League

Stadion Volgodonsk
Spectators: 6763 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 50) Rudolf Voskoboinikov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksey Kaledin having to interfere. If Konstantin Eremin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 11 minutes into the match, Konstantin Eremin notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Neftchi's Vyacheslav Kuzennoy. Vyacheslav Kuzennoy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 14th match minute, Volgodonsk HC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonard Aleksandrov to maneuver through the defense. Artem Samoilov struck a weak shot in the 15th minute. Aleksey Kaledin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Neftchi. Neftchi's Filipp Buryak got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aleksey Kaledin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Artem Samoilov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 23rd minute Filipp Buryak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksey Kaledin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Artem Samoilov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksey Kaledin was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. If Artem Samoilov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Viktor Popov hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Neftchi's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Grigoriy Bugaenkov in the 43rd minute. Volgodonsk HC's Aleksey Kaledin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artem Samoilov in the 45th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

In the 52nd minute of the match, Rudolf Voskoboinikov tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Aleksey Kaledin saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Konstantin Eremin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vyacheslav Kuzennoy having to interfere. Pavel Gutsaev hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leonard Aleksandrov during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Volgodonsk HC getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Leonard Aleksandrov hit a great ball. Volgodonsk HC's Aleksey Kaledin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artem Samoilov in the 62nd minute of play. Aleksey Kaledin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artem Samoilov in the 63rd minute of the match. Aleksey Kaledin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Artem Samoilov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aleksey Kaledin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Filipp Buryak went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Filipp Buryak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksey Kaledin having to interfere. Aleksey Kaledin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Artem Samoilov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82nd minute, Artem Samoilov 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. Volgodonsk HC's Aleksey Kaledin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artem Samoilov in the 85th minute of play. In the 87th minute Artem Samoilov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksey Kaledin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Artem Samoilov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Neftchi's supporters rose to their feet, but Artem Samoilov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aleksey Kaledin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Neftchi players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.