National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10330 (Terracing: 7748, Seating: 2376, VIP seats: 206) Xandão Crouch started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 6th minute of the match U21 Russia got a corner. U21 Brazil's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Albert Bulychov ran over to the corner to take the kick. Mário Lendaa tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Norberto Heerdt. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 7th minute. Daniil Kondratiev blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Norberto Heerdt having to make a save. When Xandão Crouch came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the U21 Brazil fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Xandão Crouch couldn't finish the play. Andrey Ostrovskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Casemiro Joinvilense's late challenge caught a U21 Russia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Casemiro Joinvilense helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of U21 Russia booed when U21 Brazil was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Casemiro Joinvilense didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 31st match minute, U21 Brazil was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodrigo Trigo to maneuver through the defense. Arkadiy Medved kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. U21 Russia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 35th minute, when Xandão Crouch scored to the left of an out of position Afanasiy Malitikov, making the score, 2-1. If Daniil Kondratiev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 43 minutes into the game, Denis Kolodin 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 Brazil the free kick. The supporters of U21 Brazil booed when U21 Russia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Denis Kolodin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 46 minutes, Timofey Makogon mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Russia and the U21 Brazil players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 46th match minute, U21 Russia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timofey Makogon to maneuver through the defense. 47 minutes into the match, U21 Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Xandão Crouch came free, but Afanasiy Malitikov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

53 minutes into the match, U21 Russia's goal looked a bit too open when André Luís Zanette came free, but Afanasiy Malitikov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, U21 Russia's Dmitriy Cheryshev got a free kick in the 56th minute. Norberto Heerdt made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Lev Pakhomov sent off a good shot on target. After 60 minutes of play, U21 Brazil's André Luís Zanette made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Afanasiy Malitikov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Afanasiy Malitikov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Luís Zanette in the 65th minute of the match. U21 Russia's Afanasiy Malitikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by André Luís Zanette in the 67th minute of play. After 70 played minutes U21 Russia got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Ostrovskiy. André Luís Zanette sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by André Luís Zanette in the 73rd minute of play forced U21 Russia's goalkeeper Afanasiy Malitikov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind U21 Russia's goalkeeper Afanasiy Malitikov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 82nd minute, André Luís Zanette left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Brazil fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. U21 Russia's Oleg Lapikov was substituted for Lev Pakhomov. In the 86th minute, Dmitriy Cheryshev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alberto Nóbrega hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Oleg Lapikov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Norberto Heerdt having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cai Otto during the 97th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to U21 Brazil getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Cai Otto hit a great ball. Norberto Heerdt made a fantastic save in the 99th minute, when Oleg Lapikov sent off a good shot on target.