League

Astrakhan
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arkadiy Pakhomov took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Arkadiy Pakhomov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jakob Nazaradeh was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Sergey Kostenetskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lev Pakhomov in the 6th minute of the match. A collision led to Фиолетовая машина getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Roman Daev hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Evsey Ivanov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Зилант Казань's Evsey Ivanov in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Фиолетовая машина's goalie prevented a goal. Sergey Kostenetskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vadim Dubakov in the 10th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the match, Фиолетовая машина's goal looked a bit too open when Vadim Dubakov came free, but Sergey Kostenetskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Evsey Ivanov in the 13th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sergey Kostenetskiy prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 15th minute of the match Зилант Казань got a corner. Фиолетовая машина's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ruslan Veresov ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Evsey Ivanov heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Фиолетовая машина's Sergey Kostenetskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lev Pakhomov in the 18th minute of play. Sergey Kostenetskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emmanuil Kostochkin, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 27th minute of the match Фиолетовая машина got a corner. Зилант Казань's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Viktor Gnusarev ran over to the corner to take the kick. Sergey Kostenetskiy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Evsey Ivanov's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. Зилант Казань were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after Фиолетовая машина's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ruslan Veresov took the corner. After taking down the ball on Зилант Казань's corner Ruslan Veresov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Sergey Kostenetskiy quite easily take care of the ball. Sergey Kostenetskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emmanuil Kostochkin, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Sergey Kostenetskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Artur Bykov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Фиолетовая машина's Sergey Kostenetskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emmanuil Kostochkin in the 40th minute of play. 43 minutes into the match, Фиолетовая машина's Savva Evdokimov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jakob Nazaradeh narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lev Pakhomov made a kick off. Emmanuil Kostochkin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Sergey Kostenetskiy made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Зилант Казань's Artur Bykov got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Jakob Nazaradeh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Savva Evdokimov in the 54th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Зилант Казань's Artur Bykov got a free kick in the 55th minute. Sergey Kostenetskiy had great luck who in the 57thth minute grab hold of the ball when Evsey Ivanov from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Sergey Kostenetskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evsey Ivanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Sergey Kostenetskiy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Emmanuil Kostochkin's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Sergey Kostenetskiy was a little too slow when Emmanuil Kostochkin got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 67th minute. The score was now 0-1. 72 minutes into the match, Фиолетовая машина's goal looked a bit too open when Evsey Ivanov came free, but Sergey Kostenetskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gerasim Larionov kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Jakob Nazaradeh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiy Pakhomov, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. 77 minutes into the match, Arkadiy Pakhomov notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Зилант Казань's Jakob Nazaradeh. Jakob Nazaradeh was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evsey Ivanov in the 80th minute of play forced Фиолетовая машина's goalkeeper Sergey Kostenetskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lev Pakhomov got free with Sergey Kostenetskiy in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arkadiy Pakhomov in the 84th minute of play forced Зилант Казань's goalkeeper Jakob Nazaradeh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Irakliy Abakshin came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Фиолетовая машина 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 Irakliy Abakshin couldn't finish the play. Фиолетовая машина's Sergey Kostenetskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artur Bykov in the 89th minute of play. Sergey Kostenetskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur Bykov in the 90th minute of play. Sergey Kostenetskiy made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Emmanuil Kostochkin sent off a good shot on target. When Irakliy Abakshin fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Фиолетовая машина's protests and gave Irakliy Abakshin a yellow card for diving instead. Зилант Казань were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.