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Russia - Yugoslavia 1-1 (5-6 on penalties)
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| Nenad Djodic (right, YUG) challenges Vladimir Beschastnykh |
Moscow, RUSSIA, May 19 - Having beaten Russia 6-5 on penalties, Yugoslav national football team took third place at the LG Cup in Moscow.
Real Sociedad striker Darko Kovacevic gave Yugoslavia the lead on the 54th minute after pass by Predrag Mijatovic.
Spartak Moscow striker Sychev, who is the leading goalscorer in the Russian first division, was in lively mood and he snatched the equaliser three minutes from time after beating the offside trap.
In the penalty shoot-out Yugoslavia's striker Mihajlo Pjanovic hit the bar, while Yugoslavia's goalkeeper Dragoslav Jevric saved penalties by Onopko and Kovtun.
Scorers: Dmitriy Sichev 87 for Russia; Darko Kovacevic 54 for Yugoslavia. Penalty shoot-out: 0-0 Pjanovic (hit the bar), 1-0 Karpin, 1-1 Djordjevic, 2-1
Alenichev, 2-2 Koroman, 2-2 Onopko (Jevric saved), 2-3 Milosevic,
3-3 Sichev, 3-4 Kezman, 4-4 Nikiforov, 4-5 Ilic, 5-5 Kerzhakov, 5-6
Mirkovic, 5-6 Kovtun (Jevric saved).
Attendance: 9,500. Referee: Victor Kassai (Hungary). Stadium: Dinamo
RUSSIA: Ruslan Nigmatullin, Yury Nikiforov, Viktor Onopko, Yuri Kovtun, Andrey Solomatin (Dmitriy Sennikov, 60), Valery Karpin, Alexander Mostovoi (Igor Semshov, 6, Dmitry Alenichev, 81), Alexei Smertin, Yegor Titov (Dmitry Khohlov, 62), Marat Izmailov (Alexander Kerzhakov, 46), Vladimir Beschastnykh (Dmitriy Sichev, 46).
YUGOSLAVIA: Dragoslav Jevric, Zoran Mirkovic, Nenad Dzodic (Sasa Ilic, 88), Marjan Markovic (Nikola Lazetich, 46, Janovich, 89), Ivica Dragutinovic, Dejan Stankovic (Predrag Djordjevic, 76), Nenad Brnovic (Goran Gavrancic, 65), Vladimir Ivic (Ognjen Koroman, 46), Predrag
Mijatovic (Savo Milosevic, 74), Darko Kovacevic (Mateja Kezman, 78).
All results at LG Cup in Moscow
May 17: Ukraine - Yugoslavia 2-0.
Scorers for Ukraine: Sergei Popov (28) and Vladimir Musolitin (78).
UKRAINE: Shovkovskyi, Parfenov, Nesmachnyi, Fedorov,
Vashchuk, Husyn, Popov (Zotov 46), Kormyltsev
(Polklonskyi 66), Shyshchenko (Musolitin 46), Rebrov
(Kolinichenko 80), Vorobey (Skachenko 86)
YUGOSLAVIA: Jevric, Mirkovic, Dmitrovic (N Brnovic 46),
Gavrancic (Dragutinovic 46), Krstajic, Lazetic (Koroman
71), Ilic (Markovic 70), Milosevic (Kovacevic 46), Djordjevic
(Ivic 46), Mihajlovic, Kezman (Pjanovic 70)
Booked: Kormyltsev,Nesmachnyi (Ukraine) Mihajlovic,
Lazetic, Kovacevic (Yugoslavia). Sent off: Skachenko (Ukraine) Mihajlovic (Yugoslavia).
May 17: Belarus - Russia on penalties 5-4 (1-1)
Third place match (May 19): Yugoslavia - Russia on penalties 6-5 (1-1, HT: 0-0)
FINAL (May 19): Belarus - Ukraine 2-0 (HT: 0-0)
Final standings
1. Belarus
2. Ukraine
3. Yugoslavia
4. Russia
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