League

Irkutsk
Spectators: 6723 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) Boris Chuhlomskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Roman Yanushevskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Irkutsk HC's Yakov Leonov couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 13th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Astrakhan FC. Astrakhan FC's Yuriy Hmelnitskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rasul Ignatiev in the 15th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, Astrakhan FC's Boris Chuhlomskiy sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roman Yanushevskiy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 24 minutes into the match, Irkutsk HC's German Kostin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yuriy Hmelnitskiy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 28thth minute of the game Rasul Ignatiev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Astrakhan FC's Yuriy Hmelnitskiy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Irkutsk HC's Gennadiy Balaev got a free kick in the 30th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Boris Chuhlomskiy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roman Yanushevskiy. Irkutsk HC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Boris Chuhlomskiy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Mitrofan Abramov kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Roman Yanushevskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lev Toropov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Irkutsk HC's Mitrofan Abramov got a free kick in the 40th minute. Roman Yanushevskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lev Toropov, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Egor Buchalin hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Roman Yanushevskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lev Toropov in the 46th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rasul Ignatiev to strike the kick off in the second half. Yuriy Hmelnitskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rasul Ignatiev in the 54th minute of play. 57 minutes into the game, German Kostin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Yuriy Hmelnitskiy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind Astrakhan FC's goalkeeper Yuriy Hmelnitskiy, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Timur Braginskiy hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Irkutsk HC's German Kostin got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rasul Ignatiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yuriy Hmelnitskiy having to interfere. 68 minutes into the game, Igor Starostin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Irkutsk HC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Astrakhan FC the free kick. Boris Chuhlomskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When German Kostin came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Irkutsk HC 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 German Kostin couldn't finish the play. Rasul Ignatiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yuriy Hmelnitskiy having to interfere. In the 82nd minute, Mitrofan Abramov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yuriy Hmelnitskiy was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Boris Chuhlomskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Rasul Ignatiev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Irkutsk HC's supporters rose to their feet, but Rasul Ignatiev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yuriy Hmelnitskiy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Irkutsk HC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Astrakhan FC for a fine match.