Official Cup

Kochobetsu Stadium
Spectators: 176 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Veniamin Markov made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5th match minute, Esperance was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bram Boonen to maneuver through the defense. Leon Zdrojowy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 8th minute, Aybar Bayezit 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. Nikita Gudkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gleb Elkibaev in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th minute Esperance were awarded a corner. Vadim Vatagin went to the cornerflag to take it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gleb Sorokin got free with Nikita Gudkov in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Veniamin Markov in the 17th minute of play forced Esperance's goalkeeper Leon Zdrojowy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Esperance defense, Aybar Bayezit kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leon Zdrojowy. The Esperance fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leon Zdrojowy should have stopped the shot. Bram Boonen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Nikita Gudkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nikita Gudkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gleb Sorokin in the 25th minute of play. Nikita Gudkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gleb Sorokin, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 30th minute, Veniamin Markov made a precise shot to the right of Leon Zdrojowy. Esperance's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Veniamin Markov might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leon Zdrojowy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Veniamin Markov ran back to his position shaking his head. Leon Zdrojowy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veniamin Markov in the 32nd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Veniamin Markov in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Leon Zdrojowy saved Esperance from getting behind. In the 38th minute, Veniamin Markov made a precise shot to the right of Leon Zdrojowy. Esperance's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. A collision led to Unica FC getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Yaromir Sharapov hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

Nikita Gudkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gleb Sorokin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikita Gudkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bram Boonen, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Nikita Gudkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bram Boonen in the 63rd minute of the match. Gleb Elkibaev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikita Gudkov having to interfere. Nikita Gudkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bram Boonen in the 70th minute of the match. Unica FC's Nikita Gudkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bram Boonen in the 72nd minute of play. Veniamin Markov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Unica FC's Oleg Efremov was substituted for Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy. Esperance made a substitution. Göktürk Canfeda replaced Bram Boonen. If Aybar Bayezit had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Esperance's Gavriil Dolgachev was substituted for Gleb Elkibaev. Veniamin Markov did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-6 to the left of a surprised Leon Zdrojowy 86 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute, Göktürk Canfeda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Esperance fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. Yaromir Sharapov hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. The Unica FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Unica FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.