U18 League

Kursk Arena
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gennadiy Lonchakov made the kick off which started today's match. Artem Rossohin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ilya Kondratyuk in the 3rd minute. In the 8th minute, German Feofanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikita Arhipov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Mikhail Ivanchuk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lev Trofimov's late challenge caught a Unica FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lev Trofimov helped the player get up and apologised. After 11 played minutes Курск ФК got a freekick which was hit by Lev Trofimov. After 12 minutes, Vasiliy Prankov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Курск ФК and the Unica FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mikhail Ivanchuk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arseniy Kartashevskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 18 minutes into the game, Artemiy Yarovenko cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Mikhail Ivanchuk was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Nikolay Sergeev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mikhail Ivanchuk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arseniy Kartashevskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute, Artem Malshinskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 29 played minutes Курск ФК got a freekick which was hit by Danila Prokopenko. Mikhail Ivanchuk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Boris Kulagin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th match minute, Курск ФК was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danila Prokopenko to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Dmitriy Kulyukin kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Artem Rossohin. That made the score 1-1 in the 33 minute of play. After having played for 43 minutes, Gennadiy Lonchakov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Курск ФК's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gennadiy Lonchakov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Yuvenaliy Zimin hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Arseniy Kartashevskiy made the kick off in the second half. Mikhail Ivanchuk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arseniy Kartashevskiy in the 51st minute. After 51 played minutes Курск ФК got a freekick which was hit by Danila Prokopenko. Mikhail Ivanchuk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Boris Kulagin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mikhail Ivanchuk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Boris Kulagin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oleg Ganzha was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 67th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 73rd minute, Grigoriy Demin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dmitriy Kulyukin in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Artem Rossohin saved Unica FC from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Ilya Kondratyuk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artem Rossohin was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Artem Rossohin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilya Kondratyuk in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 85th match minute, Unica FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikolay Sergeev to maneuver through the defense. In the 90th minute Ilya Kondratyuk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artem Rossohin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arseniy Kartashevskiy got free with Mikhail Ivanchuk in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Ilya Kondratyuk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Unica FC played a much better game than Курск ФК and deserved their victory. The Курск ФК players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.