League

Silver Arena
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 100) Orenburg's Mark Shashkov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Vsevolod Dylda could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Mikhail Kononov made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Innokentiy Hovaev in the 9th minute of play forced Silver bullets's goalkeeper Danil Renchitskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 10 minutes of play, Orenburg's Innokentiy Hovaev made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Danil Renchitskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in Orenburg's zone, Robert Vahtramäe stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mikhail Kononov came out of the goal and Robert Vahtramäe tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Danil Renchitskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roman Akhedzhakov in the 16th minute of play. Danil Renchitskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Gorshkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Laureano Tercero fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Silver bullets's protests and gave Laureano Tercero a yellow card for diving instead. Laureano Tercero kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Vahtramäe in the 23rd minute of play forced Orenburg's goalkeeper Mikhail Kononov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind Orenburg's goalkeeper Mikhail Kononov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Vasiliy Lukanin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mikhail Kononov having to make a save. Robert Vahtramäe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Mikhail Kononov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vasiliy Lukanin succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 34th playminute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Vahtramäe in the 41st minute of play forced Orenburg's goalkeeper Mikhail Kononov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Gorshkov in the 42nd minute of play forced Silver bullets's goalkeeper Danil Renchitskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute, Mikhail Vatagin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Danil Renchitskiy was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. After the first half Orenburg were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Robert Vahtramäe stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mikhail Kononov came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Silver bullets's Vasiliy Lukanin. But to his dismay, Vasiliy Lukanin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. After 60 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Orenburg! In the 63rd minute, Vsevolod Dylda made a precise shot to the right of Mikhail Kononov. Orenburg's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. Orenburg's Mikhail Kononov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vasiliy Lukanin in the 67th minute of play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Orenburg fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 68th minute. Penalty! Robert Vahtramäe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mikhail Kononov having to interfere. If Robert Vahtramäe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Valentin Gorshkov hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Danil Renchitskiy made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Innokentiy Hovaev sent off a good shot on target. In the 84th minute, Valentin Gorshkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 87th match minute, Silver bullets was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mikhail Haritonov to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Silver bullets's Laureano Tercero got a free kick in the 90th minute. The Silver bullets fans' excitement grew in the 97th match minute when Silver bullets's Vasiliy Lukanin looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene.