League

GIZ-ARENA-CLUB
Spectators: 8463 (Terracing: 6348, Seating: 1946, VIP seats: 169) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arkadiy Kontorschikov started the match with the kick off. Matvey Petrov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiy Kontorschikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Arkadiy Kontorschikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to FC GIZ SPb getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Matvey Belov hit a great ball. 20 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Yoshkar-Ola's Konstantin Korsakov fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. 22 minutes into the match, Konstantin Korsakov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Matvey Petrov. FC GIZ SPb's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Konstantin Korsakov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Matvey Petrov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstantin Korsakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, FC GIZ SPb's Matvey Belov got a free kick in the 26th minute. If Arkadiy Kontorschikov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Matvey Petrov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiy Kontorschikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 43rd minute, Konstantin Korsakov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 44 played minutes FC GIZ SPb got a freekick which was hit by Valentin Dolzhanskiy. Konstantin Korsakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matvey Petrov having to interfere. Mikhail Krylov kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 62nd minute, Arkadiy Kontorschikov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Matvey Petrov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arkadiy Kontorschikov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72nd minute of the match, Arkadiy Kontorschikov tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Matvey Petrov saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Arkadiy Kontorschikov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matvey Petrov having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, FC GIZ SPb's goal looked a bit too open when Arkadiy Kontorschikov came free, but Matvey Petrov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute, Vladimir Baturin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 87th minute of the match Vladimir Bilik shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Matvey Petrov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Matvey Petrov made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Konstantin Korsakov sent off a good shot on target. Konstantin Korsakov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Matvey Petrov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Konstantin Korsakov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Matvey Petrov made a huge save. Konstantin Korsakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matvey Petrov having to interfere.