League

Stadion Nevinnomyssk
Spectators: 6724 (Terracing: 5001, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) Nikolay Ovchinnikov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Afanasiy Larichev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksey Kubankov having to interfere. Челябинск's Nikolay Ovchinnikov got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Nikolay Ovchinnikov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Leonid Vinokurov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eduard Noskov was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Leonid Vinokurov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Eduard Noskov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Челябинск's Nikolay Ovchinnikov in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nevinnomyssk's goalie prevented a goal. Eduard Noskov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Spiridon Kirienko in the 35th minute of the match. In the 43rd minute, Leonid Vinokurov fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. A collision led to Nevinnomyssk getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Nil Parfenov hit a great ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Leonid Vinokurov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 54 played minutes Челябинск got a freekick which was hit by Aleksey Fevralev. After 60 minutes of play, Nevinnomyssk's Leonid Vinokurov made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eduard Noskov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rodion Sobolev charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rodion Sobolev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Nevinnomyssk booed when Челябинск was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodion Sobolev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eduard Noskov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nil Parfenov, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Afanasiy Larichev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Aleksey Kubankov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 84 minutes into the match, Челябинск's goal looked a bit too open when Nil Parfenov came free, but Eduard Noskov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nil Parfenov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Eduard Noskov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eduard Noskov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonid Vinokurov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Afanasiy Larichev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nevinnomyssk's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.