Challenge

Kolomna Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Hungary's Antal Valentin started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The audience was convinced that Veniamin Markov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fodor Daniel was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. A collision led to Unica FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Filipp Karyuhin hit a great ball. 13 minutes into the match, Unica FC's goal looked a bit too open when Hegedus Henrik came free, but Nikita Gudkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aybar Bayezit in the 14thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Fodor Daniel, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 16th minute, Artur Bezborodov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Antal Valentin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikita Gudkov having to interfere. In the 21stth minute of the game Aybar Bayezit who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hungary's Fodor Daniel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fodor Daniel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veniamin Markov in the 24th minute of play. In the 26th play minute Aybar Bayezit came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Fodor Daniel. 1-0. In the 29th minute Balazs Lajos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikita Gudkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Veniamin Markov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Fodor Daniel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 35 minutes into the game, Hungary's Major Barna nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nikita Gudkov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Nikita Gudkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Major Barna in the 38th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Aybar Bayezit managed to get in a good position for a shot. Unica FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Aybar Bayezit was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fodor Daniel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fodor Daniel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Veniamin Markov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When Balazs Lajos came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Hungary 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 Balazs Lajos couldn't finish the play. Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Major Barna struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Nikita Gudkov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hungary. After some careless play in the Hungary defense, Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fodor Daniel. The Hungary fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fodor Daniel should have stopped the shot. In the 71st minute of the match Filipp Karyuhin shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fodor Daniel showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 76th minute, Cristiano Levandovskiy got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Unica FC's Nikita Gudkov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save Unica FC from getting a goal against them. Fodor Daniel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Levandovskiy in the 81st minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Hungary's Antal Valentin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Nikita Gudkov. That made the score 2-2 after 90 minutes of play. 94 minutes into the match, Unica FC's goalkeeper Nikita Gudkov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antal Valentin. In the 95th minute Cristiano Levandovskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hungary were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.