«Energy» (Voronezh) – CSK WWS (Samara) 1:0 (0:0)

On the 12^th of August after the break in the Russian Championship for the UEFA Women’s Cup and for the UEFA Championship (U-19) the teams continued to struggle for the four places in play-off. The most important were two matches “Energy” – “CSK WWS” and “Rossianka” – “ Nadejda”.
During the last time there were some chnges in the team. Benson and Sakharova left the team, but German Sabrina Rastetter, American Emily Burt and young sister of Elena Danilova – Marina were signed. It was not an easy task for coaches to put them all together in one team. Some girls didn’t have a practice for a long time, Russian international (U-19) Terekhova, Bukashkina, Elena Danilova were tired after Finland. And there was necessary to see new players at the pitch. As a result Ivan Saenko chosen Emily Burt who played at the right flange in the 1^st half and in the center of midfield in the 2^nd half. Nadejda Bosikova played all the 90 minutes for the first time after more then 2 years break.  The squad of the guests was more expected. There are a lot of experienced and skilled players in Samara team, but unfortunately no any young bright players.    
  But the first half Samara/s team was much  better, who couldn’t waste the points. On the 16^th minute after crafty shout of Olga Karasseva  the ball slip the bar and returned to the field. Two minutes later Irina Petryaeva used the mistake of Voronezh Natalia Zhdanova but Olga Svinukhova played confident. Soon Olga Svinukhova did a great save after a shot of unlucky Petryaeva. As for FC Energy team they got a two great points for free kicks, but Bossikova did them not good at all.
At the break Irina Zvarich, Elena Danilova and Lyubov Bukashkina appeared at the pitch. It had to be marked that the game of the team became much better.  Elena Danilova was great at her left flange and on the 48^th minute got a chance to score. On the 55^th minute the captain of Samara’s team Russian international Tatiana Egorova checked the bar of Olga Svinukhova’s gates. And on the 75^th minute the best striker of the team Ukranian Natalia Zinchenko founded Nadejda Bosikova who was running to be one step before defender. Nadejda didn’t’ lose this great opportunity and scored from 8 metres. This goal is vey important for Nadejda who couldn’t start again to score at the first games of the season. , когда Егорова со штрафного проверила на прочность перекладину. Пик кульминации пришелся на 75-ю минуту. At the end of the game “Energy” was dominated at the field, as a result – a victory. The photos from this game you can find in PHOTOGALLERY (as usual).

Ivan Saenko, the head coach FC Energy:
  - We all are satisfied with the victory which wasn’t easy. There were some problems but one can understand that the conditions of the girls are very different now. Danilova, Terekhova, Bukashkina played a lot in UEFA championship (U-19), some girls didn’t have  practice after the last game for UEFA Women’s Cup. At the break there was a dispute between me and the President of our Football club who asked to substitute Bosikova. But you saw that  Nadejda fulfilled her task and scored. But she was not lucky in free kicks – she did it very good during the trainings
Vitaly Shashkov, the head coach CSK WWS:
  - It s  a great pity that we lost today and lost all the chances to be in play off. The games between Energy and CSK WWS are usually very stubborn , so it was today. At the first time we had some good episodes to score but we have a poor realization. I have to say that there is no good striker in our team. Olga Kremleva – is a good player but her strong skills are not in the field of scoring. Bosikova used her chance. It could be better for us if she was substituted. I congratulate FC Energy and think that they have good future in the UEFA Women’s Cup and in Russian Championship.