Russia cruise past limp Lithuania

The Lokomotiv Moscow stopper became the first player born outside of Russia to represent the national team when he replaced Stanislav Kritsyuk.

The 30-year-old Guilherme, who received his Russian passport last year, had little to do as the European Championship finalists eased to a comfortable win.

Fedor Smolov scored five minutes before halftime while Alexander Golovin and Denis Glushakov were on target after the break for Leonid Slutskiy's side.

Coach Slutskiy named a largely experiential lineup with only Sergei Ignashevich and Igor Smolnikov likely to start their first Euro 2016 game against England in Marseille on June 11.

Smolov was given a chance to stake his claim for a place at the finals in France and the Krasnodar forward impressed in a 45-minute outing.

He broke the deadlock in the 40th minute with an excellent left-foot finish beyond keeper Vytautas Cerniauskas after being sent clear by Dmitri Tarasov's pass.

It was Smolov's fifth goal on his 11th international appearance.

Substitute Golovin then made it 2-0 after pouncing on a knock-down from Alexander Kerzhakov.

Glushakov made sure of the win when he headed the ball in at the near post following a corner.

Lithuania failed to qualify for Euro 2016.

Leonid Slutsky's side next take on France at the Stade de France on Tuesday.

Leonid Slutskiy must find an alternative forward. Alexander Kokorin, who has been the primary option, now is not on fire: he doesn't play much for Zenit and still hasn’t scored for them. Artyom Dzuyba has been in fantastic form for the past couple of years, but nobody knows how he will perform at the Euros. Russia's head coach gave Fedor Smolov a chance to show who is the boss by putting him in the starting XI against Lithuania. He only had two real chances and scored once. He is the second best Russian forward and now has a great chance to take part in Euro 2016.

(Eurosport Russia's Kirill Vorobyev)