South Korea's Park Chu-young (in white) heads the ball against Russia's Andrei Yeshchenko during the group H World Cup soccer match at the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba, Brazil, on Monday, June 17, 2014. PTI
Cuiabá (Brazil), June 18: Russia and South Korea played out a 1-1 draw in their opening match in the 2014 Fifa World Cup at the Arena Pantanal here on Tuesday.
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While Lee Kuenho scored for the South Koreans after a horrible goof up by the Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev at the 68th minute, Alexander Kerzhakhov equalised for the Russians six minutes later.
This was the third drawn game of the 2014 Fifa World Cup
Earlier, Belgium survived a scare to defeat Algeria 2-1 in another match of Group H. [Read here]