Russia plays South Korea on Tuesday in the 2014 World Cup group stage. The match starts at 6:00 p.m. ET. Watch the live stream or listen to the radio broadcast via the links provided below.
Russia is making its first trip since 2002 to the World Cup. After failing to qualify for Germany in 2006 and South Africa in 2010, the Russian national team feels they can win back their fans by making a deep run in Brazil.
"Personally, speaking, I have nothing to prove. But we want to make our long-suffering fans happy," Russia veteran Aleksandr Kerzhakov told FIFA.com. "Thanks to this World Cup, we have the opportunity to win over our supporters again and give them something to cheer about."
A deep run in this year's World Cup may be the only thing to reinvigorate the Russian fans, who appear pessimistic about their team's chances of succeeding.
"I would have liked our supporters to have reacted with more excitement when we qualified by winning our group," Kerzhakov said. "[Instead] there was an air of pessimism. Not among all the supports, but among some, and that took us a bit by surprise. We expected more people to come watch our matches prior to heading off for the World Cup, but what can we do? We will try to win them over with our performances here."
While Russia looks to recapture their fan base, Korea looks to meet the expectations of their own fan base. Korea has qualified for the last eight World Cups, according to FIFA.com, and feel the pressure from their fans to succeed.
"Automatically expectations are very high, but one thing you have to remember is that there is a big difference between the continents," Korea midfielder Ji Dong-won told FIFA.com. "Up until now, Asia as a continent has not been as good as the likes of Europe and South America. From the performances we know we are not at the same level, but we are improving."
Watch the live stream HERE, HERE and HERE, or listen to the radio broadcast HERE.
Projected Lineups:
Russia: Igor Akinfeev; Dmitri Kombarov, Sergei Ignashevich, Vasili Berezutski, Andrey Eshchenko; Igor Denisov, Viktor Fayzulin, Alan Dzagoev; Yuri Zhirkov, Aleksandr Kokorin, Aleksandr Samedov.
South Korea: Jung Sung-Ryong; Park Joo-Ho, Hong Jeong-Ho, Kim Young-Gwon, Lee Yong; Ki Sung-Yueng, Park Jong-Woo; Son Heung-Min, Koo Ja-Cheol, Lee Chung-Yong; Park Chu-Young.
*Lineups via SB Nation.
