Yenisey and KAMAZ Share Points in Sixty-Minute Thriller
Yenisey and KAMAZ played out a 2-2 draw in the First League's regular season round six on Friday. The match at the Yenisey home ground ended with both sides walking away with a single point each, though the manner of the finish will have left very different impressions. M. Sultonov opened the scoring for the visitors with a penalty in the thirty-ninth minute, but Yenisey responded through M. Tlekhugov just after the hour mark. Sultonov then levelled for KAMAZ in the sixty-seventh minute, and N. Shershov dragged Yenisey back into contention with a late equaliser in stoppage time.By then the match had settled into a rhythm where Yenisey controlled possession but KAMAZ created more clear chances. The hosts held 66 per cent of the ball and earned seven corners to three, but KAMAZ registered four shots on target against three, while also firing four efforts wide. The statistics suggest Yenisey dominated territory, but the visitors made their moments count.
Substitutions came thick and fast after the break, with KAMAZ bringing on E. Dolgopolov and E. Voronin for their goal in the sixty-seventh minute. Yenisey responded with changes of A. Chukanov and A. Mazurin in the seventy-sixth minute as the game opened up. Five yellow cards were shown in total, with Yenisey picking up three and KAMAZ two.
The result keeps Yenisey in twelfth place on ten points from nine games, while KAMAZ remain seventeenth with five points from ten outings. Yenisey have won two and drawn four this season, while KAMAZ have managed just one victory in ten matches. The draw extends Yenisey's run of two consecutive draws, having held Текстильщик and Спартак Кострома to 2-2 and 0-0 respectively.
KAMAZ have now lost seven of ten league games and sit in the lower reaches, though this away point could prove vital if the season tightens. The visitors were out-thought on the touchline in terms of possession, but their efficiency in front of goal ensured they left Krasnoyarsk with something. Cup football has its own rules, but this was straightforward league football where three moments decided everything.