League

Stadion Nizhnekamsk
Spectators: 6051 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1951, VIP seats: 100) 3 minutes into the match, Nizhnekamsk's goal looked a bit too open when Filipp Kuzmin came free, but Semen Burlyay reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anatoliy Blokhin hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Bazen in the 6th minute of play forced Nizhnekamsk's goalkeeper Semen Burlyay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 7th minute, Felix Bazen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Semen Burlyay was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in Nizhnekamsk's zone, Filipp Kuzmin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Semen Burlyay came out of the goal and Filipp Kuzmin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nizhnekamsk's Semen Burlyay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ippolit Nikeshin in the 12th minute of play. When Stanislav Markov came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Nizhnekamsk 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 Stanislav Markov couldn't finish the play. Semen Burlyay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filipp Kuzmin in the 15th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Filipp Kuzmin in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Semen Burlyay saved Nizhnekamsk from getting behind. Grigoriy Kononov hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Ippolit Nikeshin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Semen Burlyay having to interfere. In the 29th match minute, Nizhnekamsk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vyacheslav Tverdovskiy to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Nizhnekamsk's zone, Ippolit Nikeshin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Semen Burlyay came out of the goal and Ippolit Nikeshin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ippolit Nikeshin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Semen Burlyay having to interfere. Ippolit Nikeshin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 41st minute, Filipp Kuzmin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Black Cat fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After 45th play minutes Ippolit Nikeshin shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Semen Burlyay and just under the crossbar into goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

51 minutes into the match, Filipp Kuzmin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Semen Burlyay. Nizhnekamsk's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Filipp Kuzmin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Ippolit Nikeshin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Semen Burlyay having to make a save. 60 minutes into the match, Black Cat's Ippolit Nikeshin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Semen Burlyay narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Semen Burlyay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Bazen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th minute, Luka Bisultanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Black Cat made a substitution. Egor Barykov replaced Felix Bazen. In the 71st minute the ball was on its way in behind Black Cat's goalkeeper Anton Biryukov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 72 minutes of play, Black Cat's Ippolit Nikeshin made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Semen Burlyay was left in no man's land by his defense there! Black Cat's Anton Kolobkov was substituted for Ippolit Nikeshin. The crowd rose to their feet as Anton Kolobkov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Semen Burlyay. That made the score 0-9 in the 79 minute of play. When the match clock showed 84 minutes, the score became 0-10 when Filipp Kuzmin sped through Nizhnekamsk's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Semen Burlyay. In the 87th minute, Filipp Kuzmin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Semen Burlyay was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-11. Semen Burlyay didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 91st minute, which inside left pole to 0-12. Egor Barykov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Semen Burlyay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Black Cat getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Filipp Kuzmin hit a great ball. When the final whistle sounded Black Cat left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Nizhnekamsk.