League

Stadion Magnitogorsk
Spectators: 6716 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aristarh Vorobiev started the match with the kick off. Emmanuil Pchelikov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Roman Trifonov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 9 played minutes Aristarh Vorobiev rounded Noyabrsk's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. After some careless play in the Magnitogorsk defense, Andrey Novikov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Viktor Afanasev. The Magnitogorsk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Viktor Afanasev should have stopped the shot. Aristarh Vorobiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dmitriy Lvov having to interfere. If Emmanuil Pchelikov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Andrey Novikov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Viktor Afanasev having to interfere. Viktor Afanasev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roman Trifonov in the 31st minute of the match. Andrey Novikov struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Viktor Afanasev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Noyabrsk. In the 39th minute, Andrey Novikov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Noyabrsk fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. When Andrey Novikov came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Noyabrsk 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 Andrey Novikov couldn't finish the play. When Roman Trifonov came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Noyabrsk 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 Roman Trifonov couldn't finish the play. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emmanuil Pchelikov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Emmanuil Pchelikov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Viktor Afanasev. The goal made the score 1-4. Viktor Afanasev was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Emmanuil Pchelikov showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-5 in the 55 minute of play. Roman Trifonov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Viktor Afanasev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Aleksandr Blokhin came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Magnitogorsk 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 Aleksandr Blokhin couldn't finish the play. In the 65th minute, Leonid Kotorov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot by Georgiy Dobrovolskiy from long distance, 71 minutes into the match, got Viktor Afanasev's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Emmanuil Pchelikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emmanuil Pchelikov got free with Viktor Afanasev in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 79 minutes into the match, Magnitogorsk's goal looked a bit too open when Emmanuil Pchelikov came free, but Viktor Afanasev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 1-7 when Andrey Novikov sped through Magnitogorsk's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Viktor Afanasev. After 86 minutes, Aristarh Vorobiev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Magnitogorsk and the Noyabrsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Magnitogorsk getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Aristarh Vorobiev hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Emmanuil Pchelikov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Viktor Afanasev was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. A collision led to Magnitogorsk getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Nikolay Kolobov hit a great ball. Emmanuil Pchelikov who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 96thth minute tested the skills of Viktor Afanasev when he managed to save the team from getting behind.