League

Korolev
Spectators: 9276 (Terracing: 6959, Seating: 2133, VIP seats: 184) Denis Lavrentev started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Kirill Gerasimchuk charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kirill Gerasimchuk the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of True storY booed when STORM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kirill Gerasimchuk didn't get a good kick on the ball. Feddo Reitsma did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Antonio Sengrat 7 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute Emil Kostadinov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Sengrat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emil Kostadinov in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Antonio Sengrat prevented the ball from getting in the gole. True storY were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after STORM's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Emil Kostadinov took the corner. Feddo Reitsma made a great header on True storY's corner, it was just that STORM's Antonio Sengrat managed to reach the ball for a save. True storY's Pahom Nikiforov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denis Lavrentev in the 26th minute of play. Antonio Sengrat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emil Kostadinov, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Lavrentev in the 35th minute of play forced True storY's goalkeeper Pahom Nikiforov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pahom Nikiforov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grigoriy Agapov, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. 41 minutes into the match, STORM's goal looked a bit too open when Anton Kantola came free, but Antonio Sengrat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Feddo Reitsma sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Maadan Lăcătuș had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 47 minutes into the match, True storY's goal looked a bit too open when Roman Bolshakov came free, but Pahom Nikiforov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

STORM's Raimundo Librado was substituted for Maksim Khomukha. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Feddo Reitsma was the one to do the kick off. Antonio Sengrat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Kostadinov in the 54th minute of play. Antonio Sengrat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emil Kostadinov, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. In the 60th minute Feddo Reitsma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Sengrat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61st minute Emil Kostadinov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Sengrat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pahom Nikiforov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andrey Buznikin in the 65th minute. In the 66th minute, Feddo Reitsma 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Andrey Buznikin got free with Pahom Nikiforov in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 80 minutes into the match, True storY's goal looked a bit too open when Roman Bolshakov came free, but Pahom Nikiforov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd minute Maadan Lăcătuș shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Sengrat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 83 minutes into the match, True storY's goal looked a bit too open when Denis Lavrentev came free, but Pahom Nikiforov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pahom Nikiforov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andrey Buznikin in the 84th minute. Anton Kantola's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Antonio Sengrat read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 85th minute of play. Maadan Lăcătuș received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Antonio Sengrat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of STORM booed when True storY was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anton Kantola didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched STORM eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.