U23 League

Kursk Arena
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Borut Holcman started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Vladislav Smirnov fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Курск ФК's protests and gave Vladislav Smirnov a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Курск ФК's Vladislav Smirnov got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 11thth minute of the game Vyacheslav Veniaminov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but NK FOLKROLA's Veselko Recko was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Aleksey Silkin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zvonko Medved, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Veselko Recko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vyacheslav Veniaminov in the 17th minute of the match. Курск ФК's Rasul Sysoev quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Krsta Sršen, made in the 25th minute of the game. Vyacheslav Veniaminov's late challenge caught a NK FOLKROLA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vyacheslav Veniaminov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th minute, Vyacheslav Veniaminov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arseniy Lukinov struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Veselko Recko didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Курск ФК. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Timofey Karaulov during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of NK FOLKROLA booed when Курск ФК was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Timofey Karaulov didn't get a good kick on the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Vyacheslav Veniaminov notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of NK FOLKROLA's Veselko Recko. Veselko Recko was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Arseniy Lukinov hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vyacheslav Veniaminov made a kick off. If Klim Merkushev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 57th minute Vyacheslav Veniaminov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Veselko Recko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 59 minutes of play, Курск ФК's Vyacheslav Veniaminov made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Veselko Recko was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vyacheslav Veniaminov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Veselko Recko read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. Veselko Recko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vyacheslav Veniaminov, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Zvonko Medved could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Aleksey Silkin made a huge save. Курск ФК's Vyacheslav Veniaminov got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Krsta Sršen's late challenge caught a Курск ФК's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Krsta Sršen helped the player get up and apologised. After 74 played minutes NK FOLKROLA got a freekick which was hit by Krsta Sršen. Veselko Recko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vyacheslav Veniaminov, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Jožek Puš received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Aleksey Silkin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 77 minutes into the game, Курск ФК's Vyacheslav Veniaminov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Veselko Recko made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Aleksey Silkin made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Zvonko Medved sent off a good shot on target. Veselko Recko didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vyacheslav Veniaminov went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Vyacheslav Veniaminov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Veselko Recko having to interfere. Курск ФК's attentive Timofey Karaulov managed to snatch the ball when Nasan Drobnjaković made a throw-in in the 88th minute of the game. Veselko Recko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vyacheslav Veniaminov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.