Official Cup

Kolomna Arena
Spectators: 178 (Terracing: 134, Seating: 41, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Veniamin Markov kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd 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: 0-1. Leon Zdrojowy made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Aybar Bayezit sent off a good shot on target. Nikita Gudkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gleb Elkibaev in the 15th minute of the match. Veniamin Markov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leon Zdrojowy having to interfere. In the 18th minute, Aybar Bayezit made a precise shot to the right of Leon Zdrojowy. Esperance's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Unica FC's Veniamin Markov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Leon Zdrojowy. That made the score 2-1 after 22 minutes of play. Nikita Gudkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gleb Elkibaev in the 27th minute of play. Nikita Gudkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gleb Elkibaev in the 27th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aybar Bayezit got free with Leon Zdrojowy in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind Unica FC's goalkeeper Nikita Gudkov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of Unica FC booed when Esperance was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oskar Siöman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aybar Bayezit fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leon Zdrojowy having to interfere. Unica FC's Nikita Gudkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pavel Vorobiev in the 44th minute of play. 45 minutes into the match, Unica FC's Veniamin Markov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Leon Zdrojowy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gleb Elkibaev made a kick off. In the 51st match minute, Unica FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavel Ivanteev to maneuver through the defense. 52 minutes into the game, Maksimilian Stolyarov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Esperance's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Unica FC the free kick. A collision led to Esperance getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Maksimilian Stolyarov hit a great ball. Esperance's Gennadiy Krivosheev was substituted for Maksimilian Stolyarov. Sevastyan Lemeshevskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Leon Zdrojowy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aybar Bayezit sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Veniamin Markov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Leon Zdrojowy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Apostolikas Gaitanopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leon Zdrojowy having to interfere. Gleb Sorokin 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. Unica FC's Konstantin Vostrikov was substituted for Klim Leonov. The audience was convinced that Gleb Elkibaev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nikita Gudkov was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Leon Zdrojowy came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Unica FC's Veniamin Markov. But to his dismay, Veniamin Markov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. 77 minutes into the match, Esperance's goal looked a bit too open when Veniamin Markov came free, but Leon Zdrojowy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leon Zdrojowy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veniamin Markov in the 87th minute of play. Esperance's Leon Zdrojowy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Veniamin Markov in the 90th minute of play. Nikita Gudkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marat Markov, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Esperance's Leon Zdrojowy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Veniamin Markov in the 95th minute of play. Unica FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.