BERGAMO, March 1: Russia international Aleksei Miranchuk held his head down and didn’t celebrate after scoring the final goal in Atalanta’s 4-0 win over Sampdoria in Serie A on Monday.
Miranchuk’s goal came hours after Russia’s national team was suspended from qualifying matches for the World Cup, as Moscow was pushed toward pariah status in sports for its invasion of Ukraine.
Immediately after the goal, Miranchuk held his hands up to signify he wouldn’t celebrate then was quickly surrounded by teammates.
Miranchuk is friendly with Ukrainian teammate Ruslan Malinovskyi.
Mario Pasalic opened the scoring six minutes in with a diving header.
Teun Koopmeiners then scored twice, first with an angled shot near the half-hour mark then with one touch from the center of the area midway through the second half. (AP)
