As it is supposed to be

July is the time for Russian Cup matches. First rounds up to 1/32 finals include teams of the Second Russian League and then comes the First League with Premier League teams waiting for their opponents in the 1/16 finals. On 1 of July in Moscow Baltika played Torpedo-ZIL.

Line-up: Yakovlev – Timofeev ©, Popov, Dzidich (Pershin 46’), Revyakin – Krystafovich (Babich 63’), Okorochkov, Trusevich, Egorov (Kenkishvili 46’) – Kolomiychenko, Golubov.

Baltika head coach Leonid Tkachenko put the first team in the game excluding our goalkeeper in the match – Yakovlev who is the third goalie in the team. Pershin who appears rarely replaced Dzidich in the second half and scored the second in the game. But before this second Baltika had to keep in mind that was playing away for the first minutes were taken by the host team. Torpedo-ZIL created a couple of good chances early in the first half, once Yakovlev was the one who saved and then the ball whistled just a few centimeters wide. Very soon Baltika responded with a good free kick shot denied by the host goalie and scored the first in the game. Golubov ran into the penalty area and was about to make shot but was knocked down. The referee showed a red card to the defender and to the penalty spot. Golubov scored. The second goal was marked with good Pershin’s ball meeting and one-touch play. Golubov could have scored his second in the match after his speedy run when he overtook the defender and floated the ball in the air in “the candle way” but the goalie was better in the situation. Finally he scored his second when sent the ball in the net from the sharp angle rushing one-on-one. This success has brought our club to play FC Khimki on July 15th in Kaliningrad. 

Alex Maximov

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