National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 14377 (Terracing: 10000, Seating: 4027, VIP seats: 350) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Juras Koltsov made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the U21 Belarus defense, Enrique Freitag kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Trafim Latkovich. The U21 Belarus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Trafim Latkovich should have stopped the shot. Juras Koltsov charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Juras Koltsov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Trafim Latkovich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otto Dubler in the 24th minute of the match. U21 Switzerland were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after U21 Belarus's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. J.C. Mijatović took the corner. Trafim Latkovich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fred Stutz in the 27th minute of the match. In the 29th minute of the match, Juras Koltsov tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Gus Bösch saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enrique Freitag in the 30th minute of play forced U21 Belarus's goalkeeper Trafim Latkovich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the game, Enrique Freitag cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Trafim Latkovich was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 35 minutes into the match, U21 Switzerland's Enrique Freitag sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Trafim Latkovich narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 36th match minute, U21 Switzerland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lindo Kran to maneuver through the defense. In the 41st minute, Otto Dubler left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Switzerland fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Juras Koltsov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A throw-in in the 47th minute of the game was made by Andrey Fedotov with Vadim Danilenko as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 47th minute, Hamilton Hunzinger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Simone Ritieni to strike the kick off in the second half. Through an outstanding action, after 54 minutes, Trafim Latkovich successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by J.C. Mijatović in the 54th minute of play forced U21 Belarus's goalkeeper Trafim Latkovich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 56th minute Otto Dubler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Trafim Latkovich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, U21 Belarus's goal looked a bit too open when Ronaldo-Luís De La Rosa-Mora came free, but Trafim Latkovich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Trafim Latkovich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Simone Ritieni in the 58th minute of the match. When Enrique Freitag got free in front of the goal in the 60th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Trafim Latkovich was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. When the match clock showed 62 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Simone Ritieni sped through U21 Belarus's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Trafim Latkovich. With an all-out effort, U21 Switzerland's Trafim Latkovich threw himself towards the right post 67 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Simone Ritieni, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Trafim Latkovich stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Simone Ritieni's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. 70 minutes into the game, Leonid Rabovich was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Belarus's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Switzerland the free kick. After a rather tough play, U21 Belarus's Leonid Rabovich got a free kick in the 70th minute. U21 Switzerland made a substitution. Popcorn Knoblauch replaced Ronaldo-Luís De La Rosa-Mora. U21 Switzerland made a substitution. Salomo Montandon replaced Fred Stutz. U21 Switzerland made a substitution. Clint Wicky replaced Hamilton Hunzinger. The audience thought a goal was coming when Enrique Freitag got free with Trafim Latkovich in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 0-6 when Simone Ritieni sped through U21 Belarus's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Trafim Latkovich. An unexpectedly hard shot by Otto Dubler in the 78th minute of play forced U21 Belarus's goalkeeper Trafim Latkovich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 78 minutes, Enrique Freitag mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Switzerland and the U21 Belarus players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 79th minute, Enrique Freitag hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 80 played minutes U21 Belarus got a freekick which was hit by Evgeny Ezersky. The audience thought a goal was coming when J.C. Mijatović got free with Trafim Latkovich in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 90th minute, one of U21 Switzerland:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for U21 Switzerland. 93 minutes into the match, Andrey Fedotov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gus Bösch. U21 Switzerland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andrey Fedotov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. A throw-in in the 96th minute of the game was made by Nat Waltispühl with Otto Dubler as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 98 minutes into the match, U21 Belarus's goal looked a bit too open when Otto Dubler came free, but Trafim Latkovich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.