Official Cup

Stadion IRKUT
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Спартак's Armin Mustakivi started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 3 minutes of play, Artetas artilleri's Bukay Saka made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valentin Aleksandrov was left in no man's land by his defense there! 6 minutes into the game, Artetas artilleri's Bukay Saka nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Valentin Aleksandrov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Valentin Aleksandrov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Martinelli in the 9th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the match, Bukay Saka notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Спартак's Valentin Aleksandrov. Valentin Aleksandrov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 16th minute, Armin Mustakivi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Спартак fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Artetas artilleri's goalkeeper Max Landin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Valentin Aleksandrov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jens-Ola Backlund in the 20th minute of play. Gabriel Martinelli might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Valentin Aleksandrov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gabriel Martinelli ran back to his position shaking his head. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vladlen Bykov during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Vladlen Bykov kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Спартак's zone, Bukay Saka stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Valentin Aleksandrov came out of the goal and Bukay Saka tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Valentin Aleksandrov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jens-Ola Backlund in the 27th minute of play. After some careless play in the Спартак defense, Jens-Ola Backlund kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Valentin Aleksandrov. The Спартак fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Valentin Aleksandrov should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Спартак defense, Gabriel Martinelli kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Valentin Aleksandrov. The Спартак fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Valentin Aleksandrov should have stopped the shot. Спартак's Valentin Aleksandrov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bukay Saka in the 35th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Artetas artilleri's goalkeeper Max Landin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Armin Mustakivi. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-5 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bukay Saka to make the kick off. Max Landin came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Спартак's Armin Mustakivi. But to his dismay, Armin Mustakivi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-5. In the 57th minute, Bukay Saka reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Valentin Aleksandrov. The goal made the score 2-6. Takehiro Tomiyasu charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Takehiro Tomiyasu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 60th match minute, Artetas artilleri was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Takehiro Tomiyasu to maneuver through the defense. Спартак's Valentin Aleksandrov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bukay Saka in the 62nd minute of play. In the 67th minute, Zinoviy Izvekov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee felt a red card was in order, 69 minutes into the game, when Gerasim Ovchinnikov put in a rough tackle. In the 68th minute, one of Спартак: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 Спартак. If Aleksandr Dontsov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute, Artetas artilleri's Bukay Saka ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Valentin Aleksandrov. Valentin Aleksandrov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-8. In the 85th minute, Artetas artilleri's Bukay Saka ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Valentin Aleksandrov. Valentin Aleksandrov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-9. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Mikhail Krivonosov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Спартак's supporters rose to their feet, but Mikhail Krivonosov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Max Landin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. William Saliba hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Artetas artilleri's Max Landin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladlen Bykov in the 92nd minute of play. Gabriel Martinelli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valentin Aleksandrov having to interfere. Valentin Aleksandrov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Simon Skog in the 95th minute. Valentin Aleksandrov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from William Saliba, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. When the final whistle sounded Artetas artilleri left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Спартак.