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National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Eduardo Loreto made the kick off which started today's match. Igor Kobrinskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Loreto in the 3rd minute of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Filipp Fedotov came free, but Camilo Cesaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 7 minutes into the match, Eduardo Loreto notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Russia's Igor Kobrinskiy. Igor Kobrinskiy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Camilo Cesaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erast Taraskin, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Eduardo Loreto in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Igor Kobrinskiy prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Igor Kobrinskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduardo Loreto, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Mexico were furious when Americo Osorio was red carded, 22 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 22nd minute, one of Mexico:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Mexico. When the match had been going on for 25 minutes, Russia's Filipp Fedotov got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Camilo Cesaro. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduardo Loreto in the 28th minute of play forced Russia's goalkeeper Igor Kobrinskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Camilo Cesaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filipp Fedotov, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Camilo Cesaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filipp Fedotov, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Filipp Fedotov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Camilo Cesaro came out and tried to block the shot, but Filipp Fedotov slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 44th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Erast Taraskin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filipp Fedotov in the 53rd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Camilo Cesaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eduardo Loreto kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. In the 56th minute of the match Daniil Smekalin shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Camilo Cesaro showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Camilo Cesaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erast Taraskin, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Camilo Cesaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filipp Fedotov in the 59th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Eduardo Loreto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Eduardo Loreto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Igor Kobrinskiy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Everardo Lorenzetti made in the 65th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Russia's Georgiy Lapin. Igor Kobrinskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduardo Loreto in the 70th minute of play. Russia made a substitution. Nil Hazbulatov replaced Pavel Polunin. Mexico's Rodolfo Pelayo was substituted for Eduardo Loreto. Mexico made a substitution. Gabriel Motowski replaced Ivan Sansone. A sloppy throw-in by Oleg Romantsev in the 76th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Mexico's Pedro Otsando. Igor Kobrinskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodolfo Pelayo in the 77th minute of play. Nikolay Kungurov made in the 79th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Mexico's Pedro Otsando. Russia's Albert Odintsov pulled a muscle in his back after 80 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Pakin Murillo hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Camilo Cesaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oles Zabegalin in the 84th minute of play. Mexico's Camilo Cesaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vasiliy Ivyanskiy in the 91st minute of play. Igor Kobrinskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodolfo Pelayo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.