Challenge

Kolomna Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Veniamin Markov took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Unica FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Klim Leonov hit a great ball. 13 minutes into the match, Unica FC's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Nikita Gudkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Unica FC's Klim Leonov got a free kick in the 20th minute. Nikita Gudkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 21st minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 22nd minute by Oleg Efremov got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Oleg Efremov came free with the goalkeeper in the 22nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Dante Lacasa could save by the left post. After 24 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Aybar Bayezit who took care of the corner kick. In the 31st minute, Veniamin Markov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Unica FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 36th minute, Yaromir Sharapov 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. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Luca Zorita fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nikita Gudkov quite easily take care of the ball. In the 43rd minute Facundo Cadaval 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. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

51 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 Alberto Tafalla. An unexpectedly hard shot by Veniamin Markov in the 53rd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Lautaro Mancebo hit a great ball. In the 56th minute Veniamin Markov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aybar Bayezit's late challenge caught a Mexico's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aybar Bayezit helped the player get up and apologised. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joel Gaona's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nikita Gudkov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 66th minute of play. Veniamin Markov took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Veniamin Markov kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Nikita Gudkov in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nikita Gudkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 83rd minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Unica FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 85th minute, Lautaro Mancebo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nikita Gudkov. The goal made the score 2-1. After 88 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Lorenzo Cazalla. After recieving a nice pass, Unica FC's Aybar Bayezit tried to score from far away in the 89th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 93 minutes into the match, Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Unica FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Mexico for a fine match.