Friendly League

Stadion Novosibirsk
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Ostap Artemev made the kick off and thus started the match. Pahom Bobrov's late challenge caught a Novorossiysk FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pahom Bobrov helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Novorossiysk FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Danila Hlebnikov hit a great ball. In the 5th minute, Sergey Denisov made a precise shot to the right of Arseniy Maltsev. Novorossiysk FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. 8 minutes into the match, Novorossiysk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Innokentiy Artemev came free, but Arseniy Maltsev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitaliy Gorbachev in the 9th minute of play forced Novosibirsk FC's goalkeeper Vsevolod Sergin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sergey Denisov scored 2-0 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arseniy Maltsev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitaliy Gorbachev in the 15th minute of play forced Novosibirsk FC's goalkeeper Vsevolod Sergin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Ostap Artemev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vsevolod Sergin was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Sergey Denisovs short, quick shot in the 31stth minute got Arseniy Maltsev to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Sergey Denisov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Arseniy Maltsev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 38 minutes into the match, Novorossiysk FC's goalkeeper Arseniy Maltsev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sergey Denisov. Stepan Boltaev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arseniy Maltsev having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Ostap Artemev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Novorossiysk FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Ostap Artemev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vsevolod Sergin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

Arseniy Maltsev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stepan Boltaev in the 52nd minute of play. Stepan Boltaev struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Arseniy Maltsev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Novosibirsk FC. Stepan Boltaev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pahom Bobrov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 59th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Arseniy Maltsev. Novorossiysk FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After having played for 65 minutes, Danila Hlebnikov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Novorossiysk FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Danila Hlebnikov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Novosibirsk FC's Valeriy Averchenko was substituted for Semen Nosov. In the 68th minute, Sergey Denisov 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lev Miroshkin during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 72 minutes, Stepan Boltaev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Novosibirsk FC and the Novorossiysk FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Vsevolod Sergin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ostap Artemev's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. If Innokentiy Artemev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match clock showed 82 minutes, the score became 5-0 when Stepan Boltaev sped through Novorossiysk FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Arseniy Maltsev. Novorossiysk FC's Ostap Artemev got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Valeriy Averchenko kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match.