Official Cup

Winners Stadium
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Gleb Stroganov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Jakobe in the 3rd minute of play. Grigoriy Kudryavtsev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Dumitru Doloman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Andrey Shalikashvili fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Geo-Winner's protests and gave Andrey Shalikashvili a yellow card for diving instead. Francisco Su hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. 9 minutes into the match, Geo-Winner's Veniamin Gorshkov broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After 12 played minutes Viola Invest got a freekick which was hit by Stig-Åke Gabrielsson. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Maksim Dunaevskiy in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dumitru Doloman saved Viola Invest from getting behind. After 19 played minutes Geo-Winner got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Shalikashvili. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by Geo-Winner's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Giga Popescu was slow to take the kick. During this time Viola Invest's players had a chance to rest. Viola Invest's Giga Popescu was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Gleb Stroganov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to Viola Invest getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Gavril Anghelescu hit a great ball. Maksim Dunaevskiy recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A hard shot 29 in the game by Maksim Dunaevskiy from a close distance when the talented Dumitru Doloman managed to make a qualified save. Viola Invest's players were relieved. 29 minutes into the game, Maksim Dunaevskiy lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Dumitru Doloman. If Kuuno Tälli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Maksim Dunaevskiy in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dumitru Doloman saved Viola Invest from getting behind.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Maksim Dunaevskiy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Maksim Dunaevskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dumitru Doloman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maksim Dunaevskiy in the 61st minute of play. Gleb Stroganov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mario Jakobe in the 65th minute. In the 66th minute, Kuuno Tälli reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gleb Stroganov. The goal made the score 1-1. Jorge-Luis Borges's late challenge caught a Viola Invest's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jorge-Luis Borges helped the player get up and apologised. 72 minutes into the match, Geo-Winner's goalkeeper Gleb Stroganov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mario Jakobe. Viola Invest were awarded a corner in the 73th minute after Geo-Winner's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Giga Popescu took the corner. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Maksim Dunaevskiy in the 75th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dumitru Doloman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice moves Mario Jakobe could shoot a difficult shot in the 78th minute, which Gleb Stroganov however easily saved by the left post. 79 minutes into the game, Kuuno Tälli cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Gleb Stroganov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a little luck, Geo-Winner's Gleb Stroganov got control of the ball when Mario Jakobe tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gleb Stroganov made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Kuuno Tälli sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Grigoriy Kudryavtsev in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dumitru Doloman prevented the ball from getting in the gole.