End To Bad Luck Streak! Lokomotiv (youth) - Torpedo (youth) – 5:2.

Lokomotiv's youth team have finally won. Their recent problems are well-known: the results have been poor, and they kept losing. The team could have more chances but their older leaders had been called up to the national teams for long terms, and it were schoolchildren who had to play. They had hard times.

What did they think about looking at the table? Probably, they got angry. That was obvious in the first minutes when the guys totally suppressed Torpedo and demoralized them. On 10 minutes, Zhemaletdinov received the ball in the box, appreciated the situation and rifled at the near corner, scoring an opener.

On 14 minutes, Chukanov shook off the opponent at the goal line and passed to Galadzhan who doubled the lead.
On 22 minutes Galadzhan scored again from outside of the box, masterfully assisted by Makhatadze.
Late into the first half Lokomotiv relaxed just for a second - and were punished. Dvoretskov scored Torpedo's first goal, setting the scoreline at 3:1.

Very soon Torpedo scored again. Lokomotiv conceded from a free kick. The spectators saw a rare thing: the goal was awarded and denied several times. The teams were annoyed, while the supporters had another reason for bitter jokes.
The referee, advised by an assistant, took several decisions: the goal was awarded, then denied, then awarded, then denied again...

The ref's tortures ended in the final decision to award the goal. In the three extra minutes the score didn't change.
In the second half, the manner of play remained pretty much the same: Lokomotiv looked better and were more promising in attack. Torpedo possessed the ball from time to time but this didn’t carry much threat to Loko’s goal.

Zhemaletdinov broke one on one with the keeper and was knocked down. Goalkeeper Ignatov was shown a yellow card, and seconds later Zhemaletdinov scored from a penalty mark - 4:2. Soon there came a rapid counter-attack that ended with an effective strike by Anisimov - 5:2.

We hope the guys have finally found their game, and that their scoring rate will be high in the coming matches.
End to bad luck streak!

Lokomotiv (youth) - Torpedo (youth) – 5:2 (3:2)
Goals: Zhemaletdinov, 10 – 1:0, Galadzhan, 14 – 2:0, Galadzhan, 22 – 3:0, Dvoretskov, 31 – 3:1, Pogonin, 33 – 3:2, Zhemaletdinov, 61 – 4:2 (pen.), Anisimov, 80 – 5:2.
Lokomotiv (youth): Kovalyov, Nikitin, Logunov (Samokhvalov, 69), Gusar, Makarov, Makhatadze (Galanin, 83), Chukanov, Anton Miranchuk, (Anisimov, 46), Kipiani, Galadzhan, Zhemaletdinov (Smirnov, 76).
Torpedo (youth): Shafinskiy (Ignatov, 46), Cherepanov, Yurchik, Pegiev (Tigiev, 46), Bekhbudov (Romashchenko, 70), Dvoretskov, Kalinkin (Kertanov, 46), Kirsanov (Drozdov, 75), Melnikov, Pogonin, Fomichyov.
Yellow cards: Makhatadze, Fomichyov, Ignatov, Makarov.
Referee: O. Yevstigneyev (Korolyov).
April, 7th. Moscow. Lokomotiv-Perovo Stadium.

Our website did live text commentary of the game, also available on Twitter. You can watch the full video of the game on Lokomotiv’s YouTube channel.