Russia U-18 defeated India's U-17 World Cup squad 8-0 in a Group B match of the Valentin Granatkin Memorial Cup in St. Petersburg.The result could have been worse had not Russia missed a penalty just before the half time. The hosts led lead 5-0 at the interval late last night.The first goal came as early as the 2nd minute when Glushkov headed in the first corner of the match. The second goal came off another corner in the 12th minute.Glushenkov made it 3-0 in the 21t minute. He followed it up with a long ball played behind the defence, beating his marker for speed and lobbed it over the goalkeeper's reach.Rudenko made it 4-0 in the 25th minute and Gluskenov scored his second in the 31st to make it 5-0.Russia scored the sixth goal immediately after the changeover when Tsypchenko tapped it in after dribbling past Boris Singh. It was 7-0 in the 67th minute – this time Tsypchenko heading in a corner.India next play Belarus U-18 team tomorrow.