Challenge

Panther Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) After a defensive mix-up in Denmark's zone, Aleksey Badin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal and Aleksey Badin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 4th match minute, Denmark was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lars Steen to maneuver through the defense. Vladislav Ierovich, 5 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After having played for 7 minutes, Vladislav Afanasev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Tushino's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vladislav Afanasev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Lars Steen came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Denmark 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 Lars Steen couldn't finish the play. After 11 minutes, Mikkel Wulff mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Denmark and the FC Tushino players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mikkel Wulff kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Chris Nygaard blasted a shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aleksandr Shutov having to make a save. Aleksandr Shutov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bertram Svenningsen, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. In the 19th minute, Vyacheslav Birman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Keld Paulsen was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 28th match minute, FC Tushino was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergey Gershkovich to maneuver through the defense. 33 minutes into the match, Chris Nygaard notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of FC Tushino's Aleksandr Shutov. Aleksandr Shutov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Keld Paulsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikhail Merkushev, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Vyacheslav Birman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Keld Paulsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to FC Tushino getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Mikhail Merkushev hit a great ball. 47 minutes into the game, FC Tushino's Vladislav Afanasev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Keld Paulsen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vladislav Afanasev to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, FC Tushino's goal looked a bit too open when Lars Steen came free, but Aleksandr Shutov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Bertram Svenningsen hit a great ball. Keld Paulsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergey Gershkovich, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Aleksey Badin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Keld Paulsen having to interfere. The supporters of FC Tushino booed when Denmark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Simon Bendtsen didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vyacheslav Birman in the 61st minute of play forced Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lars Steen hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. If Arkadiy Lednikov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Chris Nygaard recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 73rd minute, Vladislav Afanasev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Tushino made a substitution. Silvestr Kurshakov replaced Vladislav Afanasev. The supporters of Denmark booed when FC Tushino was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladislav Afanasev didn't get a good kick on the ball. 76 minutes into the game, FC Tushino's Silvestr Kurshakov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Keld Paulsen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. Aleksey Badin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Keld Paulsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bertram Svenningsen in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aleksandr Shutov saved FC Tushino from getting behind. 88 minutes into the game, Sergey Gershkovich threw the ball into play from the sideline. Denmark's Simon Bendtsen quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Keld Paulsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvestr Kurshakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. FC Tushino had won after a very even match.