League

Самара Арена
Spectators: 10809 (Terracing: 8108, Seating: 2486, VIP seats: 215) True storY's Mai Li Cheng 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. Carlos Germano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emil Kostadinov in the 6th minute of the match. Artem Kovtun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Damian Kornecki in the 7th minute. Artem Kovtun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Kornecki in the 12th minute of the match. Emil Kostadinov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Carlos Germano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mai Li Cheng fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Germano having to interfere. True storY's Artem Kovtun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save True storY from getting a goal against them. After 21 minutes Крылья Советов's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Denis Makarov who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mai Li Cheng in the 23rd minute of play forced Крылья Советов's goalkeeper Carlos Germano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Крылья Советов's Artem Kovtun threw himself towards the right post 24 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Yuriy Andronikov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. True storY's Artem Kovtun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save True storY from getting a goal against them. Carlos Germano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emil Kostadinov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mai Li Cheng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 37th minute Emil Kostadinov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Germano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 41st minute Damian Kornecki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artem Kovtun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Petre Blajovici came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Крылья Советов fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Petre Blajovici couldn't finish the play. When Georgiy Fedoseev came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Крылья Советов fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Georgiy Fedoseev couldn't finish the play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

In the 52nd minute Emil Kostadinov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Germano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emil Kostadinov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Artem Kovtun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuriy Andronikov in the 54th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Yuriy Andronikov in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Artem Kovtun saved True storY from getting behind. Artem Kovtun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuriy Andronikov in the 61st minute of the match. True storY's Artem Kovtun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Kornecki in the 67th minute of play. In the 68th minute Damian Kornecki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artem Kovtun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maadan Lăcătuș in the 70th minute of play forced Крылья Советов's goalkeeper Carlos Germano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. True storY's Artem Kovtun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yuriy Andronikov in the 76th minute of play. Mai Li Cheng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Carlos Germano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the True storY defense, Petre Blajovici kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Artem Kovtun. The True storY fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Artem Kovtun should have stopped the shot. The referee felt a red card was in order, 86 minutes into the game, when Denis Makarov put in a rough tackle. 85 minutes into the game, one of True storY:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Artem Kovtun went to the wrong direction when Damian Kornecki was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. In the 90th minute Yuriy Andronikov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artem Kovtun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.