Official Cup

ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Arena®
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Adrianinho Meirelles made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Adrianinho Meirelles sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Igor Akinfeev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 5 minutes Voskresensk FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ronaldo Cosme who took care of the corner kick. The corner led ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Muhittin Emek to fire away a dangerous shot which Igor Akinfeev despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Igor Akinfeev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Adrianinho Meirelles's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrianinho Meirelles in the 11th minute of play forced Voskresensk FC's goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adrianinho Meirelles in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Igor Akinfeev saved Voskresensk FC from getting behind. A nice corner shot did that Ronaldo Cosme got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Igor Akinfeev quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 16 minutes of play, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Adrianinho Meirelles made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Igor Akinfeev was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind Voskresensk FC's goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Adrianinho Meirelles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Igor Akinfeev made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Adrianinho Meirelles sent off a good shot on target. In the 24th minute, Voskresensk FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Adrianinho Meirelles fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Adrianinho Meirelles could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Igor Akinfeev made a huge save. In the 27th minute Adrianinho Meirelles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Akinfeev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 29th minute, Adrianinho Meirelles 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. If Adrianinho Meirelles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 30 minutes into the match, Voskresensk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Adrianinho Meirelles came free, but Igor Akinfeev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Adrianinho Meirelles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Igor Akinfeev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrianinho Meirelles in the 38th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrianinho Meirelles in the 40th minute of play forced Voskresensk FC's goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute, Adrianinho Meirelles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 54th match minute, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andriy Kaká to maneuver through the defense. After 58 minutes, Adrianinho Meirelles made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Voskresensk FC's Igor Akinfeev tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Mai Bin Kuan was substituted for Adrianinho Meirelles. After 66 minutes of play, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Mai Bin Kuan made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Igor Akinfeev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Voskresensk FC made a substitution. Konstantin Lakhov replaced Vadim Basmannikov. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ made a substitution. Carlos Ancelotti replaced Ronaldo Cosme. Yaroslav Evseev hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute Mai Bin Kuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Akinfeev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Mai Bin Kuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 76 minutes into the match, Voskresensk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mai Bin Kuan came free, but Igor Akinfeev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 79 played minutes Voskresensk FC got a freekick which was hit by Yaroslav Evseev. The audience was convinced that Mai Bin Kuan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Igor Akinfeev was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Voskresensk FC's Yaroslav Evseev got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 82ndth minute of the game Mai Bin Kuan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Voskresensk FC's Igor Akinfeev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 84 minutes into the match, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's goal looked a bit too open when Konstantin Lakhov came free, but Vasco Goycochea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 87 minutes into the game, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Mai Bin Kuan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Igor Akinfeev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. When the match clock showed 92 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Mai Bin Kuan sped through Voskresensk FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Igor Akinfeev. 95 minutes into the game, Yaroslav Evseev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Voskresensk FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ the free kick. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ had won after a very even match.