Wards Alexander Golovko arrived in Slovenia to hold a control match against the local team before the match England U-21 - Ukraine U-21, which will be held on March 27 in the qualification for the European Championship among youth teams. From the first minutes the Ukrainians showed that they were not going to sit out on the defensive and actively attacked, but no sharpness came from this.

The first moment arose with the Slovenes, when Ian Mlakar raced off from the defenders of the Ukrainian national team, but could not beat Bezruk in close combat. Ukraine responded by taking the gates. Zubkov great shot from the penalty - goalkeeper of the Slovenes beat the ball in front of him, and the first on finishing was Belenkiy. The danger from the hosts' camp came from the quick Jan Mlakar, who caused inconveniences to the defenders with their jerks.

Before the break, the owners had a killer moment. Milan Tucic waited for the ball at the far post and from the meter did not hit the empty corner. It was harder to miss. However, the Slovenian corrected his oversight in the compensated time, catching Dmitry Bezruk on the counter with a blow from the approaches to the penalty area. In the second half of the game, the teams took ten minutes to start creating dangerous moments.

First, followed by a blow after the corner in the performance of the hosts, but Vladimir Makhankov team rescued. In the return attack, Tretyakov rushed off from opponents and struck - the ball hit the goalkeeper, and the second attempt of the midfielder took over the bar. And the apogee of all was Zotko's goal - Pihalenok threw the ball at Ivan within the penalty area, and the defender kicked the goalkeeper with a powerful blow.

Artem Dovbyk constantly put pressure on the defensive line of the Slovenian national team and was rewarded in the 79th minute. Striker received the ball in the penalty area and hit the near corner upset the goalkeeper of the Slovenian national team. The hosts with a long answer did not pull - Kramaric great catch the ball in the foot in our penalty area and hit the far corner did not leave any chance to Makhankov.

However, more teams were not pleased with the dangerous moments, and the final whistle of Manuel Schuttengruber recorded the victory of the Ukrainians in an effective duel.

Slovenia U-21 - Ukraine U-21 2: 3 Goals: Tuchic, 45 + 1, Kramaric, 82 - Belenky, 25, Zotko, 59, Dovbyk, 79.

Ukraine U-21: Bezruk (Makhankov, 46) - Kiryukhantsev (Luchkevich, 46), Lukyanchuk, Zotko, Cheberko (Kravets, 60) - Pihalenok, Vakulko (Tsymbalyuk, 74) - Lunev (Gutsulyak, 46), Zubkov, Shved Tretyakov, 46) - Belenky (Dovbyk, 46).

Warning: Zotko.