League

Cherkessk
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After 4 minutes Cherkessk's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nikita Bondarenko who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on WWW LENINGRAD's corner Stanislav Karpov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mark Metlitskiy quite easily take care of the ball. After some careless play in the Cherkessk defense, Virgilio Quinto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mark Metlitskiy. The Cherkessk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mark Metlitskiy should have stopped the shot. Mark Metlitskiy came out of the goal in the 12th minute to try and stop a shot by WWW LENINGRAD's Buba Kastorskiy. But to his dismay, Buba Kastorskiy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. When WWW LENINGRAD's Virgilio Quinto in the 16th minute got a chance for a shot 16th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cherkessk's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Virgilio Quinto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mark Metlitskiy was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Denis Popov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Göksel Koral having to interfere. If Buba Kastorskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Virgilio Quinto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Virgilio Quinto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Mark Metlitskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mark Metlitskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vadim Brondukov, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 40th match minute, Cherkessk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Denis Popov to maneuver through the defense. In the 43rd minute, Stanislav Karpov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mark Metlitskiy was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 47th match minute, Cherkessk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afanasiy Areschenko to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Daniil Bodryashkin was the one to do the kick off. Virgilio Quinto might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mark Metlitskiy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Virgilio Quinto ran back to his position shaking his head. Virgilio Quinto took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mark Metlitskiy. Mark Metlitskiy dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. After a defensive mix-up in Cherkessk's zone, Virgilio Quinto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mark Metlitskiy came out of the goal and Virgilio Quinto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Filipp Abdullin took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Mark Metlitskiy to make any attempt to save it. When Daniil Bodryashkin fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cherkessk's protests and gave Daniil Bodryashkin a yellow card for diving instead. After 70 minutes, Boris Taratorkin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cherkessk and the WWW LENINGRAD players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ruslan Nekrasov didn't quite understand what happened when in the 72 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. After some careless play in the Cherkessk defense, Filipp Abdullin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mark Metlitskiy. The Cherkessk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mark Metlitskiy should have stopped the shot. When the match had gone on for 78 minutes, Virgilio Quinto put it in 0-8 from a short distance just to the right of Mark Metlitskiy. If Virgilio Quinto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 87 minutes into the game, Filipp Abdullin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-9. Mark Metlitskiy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Virgilio Quinto in the 92nd minute of play forced Cherkessk's goalkeeper Mark Metlitskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mark Metlitskiy didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when WWW LENINGRAD's Virgilio Quinto shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-10 in the ordered_time% minute. When the final whistle sounded WWW LENINGRAD left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Cherkessk.