League

Greenfield Arena
Spectators: 8346 (Terracing: 6296, Seating: 1930, VIP seats: 120) Siberian Knights's Vyacheslav Doborovich started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of Siberian Knights booed when FC Mochudi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Grigoriy Lytkin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 9 minutes, Vladislav Nikitin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Siberian Knights's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vladislav Nikitin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vladislav Nikitin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vasiliy Belyakov having to interfere. After 15 minutes, Konstantin Shestakov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Mochudi and the Siberian Knights players grew even worse after the yellow card. Konstantin Shestakov hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Blagonadezhin in the 25th minute of play forced Siberian Knights's goalkeeper Anton Esipov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Grigoriy Lytkin hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. In the 32nd minute Vladislav Petrushevskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anton Esipov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Viktor Bolshakov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anton Esipov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Blagonadezhin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Siberian Knights getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Pavel Kolotovkin hit a great ball. Vyacheslav Doborovich might have been able to make a better finish in the 48th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vasiliy Belyakov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vyacheslav Doborovich ran back to his position shaking his head.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Igor Blagonadezhin was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of FC Mochudi booed when Siberian Knights was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Viktor Bolshakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vladislav Nikitin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 62nd match minute, FC Mochudi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konstantin Shestakov to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladislav Petrushevskiy in the 84th minute of play forced Siberian Knights's goalkeeper Anton Esipov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Viktor Bolshakov kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Anton Esipov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vladislav Petrushevskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Eduard Korshak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Igor Blagonadezhin charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Igor Blagonadezhin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 95th minute, Igor Blagonadezhin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.