Official Cup

Platinum Arena
Spectators: 3515 (Terracing: 2637, Seating: 808, VIP seats: 70) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Timofey Vekshin kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Днепр ФК booed when FK Amur was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Timofey Vekshin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 15th minute, FK Amur's Timofey Vekshin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Irakliy Khokhlov. Irakliy Khokhlov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timofey Vekshin in the 19th minute of play forced Днепр ФК's goalkeeper Irakliy Khokhlov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marat Shpagin in the 29th minute of play forced FK Amur's goalkeeper Dmitriy Sidorov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 29thth minute of the game Marat Shpagin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FK Amur's Dmitriy Sidorov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Marat Shpagin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dmitriy Sidorov was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Dmitriy Sidorov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sergey Bilyaletdinov during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of FK Amur booed when Днепр ФК was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sergey Bilyaletdinov didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Leonid Zhdanov came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Днепр 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 Leonid Zhdanov couldn't finish the play. In the 45th match minute, Днепр ФК was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerasim Zastavskiy to maneuver through the defense. In the 47th minute, Grigoriy Gerson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FK Amur fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. 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.

If Nil Dergachev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 64 minutes into the match, FK Amur's goalkeeper Dmitriy Sidorov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zinoviy Akopyan. In the 65th match minute, Днепр ФК was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrey Chizhov to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timofey Vekshin in the 66th minute of play forced Днепр ФК's goalkeeper Irakliy Khokhlov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 69 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Днепр ФК! The referee gave FK Amur a penalty, 72 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Petr Savinov, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Днепр ФК's Irakliy Khokhlov. 5-0. Irakliy Khokhlov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timofey Vekshin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy's late challenge caught a FK Amur's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Днепр ФК getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy hit a great ball. 83 minutes into the match, Днепр ФК's goal looked a bit too open when Nil Dergachev came free, but Irakliy Khokhlov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 93 minutes, Nil Dergachev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FK Amur's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nil Dergachev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 97th minute, Pavel Sartakov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.