The meeting ended with a score of 4: 1 in favor of the UAE team. The only ball in the Russian national team was scored by Arthur Paporny.
The Russians suffered their first defeat in group C. In the third match of the group round, the Russian team will play against the team of Belarus.
Earlier, Likhachev said that the match with the United Arab Emirates will be the key for the Russian team to exit the group at the World Cup.