FC Krasnodar – FC Arsenal (
Goals: Wánderson, 33 (Joãozinho, 1:0), Pereyra, 60 (free kick, 2:0), Ari, 66 (3:0).
FC Krasnodar: Dykan, Jędrzejczyk, Granqvist, Sigurðsson, Kaleshin, Gazinskiy, Akhmedov, Pereyra (Laborde, 62), Izmailov (Mamayev, 67), Joãozinho, Wánderson (Ari, 55).
FC Arsenal (
Yellow cards: Gazinskiy, 27 (foul play) – Lyakh, 7 (foul play), Lozenkov, 85 (attack breakdown).
Referees: Fedotov, Mosyakin, Kobzev (all
28 Sep.
It was the night from Wednesday to Thursday when the
Alas, the City Day provided for not many supporters in the stands, as some people stayed at home to rest and watch football on TV after the heavy celebrations the day before, and the others were seduced with the celebration events prepared for the Sunday night in
The beginning of the match had a rather high tempo with the
The game advantage of the Bulls was getting stronger every minute. On the 20th minute Gazinskiy made a shot into Filimonov’s hands after a corner kick. A minute later Akhmedov banged the ball
In return, three minutes later the same Brazilian combination went smoothly like a Swiss watch. Joãozinho broke away from the opponents on his favorite left flank, entered the box, waited for the rush by Francisco Wánderson and perfectly rolled the ball to him, and the latter left behind for a heartbeat his guardian player and one-touched the ball into the free corner of the Filimonov’s domain.
Having achieved this success the home team carried on the siege of the opposition’s “castle”, and on the 40th minute Akmedov shot a screamer that whistled over the bar of FC Arsenal’s goal. Three minutes later Wánderson brought Izmailov into a good position, and Filimonov parried the shot by the latter with some difficulty. The half-rime was summed up with a thick but inaccurate shot by Pereyra
FC Arsenal boss Dmitri Alenichev during the half-rime made two substitutions at once trying to fresh up the middle line of his team by Yershov and Kašćelan. The away team managed to calm the game a bit, but on the 51st minute the Tulyaki missed a rapid counterattack with two Krasnodar Brazilians, and Joãozinho from the penalty area line made a shot several centimeters off the first goalpost of the opposition.
Unfortunately, soon after that Wánderson sustained an injury and was forced to be replaced by his fellow countryman, Ari. The latter 5 minutes later took an active part in the second goal scored by FC Krasnodar. It was his penetrating pass that was interrupted with a hand by some
Six more minutes passed and No. 9 of FC Krasnodar finally marked himself with a goal. Laborde, who replaced Pereyra on the pitch, darted away from his opponents on the right flank and made a cross into the centre of the goal area. Yershov did not allow the ball to get to Ari, but chopped it into his own goalpost instead, and the rebound anyway came to the Brazilian striker who scored in cold blood two meters away from the goal.
The score became a runaway one, and then another event very important for FC Krasnodar happened: after more than five months Pavel Mamayev finally returned to the pitch fully recovered after a serious injury he sustained during the April semi-final of Russian Cup versus PFC CSKA Moscow.
No. 7 entered the game in a proper way, and in the end of the match
Nevertheless, 3:0 is still a runaway victory and it is a proper gift to the City for its Birthday. FC Krasnodar has continued the tradition to win every match on the City Day, made one step up in the league table and remains within the group of teams competing for the medals.