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National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Modest Pushkin made the kick off which started today's match. Carlo Harding showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yakov Lvov in the 5th minute of the match. Ostap Romanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlo Harding having to interfere. In the 13th match minute, U21 Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Reinhard Oosterhof to maneuver through the defense. Carlo Harding took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Modest Pushkin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carlo Harding showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zinoviy Konstantinovskiy in the 20th minute of the match. With 21 minutes on the clock, Grigoriy Kopeischikov commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 21 minutes into the game, one of U21 Russia:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Kirill Blindarev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Martien Vervoort went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 37th minute Ate van Amersfoort shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kirill Blindarev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kirill Blindarev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ate van Amersfoort, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute Modest Pushkin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlo Harding saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ate van Amersfoort to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to U21 Netherlands getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Reinhard Oosterhof hit a great ball. Kirill Blindarev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ate van Amersfoort in the 52nd minute of play. In the 55th minute U21 Netherlands were awarded a corner. Sander Loch went to the cornerflag to take it. Kirill Blindarev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reinhard Oosterhof, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kirill Blindarev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ate van Amersfoort in the 62nd minute of play. Kirill Blindarev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ate van Amersfoort in the 64th minute of play. The supporters of U21 Netherlands booed when U21 Russia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ruben Pekov didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to U21 Russia getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Ruben Pekov hit a great ball. The supporters of U21 Russia booed when U21 Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adriaan Mulder didn't get a good kick on the ball. U21 Netherlands's Ryan van Dijk was substituted for Dave Saveneij. A collision led to U21 Netherlands getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Adriaan Mulder hit a great ball. 73 minutes into the match, U21 Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Willy Wilhelm came free, but Kirill Blindarev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 74 minutes, Martien Vervoort managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Netherlands's supporters crossed their fingers, but Martien Vervoort was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 77th minute Reinhard Oosterhof shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kirill Blindarev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 81 played minutes U21 Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by Willy Wilhelm. After 85 played minutes U21 Russia got a freekick which was hit by Vladimir Blyukherov. 85 minutes into the match, U21 Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Sander Loch came free, but Kirill Blindarev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kirill Blindarev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martien Vervoort in the 90th minute of play. Kirill Blindarev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martien Vervoort, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The U21 Netherlands fans cheered their team off the field, for while U21 Russia had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.