A lot of dangerous moments at both gates in the end did not turn into goals scored.

The most spectacular team of the last round came to Zhigulevsk, having shipped four unanswered goals to Krasnodar-2 in the regional derby. Almost neighbors in the standings needed to continue the winning streak, given the successful completion of the first cup stage. From the first minutes, none of the teams began to be cautious: a few seconds after the starting whistle, Ivan Chudin was already aiming the far corner – next to the post. The guests also tried on, Palienko threatened, and in the 18th minute after Andrea Chukanov’s shot, the ball even “licked” the post.

“Akron” acted with an advantage, “Kuban” in the first half relied more on counterattacks. The key events before the break were the forced substitutions: after the duel with Khodzhaniyazov, forward Aleksey Shchetkin prematurely went to rest for the guests, and towards the end of the half, a foul on the flank of Kuban captain Ivan Khomukha against Akron captain Anton Kilin turned into a serious injury to our player.

In the second half of the meeting, the game accents shifted a little. The team of Robert Evdokimov added to the attack and created a number of dangerous moments, which Sergey Volkov managed not without difficulty. Akron also had a chance to open an account: Dmitry Sasin, in the 56th minute, was left alone at the far post when a corner was delivered, but shot unsuccessfully. In the endgame of the game, the rivals had mutual chances: at first, Maxim Palienko almost got the ball after a cutting pass from Konstantin Savichev, and in response, Georgy Makhatadze lacked a few centimeters to close Dzambolat Tsallagov’s cross along the gate.

“Tough game. I think that today we lacked the last pass in the final stage of attacks. We reached the Kuban goal, performed serves and crosses, but there was no final pass, ”Akron defender Maxim Matveev said after the match.

MATCH PROTOCOL: Akron (Togliatti) – Kuban (Krasnodar) 0:0

Akron (Togliatti): Volkov, Zuev, Khodzhaniyazov, Savichev, Matveev (Marukhin, 82), Makarov, Chudin, Pesegov (Azarov, 70), Palienko, Kilin (Sasin, 45; Shakuro, 82), Giraev (Bazelyuk, 70)

Kuban (Krasnodar): Nesterenko, Rybin, Khomukha, Rodin, Chukanov (Makhatadze, 67), Moseychuk (Tsallagov, 67), Tkachuk (Abdokov, 82), Gorovykh, Sidorov, Bezdenezhnykh (Takazov, 82), Shchetkin (Arkhipov, 37)

Yellow cards: Khomukha (41), Pesegov (50), Khodzhaniyazov (78), Zuev (90), Tsallagov (90)

Referee: Nizovtsev (Nizhny Novgorod)

October 9th. Zhigulevsk. Stadium “Crystal”. 460 fans.