The Will. The Win!

In the first half Lokomotiv had big advantage, but Alexander Samedov and Dame N’Doye didn’t managed to convert their chances to goals.

After break Railwaymen started to make big chances in front of Volga’s goal in a five minutes after second half began. Dmitriy Tarasov made an excellent pass to N’Doye right in the penalty area but Abaev was first on the ball. Two minutes later N'Doye had another chance, but the ball hit the post.

In a couple of seconds Lokomotiv got a free kick. Right before that Leonid Kuchuk decided to fresh attack and Maicon came off the bench. Moments later the Brazilian received congratulations from his partners: after jewelry pass from Samedov he sent the ball into the net.

Unfortunately, Railwaymen didn’t celebrated for long: after Leandro’s pass the Congolese striker Mouloumba brilliantly kicked the ball from the middle distance and drove it in the net.

The outcome came on 87th minute. In another Lokomotiv attack the ball hit in the defender’s arm. The referee signaled a free kick. Roman Shishkin came to the ball and sent it right into the upper corner of the goal! Lokomotiv got the difficult win in Nizhniy Novgorod!

Volga – Lokomotiv 1:2 (0:0)

Goals: Maicon, 62 (0:1). Mouloumba, 67 (1:1). Shishkin, 87 (1:2).

Lokomotiv: Guilherme, Shishkin, Corluka, Durica, Yanbaev, Zapater, Tarasov, Samedov (Caicedo, 75), Tkachyov, Grigoriev (Maicon, 62), N’Doye (Pavlyuchenko, 81).

Volga: Abaev, Boulgaru, Kolodin, Polciak, Bordiyan (Polyanin, 77), Karyaka (Sychev, 46), Kontsedalov, Ropotan, Leandro, Shelton (Putilo, 55), Mouloumba.

Yellow card: Mouloumba, 13.

Referee: Alexander Egorov (Saransk).

20th July. Nizhniy Novgorod. Lokomotiv Stadium. 11 500 spectators.