Maximium the result

The end of the first half of the season brought us six points out of six possible plus the winning game in Russian Cup in Moscow against Torpedo-ZIL. 

Missing the matchday after the loss from Shinnik made Baltika prepare for Vityaz with dexterous wish to leave the dangerous zone which impended over our club after the mentioned unsuccessful game. 
The start of the game brought a conceded goal in spite of the good mood from Baltika at the first minutes. At 18’ Arhipov of Vityaz got the ball near the arch of the penalty area, handled with our defender and fired into the net. Our goalkeeper Michail Baranovskiy couldn’t help and we had to catch up. The plot of the match played for us and the response from Baltika could take place at any moment for we played aggressively and created opportunities as often as possible making the public to believe that good times would loom early. They came at 62’ with Kolomiychenko nailing the ball with an awesome header. The game was tied and it couldn’t be just the end of everything. Baltika needed three points and the guys were rewarded fully for their persistence and hard-working. On minutes 70 our captain Timofeev converted a free kick that set the stadium to their feet. The ball was curled so skillfully around the wall that no one hesitated about the winner any longer. 
No waste and good taste for victory was shown three days later in Novotroitsk playing Nosta the last match of the season’s first half. Mutual chances with mutual goal posts that kept the both teams from real goals were helpless as Egorov of Baltika scored the winner at 77’ giving us a lead and very fruitful ending before the pause till 26 of June when Baltika faces Chernomorets away in the first game of the second part of the season. 
So far after the first half the table looks like this:
Pl            G   P 
1 Alaniya 19 39
2 Shinnik 19 36
3 Anzi 19 36
4 Sibir 19 35
5 Ural 19 32
6 Kamaz 19 30
7 Salut-Energy 19 30
8 Baltika 19 27
9 Krasnodar 19 25
10 Chita 19 24
11 Vityaz 19 24
12 SKA-Energy 19 24
13 Nizniy-Nov. 19 23
14 Volgar2 19 21
15 Nosta 19 20
16 Volga 19 19
17 Metallurg 19 18
18 Luch-Energy 19 18
19 MIA Russia 19 17
20 Chernomorets 19 15

On Wednesday 15 of July Baltika will be taking the whack at FC Himki in 1/16 round of Russian Cup. Kick-off at 19-30. 

Alex Maximov
Alex77786@mail.ru