League

Orenburg
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ippolit Agranovskiy started the match with the kick off. When Eldar Favorskiy got free in front of the goal in the 6th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Dmitriy Lukyanov was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vitaliy Ivanov during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 11th minute, Vitaliy Ivanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aleksandr Chunov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Yuriy Belozerov made a huge save. Yuriy Belozerov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miroslav Abdurakhmanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Belan in the 17th minute of play forced Meteor's goalkeeper Dmitriy Lukyanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ippolit Agranovskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dmitriy Lukyanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eldar Favorskiy in the 22nd minute of play. In the 24th minute, Felix Belan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cheboksary fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. When Felix Belan came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Cheboksary 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 Felix Belan couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Meteor defense, Eldar Favorskiy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dmitriy Lukyanov. The Meteor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dmitriy Lukyanov should have stopped the shot. When Cheboksary's Arkadiy Kilchevskiy in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Meteor's goalie prevented a goal. After 37th play minutes Eldar Favorskiy shot 0-3, a short shot which went by Dmitriy Lukyanov and just under the crossbar into goal. The Cheboksary fans' excitement grew in the 48th match minute when Cheboksary's Eldar Favorskiy looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Eldar Favorskiy made a kick off. With a little luck, Meteor's Dmitriy Lukyanov got control of the ball when Eldar Favorskiy tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dmitriy Lukyanov had great luck who in the 58thth minute grab hold of the ball when Felix Belan from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 61st minute, Arkadiy Kilchevskiy got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Cheboksary made a substitution. Vsevolod Buznikin replaced Yaroslav Antipin. A hard shot 64 in the game by Eldar Favorskiy from a close distance when the talented Dmitriy Lukyanov managed to make a qualified save. Meteor's players were relieved. After 68 played minutes Meteor got a freekick which was hit by Miroslav Abdurakhmanov. Yuriy Belozerov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislav Lazarev in the 73rd minute of the match. After 79 minutes, Eldar Favorskiy made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. Meteor's Dmitriy Lukyanov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Dmitriy Lukyanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eldar Favorskiy in the 94th minute of the match. Dmitriy Lukyanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Belan in the 95th minute of the match. Vsevolod Buznikin hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match.