Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) U21 Pakistan's Nawaz Saeed started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Aslam Saeed showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksandr Balaban in the 4th minute of the match. 5 minutes into the game, Kaisar Hannan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Pakistan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dinamo Almaty the free kick. In the 6th minute Gonzalo Martinez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aslam Saeed saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U21 Pakistan's Aslam Saeed played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladimir Loginov in the 10th minute of play. Aslam Saeed showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gonzalo Martinez in the 11th minute of the match. Gonzalo Martinez scored 0-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aslam Saeed, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to U21 Pakistan getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Inzamam Kaleem hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristopher Murillo in the 18th minute of play forced U21 Pakistan's goalkeeper Aslam Saeed to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute Cristopher Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aslam Saeed saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aslam Saeed took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gong Kun Zhen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Dinamo Almaty booed when U21 Pakistan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kaisar Hannan didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 25th minute, Babar Sabih hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dinamo Almaty's Aleksandr Balaban got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aslam Saeed showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksandr Balaban in the 28th minute of the match. U21 Pakistan's Aslam Saeed played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aleksandr Balaban in the 31st minute of play. Aslam Saeed made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladimir Loginov in the 33rd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nawaz Saeed in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Chris Key prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 44 minutes into the match, Dinamo Almaty's goalkeeper Chris Key had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nawaz Saeed. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristopher Murillo in the 47th minute of play forced U21 Pakistan's goalkeeper Aslam Saeed to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gong Kun Zhen to strike the kick off in the second half. U21 Pakistan's Nawaz Saeed got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 62 minutes into the match, U21 Pakistan's goalkeeper Aslam Saeed had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vladimir Loginov. In the 65th minute, Gong Kun Zhen made a precise shot to the right of Aslam Saeed. U21 Pakistan's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. In the 75th minute, Cristopher Murillo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aslam Saeed was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Aleksandr Balaban kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Razzaq Dogar lost his temper 86 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 86 played minutes U21 Pakistan got a freekick which was hit by Razzaq Dogar. 94 minutes into the match, U21 Pakistan's goal looked a bit too open when Valerio Isias came free, but Aslam Saeed reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match was over Dinamo Almaty could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than U21 Pakistan throughout the match.