Belarus 1-0 Finland: Shumanskiy scores after just one minute

Belarus 1-0 Finland, decided after just one minute of play at the Illovszky Rudolf Stadion in Budapest. Artem Shumanskiy scored the only goal of the match in the opening seconds, and Belarus held on for the rest of the game in this Nations League League C, Matchday 4 fixture.

The match

Belarus took the lead almost immediately: Artem Shumanskiy scored in the 1st minute to make it 1-0.

Belarus had a chance to double the lead from the penalty spot, but Zakhar Volkov missed the penalty in the 15th minute.

The first half produced several bookings for the home side: Artem Shumanskiy and German Barkovskiy were both cautioned in the 27th minute, followed by Valery Bocherov in the 38th minute.

At the break, Belarus made changes, bringing on Valery Bocherov for Vitali Lisakovich and Artem Shumanskiy for Anton Kovalev. Shumanskiy was then withdrawn again shortly after the restart, in the 48th minute, with Anton Kovalev coming back on.

Finland responded with a double substitution in the 58th minute, introducing Adrian Svanback and Onni Valakari for Joel Pohjanpalo and Oiva Jukkola. Belarus made another change on 62 minutes, sending on German Barkovskiy for Trofim Melnichenko.

Finland continued to rotate players in the second half: Matti Peltola and Juho Lähteenmäki came on in the 67th minute for Santeri Väänänen and Benjamin Källman, and Ryan Mahuta replaced Daniel Håkans in the 74th minute.

Benjamin Källman picked up a yellow card in the 75th minute. Belarus had another caution shortly after, with Kirill Pechenin booked in the 83rd minute, before Aleksandr Selyava replaced Evgeni Yablonski a minute later. Finland's Samuli Miettinen was shown a yellow card in second-half stoppage time, in the 90+2nd minute.

The 1-0 scoreline held until the final whistle.

The numbers

Match statistics are not available.

Table and next fixtures

League table is not available. No upcoming fixture has been confirmed yet for either side.