League

Greenfield Arena
Spectators: 8357 (Terracing: 6304, Seating: 1933, VIP seats: 120) Nikolay Goldberg made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timofey Strizhev in the 3rd minute of play forced Siberian Knights's goalkeeper Anton Esipov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 6 minutes, Vyacheslav Doborovich managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Siberian Knights's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vyacheslav Doborovich was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Anton Esipov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniil Rutkovskiy in the 10th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in SCHTURM's zone, Vyacheslav Doborovich stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kirill Turov came out of the goal and Vyacheslav Doborovich tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Anton Esipov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timofey Beschastnyh in the 14th minute of the match. Anton Esipov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikolay Goldberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in SCHTURM's zone, Vladislav Nikitin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kirill Turov came out of the goal and Vladislav Nikitin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nikolay Goldberg in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Anton Esipov saved Siberian Knights from getting behind. Anton Esipov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniil Rutkovskiy in the 27th minute of play. Vladislav Nikitin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Kirill Turov made a huge save. 34 minutes into the match, Siberian Knights's goal looked a bit too open when Daniil Rutkovskiy came free, but Anton Esipov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute Daniil Rutkovskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anton Esipov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 37th minute, Daniil Rutkovskiy made a precise shot to the right of Anton Esipov. Siberian Knights's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Vyacheslav Doborovich blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kirill Turov having to make a save. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Vyacheslav Doborovich made the kick off in the second half. If Vyacheslav Doborovich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Siberian Knights's Vyacheslav Doborovich in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SCHTURM's goalie prevented a goal. 57 minutes in the game, Timofey Beschastnyh fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Anton Esipov having to interfere. Daniil Rutkovskiy took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anton Esipov. Anton Esipov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. With an all-out effort, SCHTURM's Anton Esipov threw himself towards the right post 62 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nikolay Goldberg, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Anton Esipov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikolay Goldberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Timofey Beschastnyh struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Anton Esipov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SCHTURM. Anton Esipov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timofey Strizhev in the 77th minute of play. In the 77th match minute, Siberian Knights was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduard Smirnov to maneuver through the defense. 79 minutes into the match, Nikolay Goldberg dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Anton Esipov, 0-4. Anton Esipov made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Daniil Rutkovskiy sent off a good shot on target. If Nikolay Goldberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The Siberian Knights supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching SCHTURM's performance. The match ended with a win for SCHTURM.