League

Petrovskiy Park
Spectators: 10845 (Terracing: 8135, Seating: 2494, VIP seats: 216) Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Timur Chichko 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. Matvey Epanchin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timur Chichko in the 6th minute of play. Filimon Nesterenko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Göktürk Semin having to interfere. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Göktürk Semin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filimon Nesterenko in the 16th minute of play. In the 18th match minute, Феникс Санкт-Петербург was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gennadiy Nazarov to maneuver through the defense. In the 20th minute Filimon Nesterenko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Göktürk Semin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timur Chichko in the 23rd minute of play. In the 25th minute Filimon Nesterenko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Göktürk Semin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dynamite were awarded a corner in the 26th minute after Феникс Санкт-Петербург's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Evgeniy Kobeko took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Evgeniy Kobeko got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Göktürk Semin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 29 minutes Феникс Санкт-Петербург's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Evgeniy Kobeko who took care of the corner kick. Gerasim Popkov struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. Matvey Epanchin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Феникс Санкт-Петербург. 42 minutes into the match, Gerasim Popkov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Matvey Epanchin. Dynamite's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gerasim Popkov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. A hard shot 47 in the game by Efim Abramov from a close distance when the talented Göktürk Semin managed to make a qualified save. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's players were relieved. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Efim Abramov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gerasim Popkov got free with Matvey Epanchin in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 57 played minutes Dynamite got a freekick which was hit by Aleksandr Schukin. With a little luck, Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin got control of the ball when Gerasim Popkov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Efim Abramov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Göktürk Semin having to interfere. Evgeniy Kobeko 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. Феникс Санкт-Петербург made a substitution. Egor Penkin replaced Ruslan Shagiakhmetov. In the 77th minute Evgeniy Kobeko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Göktürk Semin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 81 minutes into the match, Dynamite's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandr Lunin came free, but Matvey Epanchin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 83 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goal looked a bit too open when Efim Abramov came free, but Göktürk Semin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Efim Abramov in the 88th minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Göktürk Semin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes into the match, Dynamite's goalkeeper Matvey Epanchin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Egor Penkin. When Aleksey Braga fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Феникс Санкт-Петербург's protests and gave Aleksey Braga a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Dynamite booed when Феникс Санкт-Петербург was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksey Braga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Göktürk Semin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Efim Abramov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dynamite were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.