League

Syzran
Spectators: 8074 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1939, VIP seats: 135) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ilya Tolbuhin took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Artur Chervitskiy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adolf Ishbuldin was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. In the 6th minute Ilya Tolbuhin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adolf Ishbuldin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Nikita Laskov came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Syzran 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 Nikita Laskov couldn't finish the play. If Nikita Laskov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Nikita Laskov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 19 minutes, Ilya Tolbuhin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Korolev and the Syzran FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 19 played minutes Korolev got a freekick which was hit by Ilya Tolbuhin. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emmanuil Krylov during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 20th match minute, Syzran FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emmanuil Krylov to maneuver through the defense. Rudolf Ignatov scored 0-1 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Adolf Ishbuldin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Chervitskiy in the 31st minute of play forced Syzran FC's goalkeeper Adolf Ishbuldin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Korolev's Yuriy Podkopalov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Korolev from getting a goal against them. Nikita Laskov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adolf Ishbuldin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artur Chervitskiy in the 38th minute of the match. Adolf Ishbuldin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Artur Chervitskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rudolf Parhalin made a kick off. 58 minutes into the game, Artur Chervitskiy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Adolf Ishbuldin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 65th minute Ilya Tolbuhin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adolf Ishbuldin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 68th minute, Korolev's Ilya Tolbuhin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. Nikita Laskov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Yuriy Podkopalov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adolf Ishbuldin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilya Tolbuhin in the 80th minute of the match. Artur Chervitskiy in the 80thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Adolf Ishbuldin, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Arseniy Baibakov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Adolf Ishbuldin made a huge save. Adolf Ishbuldin acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 87th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Yaroslav Ostankin. In the 89th minute, Valentin Buchma hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arseniy Baibakov's late challenge caught a Syzran FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arseniy Baibakov helped the player get up and apologised. After 95 played minutes Korolev got a freekick which was hit by Arseniy Baibakov. The Korolev supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Korolev would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.