League

Stadion Stavropol
Spectators: 6723 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) Timur Gaiduk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roman Bezukhov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 12 minutes into the match, Frol Bodiev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Timur Gaiduk. Stavropol FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Frol Bodiev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a rather tough play, Karelia FC's Yuriy Biryukov got a free kick in the 15th minute. Mstislav Lelyushenko charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mstislav Lelyushenko the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Mstislav Lelyushenko hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Frol Bodiev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuriy Biryukov in the 22nd minute of play forced Stavropol FC's goalkeeper Timur Gaiduk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes into the match, Yuriy Biryukov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Timur Gaiduk. Stavropol FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yuriy Biryukov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Yuriy Biryukov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Timur Gaiduk read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. Karelia FC's Yuriy Biryukov got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match clock showed 37 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Yuriy Biryukov sped through Stavropol FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Timur Gaiduk. Egor Bauman scored 0-4 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Timur Gaiduk, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 47th minute Yuriy Biryukov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Timur Gaiduk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yuriy Biryukov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Frol Bodiev came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Karelia 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 Frol Bodiev couldn't finish the play. Vasiliy Kirillov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladimir Hominskiy in the 55th minute of play. Timur Gaiduk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frol Bodiev, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Timur Gaiduk made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Egor Bauman sent off a good shot on target. Karelia FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Yuriy Biryukov in the 65th minute. The corner led to Karelia FC's Roman Bezukhov getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Yuriy Biryukov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 80th minute, Adrian Koshokov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Egor Bauman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Timur Gaiduk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 84 minutes into the match, Stavropol FC's goal looked a bit too open when Yuriy Biryukov came free, but Timur Gaiduk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Timur Gaiduk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yuriy Biryukov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Timur Gaiduk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frol Bodiev, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Stavropol FC's Timur Gaiduk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roman Bezukhov in the 92nd minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Karelia FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Stavropol FC.