League

Stadion Blagoveshche
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Vsevolod Semenov's late challenge caught a SCHTURM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vsevolod Semenov helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Blagoveshchensk FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Vsevolod Semenov hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fedor Vedeneev in the 4th minute of play forced Blagoveshchensk FC's goalkeeper Anton Kasyanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Blagoveshchensk FC booed when SCHTURM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roman Ignatovskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kirill Turov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikolay Simonyan, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 19th minute, SCHTURM's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Nikolay Simonyan fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Anton Kasyanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolay Goldberg in the 21st minute of the match. 22 minutes into the match, Blagoveshchensk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nikolay Goldberg came free, but Anton Kasyanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 24 minutes, Nikolay Goldberg made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Blagoveshchensk FC's Anton Kasyanov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Kirill Turov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikolay Simonyan in the 27th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Igor Zherebtsov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Kirill Turov. That made the score 1-1 in the 29 minute of play. A collision led to SCHTURM getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Felix Fetisenkov hit a great ball. Petr Sobolev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Kirill Turov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 46 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for SCHTURM!

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nikolay Simonyan to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Nikolay Simonyan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kirill Turov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th minute, Klim Kalashnikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SCHTURM's Kirill Turov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikolay Simonyan in the 61st minute of play. Daniil Rutkovskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Anton Kasyanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 69 minutes into the game, Timofey Strizhev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SCHTURM's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Blagoveshchensk FC the free kick. In the 70th minute Petr Sobolev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kirill Turov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 78 minutes into the match, Blagoveshchensk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nikolay Goldberg came free, but Anton Kasyanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. SCHTURM's Kirill Turov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petr Sobolev in the 79th minute of play. If Daniil Rutkovskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Petr Sobolev in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kirill Turov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 92 minutes into the match, Blagoveshchensk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nikolay Goldberg came free, but Anton Kasyanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to SCHTURM getting a freekick after 98 minutes play. Timofey Beschastnyh hit a great ball. 99 minutes into the match, SCHTURM's goal looked a bit too open when Nikolay Simonyan came free, but Kirill Turov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The SCHTURM supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing SCHTURM would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.