On Sunday, 27 January, in Saint-Petersburg on the day of the 69th anniversary of the complete liberation of the city from fascist invaders final games of an international tournament of U21 national teams  the “Commonwealth Cup”. In the decisive match of the tournament the Russian national team played against Ukraine and won the main prize with a score of 4:2, the FUR official site says.

 Russia - Ukraine - 4:2 (2:1)

Goals: Bocharov, 5 (1-0). Kalitvintsev, 14 (1-1). Panyukov, 38 (2-1). Ivanko, 64 (2-2). Panyukov, 75 (3-2). Makhmudov - 90 +5 - with a penalty (4-2).

Russia: Lobantsev, Semyonov, Nikitin (k) Zuev, Golubev, Lambarschi, Mitrishev (Vasiliev, 88), Kayumov (Ambartsumian, 79), Bocharov, Obukhov (Mahmud, 65), Panyukov.

Ukraine: Shevchenko Nasonov (Myakushko, 61. Polyarus, 83), Iashvili, Pryndeta, Ozark (Akubardiya, 46. Galchuk, 90 +4), Noyok (k), Babenko, Bring (Meskhia, 52. Filippov, 73); Kalitvintsev, Karavaev, Yakovenko (Ivanko, 58).

Yellow cards: Karavaev 72.

Red cards: Shevchenko, 90 +3.

Referees: Mikhail Belov, Andrei Vereteshkin, Alexander Bogdanov (all - Russia).

January 27. Saint-Petersburg. Peterburgskiy SCC. 7000 spectators.

The best players of the tournament:

Goalkeeper - Miroslav Lobantsev (Russia)

Defender - Ilya Zuev (Russia)

Midfielder- Paul Sawicki (Belarus)

Forward - Yuri Yakovenko (Ukraine)

Scorer - Andrew Panyukov (Russia)

Most Valuable Player - Dmitry Kayumov (Russia)