League

Stadion Ussuriysk
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stepan Sitnikov started the match with the kick off. Felix Emyshev charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Felix Emyshev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When Odinzovo FC's Grigoriy Afinogenov in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lesnoi gorodok's goalie prevented a goal. Fedor Lytkin made in the 11th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Stepan Sitnikov immediately put the ball in play. With a little luck, Odinzovo FC's Yuriy Popovich got control of the ball when Stepan Sitnikov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Grigoriy Afinogenov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Lesnoi gorodok's Stepan Sitnikov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Yuriy Popovich. That made the score 1-0 after 20 minutes of play. 24 minutes in the game Silvestr Lavrushenko did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Stepan Sitnikov. Stepan Sitnikov took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yuriy Popovich. Yuriy Popovich dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Timofey Gorbenko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Valentin Yakovlev having to make a save. Grigoriy Afinogenov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Grigoriy Afinogenov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vadim Shamshurin might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Yuriy Popovich. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vadim Shamshurin ran back to his position shaking his head. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

If Stepan Sitnikov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yuriy Popovich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stepan Sitnikov in the 58th minute of the match. Odinzovo FC's Yuriy Popovich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Semen Martynov in the 62nd minute of play. Stepan Sitnikov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Yuriy Popovich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stepan Loginov charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stepan Loginov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Stepan Loginov kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Lesnoi gorodok's Valentin Yakovlev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grigoriy Afinogenov in the 67th minute of play. Grigoriy Afinogenov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valentin Yakovlev having to interfere. After having played for 69 minutes, Pavel Antoshkin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Odinzovo FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pavel Antoshkin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 72 minutes into the game, Grigoriy Afinogenov recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Valentin Yakovlev. Grigoriy Afinogenov showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stepan Sitnikov in the 77th minute of play forced Odinzovo FC's goalkeeper Yuriy Popovich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pavel Antoshkin's late challenge caught a Lesnoi gorodok's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pavel Antoshkin helped the player get up and apologised. After some careless play in the Odinzovo FC defense, Stepan Sitnikov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yuriy Popovich. The Odinzovo FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yuriy Popovich should have stopped the shot. If Stepan Sitnikov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.