League

Stadion Saransk
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Aad van Galen made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to ФК НИЖНИЙ ТАГИЛ getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Alvise Zarrella hit a great ball. 8 minutes into the match, Vadim Polunin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fritz Pilberg. ФК НИЖНИЙ ТАГИЛ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vadim Polunin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 13th minute, Alvise Zarrella fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Timofey Osipov, passed just outside the right post. Fritz Pilberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Trofimov in the 20th minute of the match. If Aad van Galen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fritz Pilberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valeriy Agranovskiy in the 31st minute of the match. In the 32nd minute Valeriy Agranovskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fritz Pilberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fritz Pilberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vadim Polunin in the 40th minute of the match. Vyacheslav Gasparov struck a weak shot in the 41st minute. Fritz Pilberg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Petrozavodsk. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Alvise Zarrella sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 57 minutes into the match, ФК НИЖНИЙ ТАГИЛ's goal looked a bit too open when Vadim Polunin came free, but Fritz Pilberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Petrozavodsk's Timofey Osipov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aad van Galen in the 62nd minute of play. Petrozavodsk's Valeriy Agranovskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vadim Polunin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fritz Pilberg having to interfere. Fritz Pilberg made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Robert Trofimov sent off a good shot on target. In the 72nd minute, Robert Trofimov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Petrozavodsk fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. When Pavel Mileshko fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ФК НИЖНИЙ ТАГИЛ's protests and gave Pavel Mileshko a yellow card for diving instead. In the 77th minute, Pavel Mileshko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute Alvise Zarrella shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Timofey Osipov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 85th minute, one of ФК НИЖНИЙ ТАГИЛ:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ФК НИЖНИЙ ТАГИЛ. In the 92nd minute Vadim Polunin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fritz Pilberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Vadim Polunin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Petrozavodsk's supporters rose to their feet, but Vadim Polunin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fritz Pilberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 95th minute of the game. One of ФК НИЖНИЙ ТАГИЛ:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Petrozavodsk:s goal. Gennadiy Yudin walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. In the 99th minute, ФК НИЖНИЙ ТАГИЛ's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Vadim Polunin fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Petrozavodsk's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.