League

Astrakhan
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arkadiy Pakhomov made the kick off which started today's match. Mikhail Buchenkov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arkadiy Pakhomov in the 4th minute. In the 6th minute Erast Vishnyakov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergey Kostenetskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Savva Evdokimov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sergey Kostenetskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Savas Likouris in the 13th minute of play. Фиолетовая машина were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after FCZ 1925's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Roman Daev took the corner. Roman Daev made a great header on Фиолетовая машина's corner, it was just that FCZ 1925's Mikhail Buchenkov managed to reach the ball for a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arkadiy Pakhomov in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mikhail Buchenkov saved FCZ 1925 from getting behind. When FCZ 1925's Savas Likouris in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Фиолетовая машина's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Savas Likouris in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sergey Kostenetskiy saved Фиолетовая машина from getting behind. Mikhail Buchenkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arkadiy Pakhomov in the 24th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, FCZ 1925's goal looked a bit too open when Arkadiy Pakhomov came free, but Mikhail Buchenkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roman Daev made a great header on Фиолетовая машина's corner, it was just that FCZ 1925's Mikhail Buchenkov managed to reach the ball for a save. Sergey Kostenetskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erast Vishnyakov in the 34th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Savas Likouris made the kick off in the second half. Gerasim Larionov hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Фиолетовая машина made a substitution. Irakliy Abakshin replaced Savva Evdokimov. In the 67th minute, Ivan Zakharov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 68 minutes into the match, FCZ 1925's goal looked a bit too open when Arkadiy Pakhomov came free, but Mikhail Buchenkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute Irakliy Abakshin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikhail Buchenkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sergey Kostenetskiy was a little too slow when Savas Likouris got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 75th minute. The score was now 0-3. In the 78th minute, Savas Likouris left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FCZ 1925 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. After 83 minutes, Emil Gostev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FCZ 1925 and the Фиолетовая машина players grew even worse after the yellow card. 82 minutes into the game, one of FCZ 1925:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 84th minute there was a penalty for Фиолетовая машина. Arkadiy Pakhomov stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Mikhail Buchenkov. 1-4. In the 88th minute, Arkadiy Pakhomov made a precise shot to the right of Mikhail Buchenkov. FCZ 1925's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-4. After 91 minutes of play, FCZ 1925's Savas Likouris made it 2-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sergey Kostenetskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! Arkadiy Pakhomov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mikhail Buchenkov having to make a save. FCZ 1925's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.