League

Voronezh
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sergey Krechet kicked off to start the match. Oleg Gvozditskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Sergey Baburin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 10th minute, Vadim Izhorin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 16 minutes into the match, Saransk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Oleg Gvozditskiy came free, but Sergey Baburin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Saransk FC's goalkeeper Sergey Baburin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of Saransk FC booed when LuckyWolves was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Danil Borodyuk didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sergey Krechet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Emmanuil Petrov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Oleg Gvozditskiy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Sergey Baburin made a huge save. Sergey Krechet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Emmanuil Petrov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 48th minute, Ivan Dolin 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Filipp Lykasov to make the kick off. When Viktor Epanchin fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Saransk FC's protests and gave Viktor Epanchin a yellow card for diving instead. 55 minutes into the game, one of Saransk FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Konstantin Malysh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Emmanuil Petrov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Sergey Krechet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Oleg Gvozditskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sergey Baburin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filipp Lykasov in the 75th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Ivan Dolin could shoot a difficult shot in the 81st minute, which Emmanuil Petrov however easily saved by the left post. In the 82nd minute, Sergey Krechet 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. In the 84th match minute, Saransk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergey Krechet to maneuver through the defense. Sergey Baburin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oleg Gvozditskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 86th minute, Vadim Izhorin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Konstantin Malysh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Emmanuil Petrov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The LuckyWolves fans cheered their team off the field, for while Saransk FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.