National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Yaroslav Gladyshev started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, U21 Russia's Klim Gradov got a free kick in the 5th minute. Clément Lenglet recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lucas Rallo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yaroslav Gladyshev, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. A collision led to U21 Spain getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Etxave Saura hit a great ball. Froilan Reyes succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 18th playminute. A collision led to U21 Spain getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Coronel Castro hit a great ball. 29 minutes into the game, Vladislav Viktorov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Russia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Spain the free kick. The supporters of U21 Spain booed when U21 Russia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladislav Viktorov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 31 minutes, Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Russia and the U21 Spain players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 31st minute, Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 32 minutes into the game, Froilan Reyes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Grigoriy Pakhomov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 35th minute, Coronel Castro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Grigoriy Pakhomov was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. U21 Russia's Grigoriy Pakhomov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Russia from getting a goal against them. Viviano Baños who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 40thth minute tested the skills of Grigoriy Pakhomov when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Grigoriy Pakhomov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Coronel Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Grigoriy Pakhomov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viviano Baños in the 45th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Spain's zone, Vladislav Viktorov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lucas Rallo came out of the goal and Vladislav Viktorov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Veniamin Markov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucas Rallo having to interfere.

The wind increased when Viviano Baños made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Veniamin Markov got free with Lucas Rallo in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Klim Gradov charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Klim Gradov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, U21 Russia's Klim Gradov got a free kick in the 54th minute. U21 Russia's Grigoriy Pakhomov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viviano Baños in the 59th minute of play. After a rather tough play, U21 Russia's Yaroslav Gladyshev got a free kick in the 65th minute. In the 67th match minute, U21 Russia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yaroslav Gladyshev to maneuver through the defense. U21 Spain's Nico Armada was substituted for Etxave Saura. After 76th play minutes Vyacheslav Konovalov shot 3-2, a short shot which went by Lucas Rallo and just under the crossbar into goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vyacheslav Konovalov in the 81st minute of play forced U21 Spain's goalkeeper Lucas Rallo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 81 played minutes U21 Russia got a freekick which was hit by Vyacheslav Konovalov. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Froilan Reyes in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Grigoriy Pakhomov saved U21 Russia from getting behind. In the 83rdth minute of the game Froilan Reyes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Russia's Grigoriy Pakhomov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pascual Macia in the 84th minute of play forced U21 Russia's goalkeeper Grigoriy Pakhomov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Grigoriy Pakhomov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Froilan Reyes in the 90th minute of the match. After 90th play minutes Pascual Macia shot 4-2, a short shot which went by Grigoriy Pakhomov and just under the crossbar into goal. After a rather tough play, U21 Spain's Iratze Roca got a free kick in the 92nd minute. 94 minutes into the match, U21 Spain's goal looked a bit too open when Yaroslav Gladyshev came free, but Lucas Rallo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.