League

Sunhill
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Lipetsk's Evgeniy Stukalin 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. A collision led to Sunhill FC getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Illarion Babichev hit a great ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 9th minute of the game. One of Lipetsk:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Sunhill FC:s goal. The goalkeeper, Stepan Sidorov, was totally fooled by Sunhill FC's Vladimir Kostin, who 11 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Eldar Egarmin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evgeniy Stukalin in the 14th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Evgeniy Stukalin put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Eldar Egarmin. When Lipetsk's Andrey Novosadov in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sunhill FC's goalie prevented a goal. Sunhill FC's Eldar Egarmin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Evgeniy Stukalin in the 20th minute of play. When Evgeniy Stukalin came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Lipetsk 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 Evgeniy Stukalin couldn't finish the play. Boleslav Skvortsov hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Eldar Egarmin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrey Novosadov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Viktor Simakov came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Sunhill FC 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 Viktor Simakov couldn't finish the play. Sunhill FC's Eldar Egarmin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrey Novosadov in the 34th minute of play. Eldar Egarmin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrey Novosadov in the 35th minute of the match. After having played for 36 minutes, Vladislav Steklovskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sunhill FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vladislav Steklovskiy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Stepan Sidorov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Viktor Simakov in the 43rd minute. 44 minutes into the match, Evgeniy Stukalin notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Sunhill FC's Eldar Egarmin. Eldar Egarmin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sunhill FC's Viktor Simakov got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Sunhill FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Lipetsk were winning 1-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Viktor Simakov made a kick off. Yan Kapyrin tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Stepan Sidorov. An unnecessary self made goal, 2-3 in the 52nd minute. Vladislav Steklovskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Stepan Sidorov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eldar Egarmin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andrey Novosadov in the 61st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evgeniy Stukalin in the 62nd minute of play forced Sunhill FC's goalkeeper Eldar Egarmin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 67 played minutes Sunhill FC got a freekick which was hit by Zinoviy Tretyakov. Lipetsk's Zinoviy Turov was substituted for Leonid Prusakov. After 68 played minutes Sunhill FC got a freekick which was hit by Zinoviy Tretyakov. A collision led to Sunhill FC getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Zinoviy Tretyakov hit a great ball. Andrey Novosadov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Eldar Egarmin made a huge save. In the 76th minute, Zinoviy Tretyakov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stepan Sidorov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viktor Simakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stepan Sidorov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladislav Steklovskiy in the 81st minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Lipetsk's zone, Vladislav Steklovskiy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stepan Sidorov came out of the goal and Vladislav Steklovskiy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 85 minutes into the match, Viktor Simakov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stepan Sidorov. Lipetsk's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Viktor Simakov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. The supporters of Sunhill FC booed when Lipetsk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zinoviy Turov didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Evgeniy Stukalin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Through an outstanding action, after 95 minutes, Eldar Egarmin successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.