Denmark under 21 versus Belarus under 21 - First half review: European U-21 Championships
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884’s U-21 team took on their Belarusian counter parts on 14th of June, 2011 at NRGi Park as a part of their group A encounter in the European under 21 championships. The match kicked off in fantastic fashion as
both the sides used offensive setups. The host side, Denmark used a 4-3-3 setup which meant that Mikkel Andersen started in goal for them.
In front of Andersen, Matthias Zanka Jorgensen along with the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Eriksen-c9074 gained the entire spotlight in a playmaking role
but his offensive tendencies were complimented by the watchful presence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Henrik-Dalsgaard-c16058.
On the other hand, Aleksandr Gutor started in goal for the Belarus U-21 contingent. In defence, Sergey Politevich operated on the right flank whereas central defensive duties were performed by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denis-Polyakov-c10876 and Oleg Veretio. Egor
Filippenko was deployed by the U-21 http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belarus-c2849 manager as his team’s first choice left back.
Using a 4-4-2 system, Belarus’s four midfield men that took the field against Denmark were Stanislav Dragun, Dmitri Baga, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mikhail-Sivakov-c25728 and Nikita Bukatkin. In attack, Aleksandr Perepechko played as a shadow striker to Andrey
Varankov for U-21 Belarus team. The home side started off as the stronger of the two teams in the encounter as in the 2nd minute of the encounter Henrik Dalsgaard whipped in a cross towards his strike partner Bille Nielsen but Belarus’ defender
Sergey Politevich cleared the ball away with ease.
In the 3rd minute, Belarus responded with an attack of their own but their first move of the match died down as Andrei Voronkov’s cross was claimed by Mikkel Andersen in Denmark’s goal. In the 7th minute,
Belarus were on the front foot once again when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vladimir-Yurchenko-c36402 crossed the ball into the Danish penalty area following a corner kick for the away side. Stanislav Dragun rose up in the Danish penalty area to make contact with the ball with his header but
the ball side marginally wide of the goal as the header lacked sufficient accuracy.
In the 20th minute, Belarus made Denmark pay for some slack defending as Dmitri Baga pounced on the loose ball inside the Danish penalty area. Baga made no mistake with his finish from 12 yards out as Andersen was left
beaten in the goal for the home side. With the score line at 1-0, Denmark wake up to the task at hand and got their equalizer in the 22nd minute thanks to some wonderful build up play by Christian Eriksen. Eriksen produced a fine finish from inside
Belarus’ penalty area as Denmark drew level with the score line at 1-1.
In the 45th minute just before the half time break, Sergey Politevich had a good chance to put his team back in front as he headed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vladimir-c36322 Yurchenko’s corner kick towards the Danish goal. But luckily for the home side,
Sergey’s header lacked accuracy as the ball sailed out of play for a goal kick. Shortly after the first half came to an end with both the teams deadlocked at one all.
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