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Match Report
Kurgan
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The audience thought a goal was coming when Nikolay Smirenskiy got free with Zinoviy Chukovskiy in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vladimir Lisovskiy during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Vladimir Lisovskiy hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Zinoviy Chukovskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evgeniy Bure in the 11th minute of play. Kurgan's Viktor Kan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vadim Zheronkin in the 18th minute of play. Vadim Zheronkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Viktor Kan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Kurgan defense, Vladimir Lisovskiy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Viktor Kan. The Kurgan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Viktor Kan should have stopped the shot. Viktor Kan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artem Stetsyura, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Konstantin Sokolov kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Vadim Zheronkin succeeded in the game's 32nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. If Artem Stetsyura had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Belgorod's Vadim Zheronkin managed to work through Kurgan's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Vadim Zheronkin dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Artem Stetsyura fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Viktor Kan having to interfere. After 42 played minutes Kurgan got a freekick which was hit by Sergey Kulikov. After 44 played minutes Kurgan got a freekick which was hit by Marat Belov. Belgorod's Artem Stetsyura got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Kurgan players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Belgorod were winning 0-2.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vadim Zheronkin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Viktor Kan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vadim Zheronkin, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 60th match minute, Kurgan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kirill Vorovich to maneuver through the defense. When Belgorod's Vadim Zheronkin in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kurgan's goalie prevented a goal. Artem Stetsyura fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Viktor Kan having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vadim Zheronkin in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Viktor Kan saved Kurgan from getting behind. After some careless play in the Kurgan defense, Vadim Zheronkin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Viktor Kan. The Kurgan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Viktor Kan should have stopped the shot. Innokentiy Boltaev kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After having played for 79 minutes, Vadim Zheronkin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Belgorod's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vadim Zheronkin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Belgorod's Artem Stetsyura in 81 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Viktor Kan guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. 83 minutes into the match, Kurgan's goalkeeper Viktor Kan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Artem Stetsyura. Evgeniy Bure fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zinoviy Chukovskiy having to interfere. After having played for 88 minutes, Nikolay Smirenskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kurgan's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nikolay Smirenskiy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Artem Stetsyura sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nikolay Smirenskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Zinoviy Chukovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match was over Belgorod could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Kurgan throughout the match.
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