Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Horacio Eleazar kicked off to start the match. A collision led to KKPN Baltyk Koszalin getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Osman Ali Sadun hit a great ball. Roman Uvarov who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 7thth minute tested the skills of Zbyszko Bugno when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Kacper Plucinik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egor Askin having to interfere. 11 minutes into the match, KKPN Baltyk Koszalin's Jacek Dombrowski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Egor Askin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Horacio Eleazar in the 13th minute of play forced U21 Russia's goalkeeper Egor Askin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. KKPN Baltyk Koszalin's Fabian Ruszkowski was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Egor Askin in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With his leg Zbyszko Bugno managed to avoid a goal in the 16thth minute, when U21 Russia's Roman Uvarov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Yuriy Burov took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zbyszko Bugno. Zbyszko Bugno dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Pavel Kamorkin hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. In the 24th minute Roman Uvarov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zbyszko Bugno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, KKPN Baltyk Koszalin's Zbyszko Bugno got control of the ball when Yuriy Burov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 35th minute, Witold Wielgopolski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Egor Askin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horacio Eleazar in the 40th minute of the match. Roman Uvarov in the 41stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Zbyszko Bugno, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Nikita Popov's late challenge caught a KKPN Baltyk Koszalin's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nikita Popov helped the player get up and apologised. Egor Askin had in the 46thth minute some difficulties stopping Andrzej Lodowy's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The audience was convinced that Roman Uvarov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zbyszko Bugno was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Egor Askin made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Kacper Plucinik sent off a good shot on target. In the 64th minute Ruslan Hohryakov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zbyszko Bugno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Roman Uvarov in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zbyszko Bugno prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kacper Plucinik received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Egor Askin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zbyszko Bugno didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Roman Uvarov went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. KKPN Baltyk Koszalin's Zbyszko Bugno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roman Uvarov in the 77th minute of play. U21 Russia's Egor Askin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horacio Eleazar in the 79th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuriy Burov in the 84th minute of play forced KKPN Baltyk Koszalin's goalkeeper Zbyszko Bugno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 Russia's Roman Uvarov got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zbyszko Bugno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roman Uvarov in the 92nd minute of play. Zbyszko Bugno came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Russia's Roman Uvarov. But to his dismay, Roman Uvarov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The U21 Russia fans cheered their team off the field, for while KKPN Baltyk Koszalin had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.