Sychev misses from a narrow angle.
83' - Tunisia throws on Zitouni, a striker, for defender Badra in a late effort to rescue the game.
77' - Izmailov makes way for Alenichev.
76' - Jaziri runs at Onopko and wins a corner but Tunisia shoots wide.
75' - Jaziri falls in penalty box and is promptly booked for diving.
69' - Good play down right by Tunisia and ball reaches Ben Achour on left of box but he can't work a shooting chance.
67' - Double substitution for Tunisia. Baya and Mhadebi are in, Gabsi and Sellimi are off.
65' - Jaziri chests ball near penalty spot and attempts a volley on turn but weak shot easily stopped.
63' - GOAL TO RUSSIA. Sychev pulled down for penalty by Jaidi and Karpin sends keeper wrong way into bottom left corner.
59' - GOAL TO RUSSIA. Boumnijel's loose throw out is driven home hard and low from edge of box by Titov.
58' - Sellimi concedes corner but claimed by Boumnijel.
56' - Corner to Tunisia, taken short but Titov clears danger.
55' - Sychev replaces the disappointing Beschastnykh. Sychev immediately wins a corner but Pimenov hooks a near post volley just wide.
54' - Karpin flicks a dangerous cross off Sellimi's head at the back post.
52' - Tunisia's clever passing makes a shooting chance for Ben Achour but his effort from edge of box hits the side netting.
50' - Freekick to Russia on edge of box. Gabsi booked for failing to retreat from the ball. Nikiforov blasts the kick high into the stands.
45' - Second half kicks off. Khokhlov is on for Russia, Semshov is off.
Second Half
45 +2' - The Jamaican referee brings the half to a close.
45 +1' - Titov shoots first time from a low cross from the right and it just rolls wide of the far post.
45' - Badra is put through by Ben Achour but Nigmatullin reads the danger.
44' - Russia is camped in the Tunisian half but the North African side defends resiliently.
41' - Boumnijel and Pimenov clash after the Russian backs into the Tunisian GK but referee Prendergast lets them off with a lecture.
37' - Nikiforov blasts in a shot from a 40-yard freekick but it flies well wide of left post.
34' - Neat passing between Trabelsi and Jaziri down left gets Tunisia to Russia's goalline but Onopko wins a goalkick with clever defending.
29' - Selimi wins corner on left but it comes to nothing.
26' - Jaziri takes the ball off Semshov in midfield and the Russian is booked for pulling the Tunisian down.
20' - Tunisia's quick break creates confusion in the Russian defense and the ball bounces just wide of the left post off Kovtun as GK Nigmatullin advances. Nigmatullin punches away the corner.
16' - Pimenov's attempts overhead kick after Russia works a cross from left with a patient spell of possession, but no power in the shot.
14' - Solomatin's shot from 35 yards is spilled by Boumnijel but he grabs it before Pimenov can strike.
4' - Tunisia's neat passing makes an opening down the right but Sellimi fails to make contact with the ball on a turning shot from six yards.
1' - Beschastnykh wins freekick on edge of box but Karpin's shot is punched away by GK Boumnijel.
1' - Tunisia gets game under way on a hot afternoon in Kobe.
Kickoff at 2:30 a.m. EDT; 7:30 a.m. GMT