Official Cup

Old Heaven
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Timur Chichko took the kick off in the first half of the match. Timur Chichko could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Nikita Gudkov made a huge save. Nikita Gudkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timur Chichko in the 4th minute of the match. After 9 minutes of play, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Timur Chichko made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nikita Gudkov was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 11th minute, Aybar Bayezit made a precise shot to the right of Josue Ayala. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Josue Ayala didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. 21 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goal looked a bit too open when Aybar Bayezit came free, but Josue Ayala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Unica FC's goal looked a bit too open when Timur Chichko came free, but Nikita Gudkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alexandr Berezin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Nikita Gudkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Josue Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aybar Bayezit in the 34th minute of play. Timur Chichko in the 36thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Nikita Gudkov, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aybar Bayezit in the 37th minute of play. After 40 played minutes Unica FC got a freekick which was hit by Pavel Ivanteev. Josue Ayala showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yaromir Sharapov, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. In the 48th minute, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Kirill Latyaev seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Kirill Latyaev the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Феникс Санкт-Петербург protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Kirill Latyaev had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in Феникс Санкт-Петербург fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 47th minute. Penalty! Veniamin Markov placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Roman Emelin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Unica FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Roman Emelin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Josue Ayala breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy in the 55th minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Josue Ayala to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute, Unica FC's Aybar Bayezit dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. In the 60th minute, Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy 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. After some careless play in the Феникс Санкт-Петербург defense, Roman Emelin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Josue Ayala. The Феникс Санкт-Петербург fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Josue Ayala should have stopped the shot. Unica FC's Konstantin Vostrikov was substituted for Oleg Efremov. Gennadiy Blatun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikita Gudkov having to interfere. The supporters of Unica FC booed when Феникс Санкт-Петербург was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gennadiy Nazarov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Osmar Madureira was substituted for Sebastian Postelnicu. 81 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Josue Ayala had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roman Emelin. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantin Vostrikov in the 85th minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Josue Ayala to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Josue Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy in the 92nd minute of play. In the 92nd match minute, Феникс Санкт-Петербург was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gennadiy Nazarov to maneuver through the defense. Josue Ayala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrey Avdeev in the 94th minute of the match. Josue Ayala made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Andrey Avdeev sent off a good shot on target. Andrey Avdeev had several of the Феникс Санкт-Петербург's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 96 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-6 score and a disappointed Josue Ayala as he didn't even see the shot coming. When the match was over Unica FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Феникс Санкт-Петербург throughout the match.