international soccer match
International soccer match
The indoor soccer match between Russian team and foreign students team, which took place in BSTU’ sports hall, had attracted huge attention and was attended by a large crowd of supporters. After the teams had appeared in the middle of hall, led by their captains, Alexander Levchenko and Mahmud Shakarna, Professor V.S. Lesovik addressed the teams with a welcoming speech, followed by initial ceremonial ball kicking made by U.M. Bazhenov, an honorary BSTU professor from Moscow, an academician of Russian Academy of building science
From the first seconds it became clear that both teams would have to demonstrate all their skills to win the match. But the first half of the game was controlled mostly by the Russian team, while foreign students tended to emphasize a counter-attack playing. Sometimes it was pretty hot in the RT’ goal area, but every time an obstacle emerged in the attempt to turn a temporary and unstable advantage into a constant score. Some spectators may admit that the foreign team tried to play in a too aesthetic manner, although the situation demanded tougher but more reliable strategy.
However, the second half started and we saw “another” foreign team. You cannot say what exactly happened during the time break, but they started playing highly aiming at a goal. It took only a couple of minutes for hitting a score, and that was a tipping point of the match, because foreign team had another 99% of the moment to make the total score tight, but the goal post played for Russian team. No one knows how the match would turn out if it happened, but it didn’t, and couples of minutes after Russian team scored third time this match, making a total for 3 to 1.
The end game whistle recorded the Russian team as a winner with the final score of 4-2. The match was highly memorable, and both teams demonstrated their abilities to control the game, and their willingness to dominate throughout the whole match. The team of foreign students just didn’t catch enough luck, but they performed well, being superior in comparison with the Russian team in several aspects of the game. The best match players from both teams were encouraged by memorable gifts and diplomas.