MINSK (Interstat) — Artem Shumansky scored in the first minute and Belarus held on to beat Finland 1-0 on Tuesday. Shumansky also was shown a yellow card in the 27th minute and substituted at halftime. Finland was shut out and could not find an equalizer. Benjamin Kallman was booked in the 75th minute for Finland, and Saku Miettinen received a yellow card in second-half stoppage time. Gleb Barkovskiy, Vladislav Bocherov and Kirill Pechenin received yellow cards for Belarus in the 27th, 38th and 83rd minutes. The match featured six yellow cards overall. Belarus improved to 2-0 in the competition and overall this season, while Finland fell to 1-1 in the competition and overall. The home side had entered after a win over San Marino, while Finland had beaten Albania. Belarus made changes at halftime, with Bocherov and Shumansky coming off, and Finland also made multiple substitutions after halftime.