Prized/Friendly Cup

EL GIGANTE DEL NORTE
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Wilfredo Ibon started the match with the kick off. Irakliy Dorenskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Horacio Confesor in the 4th minute of play. Ilya Mikhailov was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 6 minutes into the match. After 5 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Феникс Санкт-Петербург! When the match had been going on for 7 minutes, ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's Wilfredo Ibon got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Irakliy Dorenskiy. If Rene Henric had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Irakliy Dorenskiy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Horacio Confesor in the 13th minute. Oleg Ershov kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wilfredo Ibon got free with Irakliy Dorenskiy in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilfredo Ibon in the 32nd minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Irakliy Dorenskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Irakliy Dorenskiy was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Wilfredo Ibon showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 32 minute of play. Irakliy Dorenskiy stood somewhat misplaced when Wilfredo Ibon came free in front of goal and shot 3-0 to the left of him in the 35 minute. An unexpected shot in the 37th minute by Dionisio Txilar got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After some careless play in the Феникс Санкт-Петербург defense, Segundo Dino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Irakliy Dorenskiy. The Феникс Санкт-Петербург fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Irakliy Dorenskiy should have stopped the shot. 47 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Irakliy Dorenskiy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Horacio Confesor. Irakliy Dorenskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilfredo Ibon in the 48th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Askold Vladimirov to make the kick off. After having played for 52 minutes, Delmar Min managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Delmar Min was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rene Henric in the 54th minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Irakliy Dorenskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Faustino Horado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Askold Vladimirov in the 58th minute of play. Irakliy Dorenskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wilfredo Ibon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th minute Wilfredo Ibon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Irakliy Dorenskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Askold Vladimirov got free with Faustino Horado in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 74th match minute, Феникс Санкт-Петербург was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filimon Babkin to maneuver through the defense. After 75 played minutes, ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's Dionisio Txilar shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Irakliy Dorenskiy came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ reached it. Irakliy Dorenskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wilfredo Ibon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilfredo Ibon in the 81st minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Irakliy Dorenskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Irakliy Dorenskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wilfredo Ibon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marat Mishin kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Irakliy Dorenskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rene Henric, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Irakliy Dorenskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Horacio Confesor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 96th match minute, Феникс Санкт-Петербург was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Askold Vladimirov to maneuver through the defense. ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.