League

Stadion Korolev
Spectators: 6932 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1932, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Egor Dondukov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Semen Abramov kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Egor Dondukov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Artem Vyugin kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. In the 14th minute Afanasiy Areschenko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filimon Gurevich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Denis Popov hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Sergey Markov's late challenge caught a Korolev FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sergey Markov helped the player get up and apologised. Cherkessk's Daniil Bodryashkin got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Cherkessk booed when Korolev FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valentin Rakhmanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Afanasiy Areschenko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Filimon Gurevich was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Daniil Bodryashkin in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Filimon Gurevich prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Daniil Bodryashkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Filimon Gurevich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Leonid Lazarev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Mark Metlitskiy managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when Korolev FC's Leonid Lazarev fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Afanasiy Areschenko managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cherkessk's supporters rose to their feet, but Afanasiy Areschenko was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Filimon Gurevich breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Leonid Lazarev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cherkessk's Daniil Bodryashkin got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Egor Dondukov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Afanasiy Areschenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Filimon Gurevich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Afanasiy Areschenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 65 played minutes Korolev FC got a freekick which was hit by Valentin Rakhmanov. In the 72nd minute, Leonid Lazarev 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. After 74 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Cherkessk! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rustam Aldonin during the 79th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Rustam Aldonin hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. In the 83rd minute, Korolev FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Afanasiy Areschenko fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Mark Metlitskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Egor Dondukov in the 90th minute of play. Leonid Lazarev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mark Metlitskiy having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Korolev FC's Arseniy Koshelev got a free kick in the 97th minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Korolev FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Cherkessk had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.