Our team played draw with the team from Tatarstan.

Matches with “Neftekhimik” for our team have always been super productive. But it has never been possible to score points in an assist shootout. The hosts after the victory over the leading “Orenburg” were much to extend the winning streak. But Akron put up decent resistance, created more scoring chances – what a pass on the flank and Sasin’s shot at an empty goal, when the Nizhnekamsk defender stood in the way of the ball at the last moment.

Neftekhimik forced us to act differently – to change the scheme. The guys played disciplined, there was a structure. The game situations that we created in the end zone, Kilin’s one-on-one, Zuev’s moment, where he hit the “ceiling” with the goalkeeper – in terms of organization and moments, I think we should have won. Two pretty teams tied. We need to develop and progress further. We came here for three points,” Vitaly Panov summed up.

MATCH PROTOCOL: Neftekhimik (Nizhnekamsk) – Akron (Togliatti) 0:0

Neftekhimik (Nizhnekamsk): Golubev, Berdnikov, Shiryaev, Shorkin, Kalugin (Sitdikov, 74), Prutsev, Terekhov (Danilin, 74), Khubaev, Denisov (Moskvichev, 80), Galiulin (Rodionov, 80), Uridia

Akron (Togliatti): Volkov, Rogac, Sagutkin, Zuev, Savichev, Chistyakov (Bosov, 75), Chudin, Palienko, Sasin (Azarov, 63), Kilin, Bazelyuk (Giraev, 89)

Yellow cards: Prutsev (6), Sagutkin (29), Khubaev (57), Zuev (82), Chudin (85), Shiryaev (90), Kilin (90)

Referee: Averyanov (St. Petersburg)

March 12th. Nizhnekamsk. Stadium “Neftekhimik”. 320 fans.