League

Stadion Kyzyl
Spectators: 6699 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1699, VIP seats: 0) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vitaliy Arshavin during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Vitaliy Arshavin kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. In the 7th minute of the match Nikita Kudryashov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Danila Gershman skillfully saved the ball. In the 8th minute, Modest Golovatskiy made a precise shot to the right of Danila Gershman. Kyzyl HC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Gleb Odinokov kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Filipp Dynnikov might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Viktor Dvorzhetskiy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Filipp Dynnikov ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to Irkutsk getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Gleb Odinokov hit a great ball. In the 18th minute of the match, Evgeniy Chernetskiy tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Viktor Dvorzhetskiy saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 21 minutes into the match, Kyzyl HC's goal looked a bit too open when Modest Golovatskiy came free, but Danila Gershman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Danila Gershman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marat Abrasimov in the 24th minute of the match. Danila Gershman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Modest Golovatskiy in the 25th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Modest Golovatskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot. Irkutsk's supporters rose to their feet, but Modest Golovatskiy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Danila Gershman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 34th minute, Marat Abrasimov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Irkutsk fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Danila Gershman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marat Abrasimov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 47 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kyzyl HC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nikita Kudryashov was slow to take the kick. During this time Irkutsk's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Irkutsk's corner Nikita Kudryashov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Danila Gershman quite easily take care of the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Evgeniy Chernetskiy made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Kyzyl HC's goal looked a bit too open when Modest Golovatskiy came free, but Danila Gershman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Modest Golovatskiy was extremely unlucky when he, in the 53rd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After 55 minutes of play, Irkutsk's Marat Abrasimov made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Danila Gershman was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 62nd minute Evgeniy Chernetskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Viktor Dvorzhetskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Danila Gershman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Modest Golovatskiy in the 67th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Marat Abrasimov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Danila Gershman. Kyzyl HC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marat Abrasimov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 71st match minute, Irkutsk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yaroslav Morozov to maneuver through the defense. Danila Gershman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marat Abrasimov in the 74th minute. With an all-out effort, Irkutsk's Danila Gershman threw himself towards the right post 78 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Modest Golovatskiy, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With his leg Danila Gershman managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when Irkutsk's Marat Abrasimov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the last second Danila Gershman throw himself and got hold of the ball when Modest Golovatskiy in the 80thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Danila Gershman stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Modest Golovatskiy's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. In the 81st minute, Vitaliy Arshavin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Modest Golovatskiy in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Danila Gershman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of Irkutsk booed when Kyzyl HC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Svyatoslav Vladimirov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Danila Gershman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Modest Golovatskiy in the 90th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, Modest Golovatskiy 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. Marat Abrasimov in the 94thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Danila Gershman, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 95 minutes into the match, Modest Golovatskiy dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Danila Gershman, 0-5. Irkutsk's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.