On 10 January U-18 team of Russia (players born in 1999) played the second match at Granatkin Memorial Tournament 2017 in St.Petersburg. Our team beat Latvia 1:0 and guaranteed qualification to quarterfinal from the first place in the group. The only goal was scored from a penalty kick by Alexander Rudenko.
Russia – Latvia 1:0 (0:0)
Goals: Rudenko, 66 – penalty.
Non-converted penalty: Gorshkov, 87 (missed the goal).
Russia: Lomaev, Utkin, Evgenyev (c), Poyarkov, Kokkoev, Glushkov (Latsevich, 67), Rudenko (Gorshkov, 84), Glushenkov (Yakovlev, 56), Denisov (Polyakov, 56), Veber, Matskharashvili (Tsypchenko, 46).
Referees: G.Anoshin, I.Dorogostayskiy, I.Korotkov.