Official Cup

Old Heaven
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Timur Markov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Irakliy Dorenskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matvey Berezhnoy in the 3rd minute of play. STORM's Konstantin Kuznetsov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timur Markov in the 5th minute of play. Irakliy Dorenskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur Homutov in the 7th minute of play. In the 10th minute, Lev Dulkevich made a precise shot to the right of Irakliy Dorenskiy. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Matvey Berezhnoy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Matvey Berezhnoy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Irakliy Dorenskiy was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Irakliy Dorenskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matvey Berezhnoy, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Timur Markov kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. The supporters of STORM booed when Феникс Санкт-Петербург was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Askold Vladimirov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 27 minutes of play, STORM's Matvey Berezhnoy made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Irakliy Dorenskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Askold Vladimirov got a free kick in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matvey Berezhnoy in the 37th minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Irakliy Dorenskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, STORM's Konstantin Kuznetsov got control of the ball when Timur Markov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Irakliy Dorenskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lev Dulkevich, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timur Markov in the 42nd minute of play forced STORM's goalkeeper Konstantin Kuznetsov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Irakliy Dorenskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matvey Berezhnoy in the 45th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Matvey Berezhnoy made the kick off in the second half. Marat Mishin kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Irakliy Dorenskiy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sergey Bazhko in the 56th minute. Rasul Odintsov hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Konstantin Kuznetsov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oleg Ershov in the 70th minute of the match. Irakliy Dorenskiy made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Artur Homutov sent off a good shot on target. In the 74th minute, STORM's Lev Dulkevich ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Irakliy Dorenskiy. Irakliy Dorenskiy yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. Askold Vladimirov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 86 minutes, Timur Markov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's supporters crossed their fingers, but Timur Markov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lev Dulkevich came free with the goalkeeper in the 88th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Irakliy Dorenskiy could save by the left post. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched STORM eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.