National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Symon Taran started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 12 minutes into the game, Artem Fedetskyi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Ukraine's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Russia the free kick. If Igor Babenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nikolay Velikanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Symon Taran, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vladimir Kizhik in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Boris Soldatov saved U21 Ukraine from getting behind. Igor Babenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Nikolay Velikanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. U21 Russia's Nikolay Velikanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Symon Taran in the 23rd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Russia's zone, Igor Babenko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nikolay Velikanov came out of the goal and Igor Babenko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 26 minutes of play, U21 Ukraine's Igor Babenko made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nikolay Velikanov was left in no man's land by his defense there! U21 Ukraine's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Symon Taran in the 30th minute. 35 minutes into the match, Vladimir Kizhik dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Boris Soldatov, 1-1. A sloppy throw-in by Yaroslav Masnyi in the 39th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by U21 Russia's Aleksey Bashkaev. 45 minutes into the game, Vladimir Kizhik cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Boris Soldatov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vladimir Kizhik in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Boris Soldatov saved U21 Ukraine from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vladimir Kizhik in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Boris Soldatov saved U21 Ukraine from getting behind. Vladimir Kizhik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boris Soldatov having to interfere. If Vladimir Kizhik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nikolay Velikanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Symon Taran, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. The audience was convinced that Vladimir Kizhik's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Boris Soldatov was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Igor Babenkos short, quick shot in the 66thth minute got Nikolay Velikanov to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. U21 Russia's Vladimir Kizhik got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. U21 Russia's Kirill Uvarov was substituted for Ilya Loganovskiy. Boris Soldatov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladimir Kizhik, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 77thth minute of the game Vladimir Kizhik who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Ukraine's Boris Soldatov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 82nd minute the ball was on its way in behind U21 Ukraine's goalkeeper Boris Soldatov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. U21 Russia's Vyacheslav Savvin was substituted for Vladimir Kizhik. U21 Russia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Kirill Uvarov in the 85th minute. A nice corner shot did that Kirill Uvarov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Boris Soldatov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Stanislav Rakytskyi charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stanislav Rakytskyi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Stanislav Rakytskyi kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. In the 88th match minute, U21 Ukraine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Babenko to maneuver through the defense. Symon Taran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. U21 Ukraine's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because U21 Russia had won, even though U21 Ukraine had held more of the ball.