Federation Clash Challenge

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniil Malysh got the match started through his kick off. Giotis Kourmouziss short, quick shot in the 7thth minute got Aleksandr Arnautov to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 10 minutes Dinamo St. Petersburg's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Giotis Kourmouzis who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Artur Faron managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 15th minute, Valentin Tarasov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Arsenal's zone, Daniil Malysh stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gunnar Taevere came out of the goal and Daniil Malysh tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Arsenal's Giotis Kourmouzis in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Dinamo St. Petersburg's goalie prevented a goal. With his leg Aleksandr Arnautov managed to avoid a goal in the 24thth minute, when Arsenal's Giotis Kourmouzis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giotis Kourmouzis in the 27th minute of play forced Dinamo St. Petersburg's goalkeeper Aleksandr Arnautov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28thth minute of the game Giotis Kourmouzis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dinamo St. Petersburg's Aleksandr Arnautov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Aleksandr Arnautov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lukasz Bronder, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Aleksandr Arnautov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lucas Pimentel in the 43rd minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Giotis Kourmouzis was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd match minute, Dinamo St. Petersburg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boris Veretennikov to maneuver through the defense. Artur Faron sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Radomil Podwojski during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Radomil Podwojski hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 64th minute Giotis Kourmouzis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksandr Arnautov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Artur Faron might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aleksandr Arnautov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Artur Faron ran back to his position shaking his head. Dinamo St. Petersburg's Aleksandr Arnautov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukasz Bronder in the 71st minute of play. Aleksandr Arnautov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Pimentel in the 75th minute of play. After 76 minutes Dinamo St. Petersburg's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Giotis Kourmouzis who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Dinamo St. Petersburg's goalie and right to Artur Faron. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Dinamo St. Petersburg's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 87th minute Giotis Kourmouzis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksandr Arnautov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aleksandr Arnautov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giotis Kourmouzis in the 88th minute of play. In the 90th minute, Vladislav Flyagin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aleksandr Arnautov didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Arsenal's Giotis Kourmouzis shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. If Giotis Kourmouzis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.