Official Cup

Platinum Arena
Spectators: 195 (Terracing: 147, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) STORM's Denis Lavrentev started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a defensive mix-up in FK Amur's zone, Denis Lavrentev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bogdan Dyachkov came out of the goal and Denis Lavrentev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 4th minute Denis Lavrentev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Dyachkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonio Sengrat made an important save on a dangerous shot by Danila Skvirskiy in the 7th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Lavrentev in the 9th minute of play forced FK Amur's goalkeeper Bogdan Dyachkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antonio Sengrat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantin Lukyanovich in the 10th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Konstantin Lukyanovich's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Antonio Sengrat was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Konstantin Lukyanovichs short, quick shot in the 17thth minute got Antonio Sengrat to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by STORM's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Danila Skvirskiy was slow to take the kick. During this time FK Amur's players had a chance to rest. 25 minutes into the match, Anton Varlamov notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FK Amur's Bogdan Dyachkov. Bogdan Dyachkov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 30 minutes into the match, FK Amur's goal looked a bit too open when Denis Lavrentev came free, but Bogdan Dyachkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. STORM's Antonio Sengrat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Konstantin Lukyanovich in the 34th minute of play. In the 35th minute of the match, Maksim Ivaschenko got a very nice opportunity to score, but Antonio Sengrat was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 37 played minutes FK Amur got a freekick which was hit by Klim Lukin. Bogdan Dyachkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Denis Lavrentev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bogdan Dyachkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Denis Lavrentev in the 43rd minute of the match. Antonio Sengrat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danila Skvirskiy in the 45th minute of the match. The FK Amur players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. STORM were winning 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Konstantin Lukyanovich was the one to do the kick off. In the 52ndth minute of the game Konstantin Lukyanovich who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but STORM's Antonio Sengrat was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 54th minute Konstantin Lukyanovich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Sengrat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 61 played minutes FK Amur got a freekick which was hit by Danila Skvirskiy. When FK Amur's Konstantin Lukyanovich in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye STORM's goalie prevented a goal. In the 68th minute of the match Gennadiy Grishin shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Antonio Sengrat showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Andrey Buznikin hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. 71 minutes into the match, Konstantin Lukyanovich had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Antonio Sengrat. STORM's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Konstantin Lukyanovich was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 76th minute Grigoriy Agapov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Dyachkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by STORM's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Danila Skvirskiy was slow to take the kick. During this time FK Amur's players had a chance to rest. With a little luck, FK Amur's Bogdan Dyachkov got control of the ball when Denis Lavrentev tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 89 played minutes STORM got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Buznikin. STORM's Antonio Sengrat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Konstantin Lukyanovich in the 96th minute of play.