U18 League

Kursk Arena
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aleksandr Goncharenko started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Курск ФК getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Mikhail Nakhodkin hit a great ball. АФК Фонтаните's Svetozar Gyurkovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aleksey Doronin in the 8th minute of play. Svetozar Gyurkovski made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Aleksandr Goncharenko sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Курск ФК booed when АФК Фонтаните was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stefan Kalúpov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Курск ФК's Nikita Arhipov couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 11th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for АФК Фонтаните. Aleksandr Goncharenko in the 19thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Svetozar Gyurkovski, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by German Feofanov during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 21st minute, German Feofanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Svetozar Gyurkovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksandr Goncharenko in the 25th minute of the match. When Ganyo Monev fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored АФК Фонтаните's protests and gave Ganyo Monev a yellow card for diving instead. In the 25th minute, Ganyo Monev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gleb Subbotin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Spas Hadzhidimitrov, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Svetozar Gyurkovski was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Nikita Arhipov capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Nikita Arhipov really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. АФК Фонтаните's Svetozar Gyurkovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gennadiy Fadeev in the 38th minute of play. Курск ФК were awarded a corner in the 39th minute after АФК Фонтаните's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nikita Arhipov took the corner. With a little luck, АФК Фонтаните's Svetozar Gyurkovski got control of the ball when Aleksandr Goncharenko tried to sneak it across the goal line. Курск ФК's Mikhail Ivanchuk was substituted for Nikita Arhipov. In a very dangerous position, a player in АФК Фонтаните fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 44th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Svetozar Gyurkovski, was totally fooled by Курск ФК's Mikhail Nakhodkin, who 47 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Spas Hadzhidimitrov to make the kick off. After some careless play in the АФК Фонтаните defense, Aleksey Doronin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Svetozar Gyurkovski. The АФК Фонтаните fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Svetozar Gyurkovski should have stopped the shot. 62 minutes into the game, Курск ФК's Gennadiy Fadeev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Svetozar Gyurkovski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. A collision led to АФК Фонтаните getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Stefan Kalúpov hit a great ball. АФК Фонтаните's Svetozar Gyurkovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aleksey Doronin in the 76th minute of play. АФК Фонтаните's Karamfil Denev managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Artem Malshinskiy in the 81 minute of the game. In the 82nd minute, Wesley Sneijder 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. When Aleksandr Goncharenko came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Курск ФК 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 Goncharenko couldn't finish the play. After 86 minutes, Aleksandr Goncharenko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Курск ФК and the АФК Фонтаните players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 86 played minutes Курск ФК got a freekick which was hit by Aleksandr Goncharenko. After 91 played minutes Курск ФК got a freekick which was hit by Mikhail Nakhodkin. Svetozar Gyurkovski came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Курск ФК's Gennadiy Fadeev. But to his dismay, Gennadiy Fadeev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. Курск ФК's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.