League

Equilibrium Arena
Spectators: 8486 (Terracing: 6366, Seating: 1951, VIP seats: 169) Rico Kelmo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Nowak in the 6th minute of play forced Nefteyugansk's goalkeeper Valentin Gordeychuk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anton Kudryashov charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anton Kudryashov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Anton Kudryashov kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Nefteyugansk's Aleksey Izmailov was substituted for Anton Kudryashov. In the 10th match minute, Nefteyugansk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anton Kudryashov to maneuver through the defense. In the 21st minute Rico Kelmo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentin Gordeychuk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valentin Gordeychuk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rico Kelmo in the 22nd minute of the match. Valentin Gordeychuk made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Rico Kelmo sent off a good shot on target. In the 26th match minute, Equilibrium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mikolaj Nowak to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Nefteyugansk getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Kliment Gorbachev hit a great ball. Mikolaj Nowak recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Valentin Gordeychuk made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Mikolaj Nowak sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Equilibrium's Eduard Genyavskiy slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Valentin Gordeychuk. That made the score 1-0 after 32 minutes of play. Nefteyugansk's Valentin Gordeychuk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Nefteyugansk from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Nefteyugansk's Valentin Gordeychuk got control of the ball when Rico Kelmo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Louis Nieves's late challenge caught a Equilibrium's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Louis Nieves helped the player get up and apologised. In the 45th minute, Louis Nieves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 47 minutes into the match, Nefteyugansk's goalkeeper Valentin Gordeychuk had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rico Kelmo.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marat Kebich made a kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Equilibrium's zone, Irakliy Mamontov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mikhail Maksimov came out of the goal and Irakliy Mamontov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 59th minute, Eduard Genyavskiy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Valentin Gordeychuk was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. 65 minutes into the game, Nefteyugansk's Irakliy Mamontov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mikhail Maksimov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Mikolaj Nowak sped through Nefteyugansk's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Valentin Gordeychuk. After 78 played minutes Nefteyugansk got a freekick which was hit by Marat Kebich. After 79 played minutes Nefteyugansk got a freekick which was hit by Vladimir Kovtunov. After having played for 80 minutes, Rico Kelmo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Equilibrium's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rico Kelmo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the Equilibrium defense, Irakliy Mamontov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mikhail Maksimov. The Equilibrium fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mikhail Maksimov should have stopped the shot. After 95 played minutes Equilibrium got a freekick which was hit by Stepan Miheev. Equilibrium walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.