League

Stadion Novokuznetsk
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ippolit Arin took the kick off in the first half of the match. David Baftalovskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ippolit Arin, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Ippolit Arin might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over David Baftalovskiy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ippolit Arin ran back to his position shaking his head. Nikolay Fionov hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Igor Kalashnikov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kirill Medvedev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Danila Ponomarev charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Danila Ponomarev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Danila Ponomarev kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Kirill Medvedev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Stepan Kirichenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 29th minute of the game. One of Novokuznetsk:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of усинск:s goal. Ilya Kalashnikov placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! During the 32nd minute of the match Nikolay Fionov completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Nikolay Fionov a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 33rd match minute, усинск was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikolay Fionov to maneuver through the defense. Igor Kalashnikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ippolit Arin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. David Baftalovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dmitriy Yakovlev struck a weak shot in the 44th minute. Stepan Kirichenko didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for усинск. In the 47th minute, Sergey Hautiev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dmitriy Yakovlev to make the kick off. When Ippolit Arin came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Novokuznetsk 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 Ippolit Arin couldn't finish the play. Ippolit Arin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Baftalovskiy having to interfere. David Baftalovskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ippolit Arin in the 57th minute of the match. In the 62ndth minute of the game Ippolit Arin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but усинск's David Baftalovskiy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of усинск booed when Novokuznetsk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrey Bulanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ippolit Arin in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck David Baftalovskiy prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ippolit Arin in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Baftalovskiy saved усинск from getting behind. David Baftalovskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ippolit Arin, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. David Baftalovskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Kalashnikov in the 77th minute of play. Ippolit Arin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Baftalovskiy having to interfere. David Baftalovskiy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ippolit Arin went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Dmitriy Yakovlev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gerasim Yakovlev hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Igor Kalashnikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Igor Kalashnikov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. David Baftalovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Novokuznetsk had played much better football throughout.