League

Stadion Vladivostok
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ndu Ichen took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Vladivostok getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Pavel Derkachev hit a great ball. In the 11th match minute, Kislovodsk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Innokentiy Gulidov to maneuver through the defense. Ndu Ichen scored 0-4 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dmitriy Desnitskiy, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kislovodsk's Leif Vallmark played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mark Belousov in the 27th minute of play. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Ndu Ichen sped through Vladivostok's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dmitriy Desnitskiy. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Pavel Derkachev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vladivostok's supporters rose to their feet, but Pavel Derkachev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leif Vallmark breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Ndu Ichen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dmitriy Desnitskiy was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. Leif Vallmark made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Pavel Derkachev sent off a good shot on target.

The wind increased when Mark Belousov made the kick off in the second half. When Mark Belousov came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Vladivostok 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 Mark Belousov couldn't finish the play. 53 minutes into the match, Vladivostok's goalkeeper Dmitriy Desnitskiy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ndu Ichen. Ndu Ichen's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dmitriy Desnitskiy firmly grabbed it by the left post. A collision led to Vladivostok getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Vitaliy Podkorytov hit a great ball. When Anatoliy Grivtsov fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vladivostok's protests and gave Anatoliy Grivtsov a yellow card for diving instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Mark Ivkov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dmitriy Desnitskiy. That made the score 0-7 in the 66 minute of play. Leif Vallmark stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mark Belousov's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. After 72 minutes, Vitaliy Podkorytov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vladivostok and the Kislovodsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 72nd minute, Vitaliy Podkorytov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ndu Ichen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dmitriy Desnitskiy came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Kislovodsk's Aleksandr Zhuravlev. But to his dismay, Aleksandr Zhuravlev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-8. 83 minutes into the match, Vladivostok's goal looked a bit too open when Aleksandr Zhuravlev came free, but Dmitriy Desnitskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Vitaliy Podkorytov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kislovodsk made a substitution. Nildo Hoffmann replaced Mark Ivkov. Vitaliy Podkorytov kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Ndu Ichen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kislovodsk's supporters rose to their feet, but Ndu Ichen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dmitriy Desnitskiy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Valentin Ladynin in the 89thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Dmitriy Desnitskiy, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. If Ndu Ichen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match was over Kislovodsk could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Vladivostok throughout the match.