On 8 January the Russian U18 team (players born in or after 1999) played their opening match at the Granatkin Memorial tournament in Saint-Petersburg. Our team beat India – 8:0.
Granatkin Memorial Tournament - 2017. MD 1. Group В.
Russia - India — 8:0 (5:0)
Goals: Glushkov, 5 (1:0). Denisov, 11 (2:0). Glushenkov, 21 (3:0). Rudenko, 25 (4:0). Glushenkov, 31 (5:0). Tsypchenko, 47 (6:0). Tsypchenko, 66 (7:0). Latsevich, 90+1 – on penalty (8:0).
Non-converted penalty: Veber, 43 (goal post).
Russia: Lomaev (Bogatyrev, 46), Poyarkov, Utkin (Bairamov, 46), Evgeniev, Kakkoev (Karakoz, 57), Glushkov (Tsypchenko, 46), Rudenko, Glushenkov (Yakovlev, 46), Denisov (Polyakov, 46), Veber (Gorshkov, 57), Matskharashvili (Latsevich, 57).
India: Dheeraj (Naskar, 80), Boris, Jitendra (Khan, 71), Stalin, Rakip, Wangjam, Meetei (Nongthombam, 80), Kiyam, Jadhav (Sarkar, 80), Lalingmavia (Chetri, 42), Sarangi (Thatal, 58).
Cautioned: Chetri, 75. Karakoz, 83.
Referees: М. Chernetsov, А. Runov, D. Semenov.
8 January. Saint-Petersburg. SKK Peterburgskiy. Attendance 2000.