Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zygmunt Bielejewski in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sergey Sabadash prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Roman Matai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniil Fomin in the 7th minute of play. A collision led to STAL ST WOLA getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Artaç Hendekli hit a great ball. After 11 played minutes STAL ST WOLA got a freekick which was hit by Gustaw Bendyk. Stanislav Bessmertnyi hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute of the match Michel Batistuta sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sergey Sabadash skillfully saved the ball. With a little luck, STAL ST WOLA's Roman Matai got control of the ball when Stanislav Bessmertnyi tried to sneak it across the goal line. STAL ST WOLA's Roman Matai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oles Byshovets in the 19th minute of play. Grigoriy Kudryavtsev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Roman Matai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gleb Gorbunov in the 28th minute of play forced STAL ST WOLA's goalkeeper Roman Matai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 Russia's Sergey Sabadash played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michel Batistuta in the 29th minute of play. STAL ST WOLA's Roman Matai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grigoriy Kudryavtsev in the 31st minute of play. A collision led to STAL ST WOLA getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Çağlar Soyuncu hit a great ball. Sergey Sabadash showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zygmunt Bielejewski in the 41st minute of the match. Roman Matai made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Grigoriy Kudryavtsev sent off a good shot on target. 45 minutes into the match, U21 Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Michel Batistuta came free, but Sergey Sabadash reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sergey Sabadash stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zygmunt Bielejewski's shot from short distance in the 48th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zygmunt Bielejewski to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, U21 Russia's Stanislav Bessmertnyi got a free kick in the 53rd minute. The long shot by Michel Batistuta in the 54th minute really tested Sergey Sabadash's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. After 57 played minutes U21 Russia got a freekick which was hit by Oles Byshovets. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gustaw Bendyk during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gustaw Bendyk kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Roman Matai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stanislav Bessmertnyi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 60 minutes into the match, STAL ST WOLA's goal looked a bit too open when Stanislav Bessmertnyi came free, but Roman Matai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th minute Zygmunt Bielejewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergey Sabadash saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gleb Gorbunov in the 78th minute of play forced STAL ST WOLA's goalkeeper Roman Matai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roman Matai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gleb Gorbunov in the 81st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Grigoriy Kudryavtsev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roman Matai was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. Roman Matai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grigoriy Kudryavtsev in the 89th minute of the match. Roman Matai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petr Klimovskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 94 minutes into the game, Gleb Gorbunov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Roman Matai was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. STAL ST WOLA's Mikolaj Lech was substituted for Zygmunt Bielejewski. U21 Russia walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.