League

Kursk Arena
Spectators: 10914 (Terracing: 8187, Seating: 2510, VIP seats: 217) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Andrey Denisov got the match started through his kick off. Timofey Makogon might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Matvey Epanchin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Timofey Makogon ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 14th minute Filimon Nesterenko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frutos Mallo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15th minute, Andrey Denisov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Курск ФК fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Matvey Epanchin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrey Denisov in the 27th minute of play. Frutos Mallo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Efim Abramov in the 28th minute of the match. Leonid Kapustin made in the 31st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Mariusz Mierzejewski. Matvey Epanchin came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Курск ФК's Andrey Denisov. But to his dismay, Andrey Denisov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. If Vasiliy Kulakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 38th minute, Mikhail Hromchenko left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dynamite fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Aleksandr Schukin made in the 40th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Mariusz Mierzejewski however managed to control. After some careless play in the Курск ФК defense, Mikhail Hromchenko kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Frutos Mallo. The Курск ФК fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Frutos Mallo should have stopped the shot. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mikhail Hromchenko stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In a very dangerous position, a player in Dynamite fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 56th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Курск ФК a penalty, 58 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Andrey Denisov, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin. 3-2. Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrey Denisov in the 61st minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Курск ФК's goal looked a bit too open when Mikhail Hromchenko came free, but Frutos Mallo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 64 minutes in the game Aleksandr Schukin did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Kazemir Gorbachev. Mikhail Hromchenko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frutos Mallo having to interfere. Frutos Mallo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Efim Abramov in the 66th minute of play. Frutos Mallo made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Evgeniy Kobeko sent off a good shot on target. When Filimon Nesterenko came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Dynamite 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 Filimon Nesterenko couldn't finish the play. Evgeniy Kobeko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frutos Mallo having to interfere. Frutos Mallo stood somewhat misplaced when Mikhail Hromchenko came free in front of goal and shot 3-3 to the left of him in the 81 minute. Курск ФК's Boris Basalaev was substituted for Andrey Denisov. Курск ФК's Frutos Mallo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Курск ФК from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Boris Basalaev in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Matvey Epanchin saved Dynamite from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Boris Basalaev in the 93rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Matvey Epanchin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Frutos Mallo made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Mikhail Hromchenko sent off a good shot on target. Froilan Sol lost his temper 94 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 93 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Курск ФК! The supporters of Курск ФК booed when Dynamite was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filimon Nesterenko didn't get a good kick on the ball. Курск ФК's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.