Russia and Poland played out a 1-1 draw in Warsaw to keep both teams in the running for progress to the knock-out stages.
The co-hosts had to fight back from being a goal down to secure their second successive draw with Poland captain Jakub Błaszczykowski cancelling out Alan Dzagoev's first half goal.
Russia, who had thumped Czech Republic 4-1 in their opening game, went on the attack from the outset but Poland proved a danger with swift counters in what was an open game from kick-off.
Poland went closest early on though, when only a tight offside call ruled out a goal from Eugen Polanski after some intricate passing had put the midfielder clear.
It was Russia who took the lead in the 37th minute though, when CSKA Moscow midfielder Dzagoev headed home an Andriy Arshavin free-kick.
Both sides continued to create chances with Arshavin and Zhirkov proving a real danger on the left for Russia.
But Poland hit back after 57 minutes when Błaszczykowski hit a ferocious shot from the edge of the area that left Vyacheslav Malinfeev with no chance.
The goal gave Poland a visible boost and they began to look likely winners in what was an end-to-end second half.
Adrian Mierzejewski shot wide, Robert Lewandowski and Sebastian Boenisch both had chances but despite a frenetic end period the sides had to settle for a point apiece and still have work to do in their final group games.
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