Russia W16 will play against Finland in the European Cup semi-final

The under 16 Russian women's national team won all four matches during the 2018 European Cup group stage, qualifying for the semi-final stage where head coach Evgeny Bobariko's players will take on hosts Finland.

In game one against Switzerland, Veronika Korzhakova (2), Polina Luchnikova, Varvara Boriskova, Alexandra Lidskaya and Kristi Shashkina scored to give Russia U16 a large 6:0 win.

Match protocol:

Switzerland W16 - Russia W16 - 0:6 (0:3, 0:3)

Goals:

0:1 Korzhakova (Petina), 04.49
0:2 Luchnikova (Lidskaya), 06.37
0:3 Boriskova (Shashkina, Shkalyova), 17.24
0:4 Lidskaya, 20.24
0:5 Shashkina (Kovalenko), 27.32
0:6 Korzhakova (Glukhareva, Dryndina), 29.22

Shots on target: 12 - 34

Penalty minutes: 4 - 4

Russia U16 had yet another comfortable match in the second outing, thrashing Norway 13:0! Kristi Shashkina (3), Sofiya Lifatova (2), Ilona Markova (2), Polina Luchnikova (2), Elizaveta Shkalyova, Anastasia Petina, Tatyana Korablina and Varvara Boriskova scored.

Match protocol:

Russia W16 - Norway W16 - 13:0 (9:0, 4:0)

Goals:

1:0 Markova, 00.24
2:0 Shkalyova (Shashkina), 01.16
3:0 Luchnikova (Markova), 02.19
4:0 Petina (Rakhimova, Korzhakova), 04.55
5:0 Shashkina (Boriskova, Kovalenko), 07.34
6:0 Lifatova (Drydina, Akhmetova), 09.53
7:0 Shashkina (Shkalyova, Boriskova), 11.27
8:0 Lifatova (Drydina), 12.30
9:0 Shashkina, 14.46
10:0 Luchnikova (Lidskaya, Markova), 20.25
11:0 Korablina (Akhmetova), 34.13
12:0 Markova (Luchnikova, Lidskaya), 35.12
13:0 Boriskova (Shashkina, Shkalyova), 39.35

Shots on target: 37 - 3

Penalty minutes: 2 - 4

Yesterday, Varvara Boriskova scored against Finland, but the match went to a penalty shootout where Vita Ponyatovskaya netted the winner!

Match protocol:

Finland W16 - Russia W16 - 1:2 SO (0:1, 1:0 - 0:1)

Goals:

0:1 Boriskova (Shkalyova), 18.51
1:1 Polkki, 39.45
1:2 Ponyatovskaya, 40.00 SO

Shots on target: 11 - 38

Penalty minutes: 0 - 0

Finally, in the last group stage match, Russia W16 got the better of Germany 2:0 with Kristina Glukhareva and Kristi Shashkina hitting the target.

Match protocol:

Russia W16 - Germany W16 - 2:0 (2:0, 0:0)

Goals:

1:0 Glukhareva (Luchnikova, Markova), 02.48
2:0 Shashkina (Boriskova, Shkalyova), 07.48

Shots on target: 29 - 16

Penalty minutes: 4 - 2

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