Home team have selected Tikhomir Kapralov but he is banned, so cant take to the field. , Hielke Miedema has gone out to fill the gap left.
The match has just began between Zarnitsa and FSC Novosibirsk in the FSC Kaliningra Stadium. The 39.260 spectators cheer as their players run onto the pitch.
The local team uses a formation of 5-4-1, with: Gennadiy Yatchenko - Jacinto Brião, Román Gaviria, Sergei Astakhov, Hielke Miedema, Spiridon Pugin - Ricardo Figueiredo, Platon Blazhenov, Andrei Levkin, Leonard Marian Ioniță - José de las Casas.
The away team uses a formation of 4-4-2, with its line-up consiting of the following players: Ardalion Amelin - Platon Chukreev, Venedikt Loginov, Feofan Zavrazhin, Kazimir Doskin - Yakov Rastorguev, Evlampiy Pechenikov, Ermolay Druzhinin, Kir Zaharov - Adrian Parshivlyuk, Leopold Kashkanov.

The referee in charge of tonight's game is Emelyan Smolov, who was born in Rossiya and belongs to the college of Bashkortostan. He is a referee in the style of Pierluigi Collina, who does not tolerate foul play, and will not allow player's disputing his decisions or throwing their toys out of the pram!

Min.2, Goal!!!, Ricardo Figueiredo went past Platon Chukreev and crossed the ball to the edge of the box. Where José de las Casas was waiting and volleyed it in off the bar... what a finish that was, well worth watching match of the day for! The score is now 1-0. Min.15, Evlampiy Pechenikov has a pop, but Gennadiy Yatchenko takes that one with ease. Min.16, high kick of Zarnitsa after a wonderful forward pass through the defense by Leonard Marian Ioniță to José de las Casas couldn't finish off that great move by Zarnitsa. José de las Casas protested about the shirt pulling he was the victim of. Min.23, Gooooool !!!, great cross by Ricardo Figueiredo that goes right onto the head of José de las Casas who directs it past Ardalion Amelin. Great goal to make it 2-0. Yes!, the second goal of the team went in! This goal will give them more self-confidence and faith in the match. Min.32, Goal !!!, The ball is played down the left touchline to Ricardo Figueiredo. There's nothing open on the left so he dribbles towards the centre. He's taking it to the edge of the area looking for the shot... he hits the ball full blast into the back of the net! SUPERB GOAL. The score now stands at 3-0. The fans were celebrating the victory over their arch rivals. The stadium kept on shouting the name of Ricardo Figueiredo until the late hours of the night. There are even rumours that fans are planning on tattooing the name of the goal scorer. They are really crazy. Min.36, Goool !!! for Zarnitsa, scored by José de las Casas, not sure he meant it though, i'm sure that was supposed to be a cross, but they all count, 4-0. Min.39, Ermolay Druzhinin spots Leopold Kashkanov breaking free from his marker, but his attempted pass into the space in front is easily intercepted by the defence. Min.42, Evlampiy Pechenikov can't get away from Jacinto Brião and loses the ball before he has the chance to send a cross in.

Min.45, half time here, with the score at 4-0, as they say, it's not over til the fat lady sings, so lets see what the second half brings us. The home team had 65 %. possession of the ball.

Min 46, from the journalist tower we can see that the home side are attacking via by the left touchline and focusing its defense without special attention in any area. The away team is trying to attack without special attention in any area and focusing its defense without special attention in any area. Min.46, Gooooool !!! for Zarnitsa. Coming in from the left wing, that cross by Ricardo Figueiredo found the head of José de las Casas and he directed it in. Making the score 5-0. The home team can't believe it. The 'hand of god' strikes again. What a performance. The fans were partying all night along with Diego Maradona in the back of their heads. Fantastic! Min.56, Leonard Marian Ioniță sees space on the byline and he runs into it and crosses towards the head of Hielke Miedema. However, Feofan Zavrazhin decided he fancied doing his job and cleared it with an assured header. Hielke Miedema, is holding his side on the ground and complaining bitterly about Feofan Zavrazhin's elbow to his ribs at the same time, what a talent he has there...get up you nancy. Min.70, Gooooool !!! for Zarnitsa. Crossing pass from the left flank by Ricardo Figueiredo and José de las Casas places it beautifully past the keeper, 6-0. Min.73 That was a wasted chance by Adrian Parshivlyuk... 1-on-1 with Gennadiy Yatchenko and 5 yards from goal, and he's put it right into the stands where the Zarnitsa fans are sitting... you can hear the donkey brays ringing from around the stadium! Min.79, Gooooool !!! for Zarnitsa. Platon Blazhenov has scored the goal of his life. Platon Blazhenov hit that from around 35 yards out and Ardalion Amelin and couldn't do anything about, dipping and swerving, it did him all ends up. That was a stunning effort to make it 7-0. Min.84, Adrian Parshivlyuk has headed over from 4 yards out, after a pin point cross from Yakov Rastorguev. Wasted opportunity. Min.88, Gooooool !!! for Zarnitsa. Crossing pass from the left flank by Ricardo Figueiredo and José de las Casas places it beautifully past the keeper, 8-0.

Min.90, The whistle has been blown, ending the game at 8-0. The home team had 70 %. possession of the ball.