Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sebastian Bîlbă kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Rodion Nikitin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Russia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Tadeu Moraes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkadiy Amfiteatrov in the 6th minute of play. FC Alinborger were awarded a corner in the 9th minute after Russia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Doru Teodoroiu took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Doru Teodoroiu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Polikarp Miheev quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of Russia booed when FC Alinborger was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paul Buteanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Max Lunin was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 11th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Tadeu Moraes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodion Nikitin, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Tadeu Moraes was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Parfen Babarykin showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 15 minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Parfen Babarykin got free with Tadeu Moraes in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Arkadiy Amfiteatrov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Tadeu Moraes made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arkadiy Amfiteatrov got free with Tadeu Moraes in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Angel Veronica hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Tadeu Moraes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Parfen Babarykin in the 26th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Russia's Rodion Nikitin got a free kick in the 29th minute. 33 minutes into the game, Rodion Nikitin recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Tadeu Moraes. Rodion Nikitin showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. 39 minutes into the match, FC Alinborger's goal looked a bit too open when Parfen Babarykin came free, but Tadeu Moraes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to FC Alinborger getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Angel Veronica hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Parfen Babarykin in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tadeu Moraes saved FC Alinborger from getting behind.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Parfen Babarykin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Polikarp Miheev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Bîlbă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 56th play minutes Parfen Babarykin shot 4-0, a short shot which went by Tadeu Moraes and just under the crossbar into goal. Tadeu Moraes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodion Nikitin in the 59th minute of play. Tadeu Moraes came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Russia's Parfen Babarykin. But to his dismay, Parfen Babarykin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Parfen Babarykin in the 67th minute of play forced FC Alinborger's goalkeeper Tadeu Moraes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Leonid Bubnov in the 69th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by FC Alinborger's Sebastian Bleile. After 71 minutes of play, Russia's Parfen Babarykin made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tadeu Moraes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Arkadiy Amfiteatrov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tadeu Moraes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. Russia were awarded a corner in the 74th minute after FC Alinborger's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Max Lunin took the corner. A very nice done corner allowed Arkadiy Amfiteatrov to score against Tadeu Moraes in FC Alinborger's goal. 7-0 after 75 minutes. Tadeu Moraes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodion Nikitin in the 78th minute of play. 81 minutes into the match, Arkadiy Amfiteatrov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tadeu Moraes. FC Alinborger's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arkadiy Amfiteatrov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. Tadeu Moraes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Parfen Babarykin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodion Nikitin in the 87th minute of play forced FC Alinborger's goalkeeper Tadeu Moraes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute, Parfen Babarykin made a precise shot to the right of Tadeu Moraes. FC Alinborger's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 9-0.