League

Korolev
Spectators: 10800 (Terracing: 8101, Seating: 2484, VIP seats: 215) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mai Li Cheng took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Крылья Советов's goalkeeper Carlos Germano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maadan Lăcătuș. A collision led to True storY getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Carmichael Cridland hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, True storY's Carmichael Cridland got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 21st minute, Roman Ershov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 24th minute of the match, Mai Li Cheng got a very nice opportunity to score, but Carlos Germano was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 26th minute Damian Kornecki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artem Kovtun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Крылья Советов's Damian Kornecki in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye True storY's goalie prevented a goal. Maadan Lăcătuș sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Крылья Советов booed when True storY was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Denis Makarov didn't get a good kick on the ball. True storY's Artem Kovtun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Kornecki in the 45th minute of play. The corner went over the outstretched arms of True storY's goalie and right to Nacho Kirkov. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. True storY's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

In the 56th minute, Mai Li Cheng left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The True storY fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. A collision led to Крылья Советов getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Hakkı Devrim Felek hit a great ball. Carlos Germano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mai Li Cheng in the 61st minute of the match. Emil Kostadinov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. True storY's Vyacheslav Gruler was substituted for Emil Kostadinov. Petre Blajovici received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Artem Kovtun came out and tried to block the shot, but Petre Blajovici slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 69th minute. True storY's Artem Kovtun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yuriy Andronikov in the 72nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mai Li Cheng in the 75th minute of play forced Крылья Советов's goalkeeper Carlos Germano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 79 played minutes Крылья Советов got a freekick which was hit by Aleksandr Dolgopolov. In the 83rd minute of the match True storY got a corner. Крылья Советов's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Denis Makarov ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vyacheslav Gruler in the 92nd minute of play forced Крылья Советов's goalkeeper Carlos Germano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, True storY's Artem Kovtun got control of the ball when Petre Blajovici tried to sneak it across the goal line. Крылья Советов's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.