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Coronavirus: Russian team beaten 10-1 as league restarts

Rostov's players celebrate after scoring their side's only goal. [Associated Press]

SOCHI, Russia — A team of teenagers took the field for a club hit by the coronavirus pandemic and lost 10-1 as soccer in Russia restarted Friday.

FC Rostov was forced to send a squad with an average age of barely 17 to play against Sochi, two days after its entire first team was put into isolation over a suspected virus outbreak among six players.

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