Soccer Euro 2008—Russia Defeats Lithuania 4-1 in Final Warmup

BURGHAUSEN, Germany—Russia struck three second-half goals to beat Lithuania 4-1 in their final Euro 2008 warmup on Wednesday.

The Russians, already without leading striker Pavel Pogrebnyak because of a knee injury, lost Alexei Berezutsky early in the game when the defender sustained a cut over his eye after being caught by an elbow.

Lithuania scored against the run of play in the 25th minute when Mantas Savenas slotted in the rebound after his first effort was saved by Russia's reserve keeper Vyacheslav Malafeyev.

Midfielder Konstantin Zyryanov equalised with a long-range shot into the top corner eight minutes later and Andrei Arshavin, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Vladimir Bystrov struck after the break to seal Russia's third consecutive victory.

Pogrebnyak suffered his injury in a 2-1 win over Serbia in Burghausen last Wednesday and is expected to miss Russia's Group D opener against Spain on Tuesday.

Russia also play Greece in Salzburg on June 14 before taking on Sweden in Innsbruck four days later.