League

Cowley
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Oskar Karamanov acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 4th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Mark Koshevoy. If Danil Ermakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rafael Akinfeev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Politov in the 12th minute of the match. Oskar Karamanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Dymov in the 16th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the match, Launceston AFC's goalkeeper Oskar Karamanov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ruslan Sidorov. In the 19th minute Ivan Politov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafael Akinfeev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ruslan Sidorov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Oskar Karamanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Cowley's Timofey Geraschenko got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 38th minute, Evgeniy Sokolov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ivan Politov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafael Akinfeev having to interfere. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ivan Politov made a kick off. If Mark Koshevoy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Ivan Politov came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Launceston AFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ivan Politov couldn't finish the play. Rafael Akinfeev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Politov in the 58th minute of play. Cowley's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ivan Politov 59 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-1. If Danil Ermakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ivan Politov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafael Akinfeev having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pavel Dymov in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Oskar Karamanov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Timofey Geraschenko charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Timofey Geraschenko the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Cowley's Timofey Geraschenko got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 78thth minute of the game Ivan Politov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cowley's Rafael Akinfeev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dmitriy Shubin's late challenge caught a Cowley's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dmitriy Shubin helped the player get up and apologised. In the 79th minute, Dmitriy Shubin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dmitriy Shubin hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Rafael Akinfeev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Politov in the 86th minute of play. Ruslan Sidorov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Oskar Karamanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 89th minute, Dmitriy Shubin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oskar Karamanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Dymov in the 91st minute of the match. After 92 played minutes, Cowley's Timofey Geraschenko shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Oskar Karamanov 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 Cowley reached it. Rafael Akinfeev made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Danil Ermakov sent off a good shot on target.