League

Bandera Stadium
Spectators: 10811 (Terracing: 8110, Seating: 2486, VIP seats: 215) Leonid Polovkov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 5th minute, Cătălin Mischie left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The F.C. SPERANTZA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After a rather tough play, F.C. SPERANTZA's Cătălin Mischie got a free kick in the 9th minute. Anthimos Balopoulos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 10th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marjan Yatsenko. F.C. SPERANTZA's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, F.C. SPERANTZA's goal looked a bit too open when Gilbert Ruzicki came free, but Marjan Yatsenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th minute, Mykhaylo Kozlyuk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 21 played minutes, F.C. SPERANTZA's Nazariy Kozyuberda shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Simon Mignolet came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in F.C. SPERANTZA reached it. If Yevgen Sokolyanskyi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marjan Yatsenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Níels Nesta, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. After 28 minutes F.C. SPERANTZA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Anthimos Balopoulos who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to CSKA's Ostap Babych getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The supporters of F.C. SPERANTZA booed when CSKA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ostap Babych didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Níels Nesta got free with Marjan Yatsenko in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to CSKA getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Yarema Bykovets hit a great ball. Simon Mignolet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonid Polovkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 36 minutes into the match, Xiao Peng Bang had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Simon Mignolet. CSKA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xiao Peng Bang was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. F.C. SPERANTZA's Marjan Yatsenko proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save F.C. SPERANTZA from getting a goal against them. In the 45th minute, Celso Oto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half F.C. SPERANTZA were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Níels Nesta to make the kick off. CSKA's Simon Mignolet proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 50th minute of the match, managed to save CSKA from getting a goal against them. When F.C. SPERANTZA's Leonid Polovkov in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye CSKA's goalie prevented a goal. With an all-out effort, F.C. SPERANTZA's Simon Mignolet threw himself towards the right post 58 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Xiao Peng Bang, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 60 minutes into the match, F.C. SPERANTZA's goal looked a bit too open when Níels Nesta came free, but Marjan Yatsenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marjan Yatsenko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mykhaylo Kozlyuk in the 62nd minute of play. Marjan Yatsenko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Níels Nesta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, F.C. SPERANTZA's Simon Mignolet threw himself towards the right post 73 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Leonid Polovkov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 76thth minute of the game Leonid Polovkov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CSKA's Simon Mignolet was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. CSKA's Simon Mignolet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xiao Peng Bang in the 78th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Níels Nesta in the 80th minute of play forced F.C. SPERANTZA's goalkeeper Marjan Yatsenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A nice corner shot did that Anthimos Balopoulos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marjan Yatsenko quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 85 minutes into the match, F.C. SPERANTZA's goal looked a bit too open when Gilbert Ruzicki came free, but Marjan Yatsenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Simon Mignolet was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Cătălin Mischie. The referee felt a red card was in order, 93 minutes into the game, when Anatoliy Gryshko put in a rough tackle. Anatoliy Gryshko hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. F.C. SPERANTZA's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.