The 1/8 Russian Cup Final.
«Victoria» (Belgorod) (2nd league) – «Energy» (Voronezh) 0:6 (0:4).

Scoring: Elena Danilova, 25 (0:1). Elena Danilova, 35 (0:2). Ekaterina Stepanenko, 41 (0:3). Natalia Zinchenko, 43 (0:4). Daria Apanashenko, 52 (0:5). Natalia Zinchenko, 74 (0:5).
Penalty wasn’t realized : Chursina, 50 (goalkeaper).
«Victoria»: Ivanonovskaya, Pogorelova, Allahverdieva (Chernova, 57), Tomilina, Doludenko, Fedorenko (Grekova, 74), Makarova, Chursina, Konstantinova, Menyailova (Ivanova, 84), Shalopayuk.
«ENERGY»: /16/Olga Svinukhova (/1/ Nadejda Tshegoleva, 73), /5/ Irina Zvarich, /20/ Vera Strukova ¿, /6/ Jennifer Benson, /25/Natalia Zinchenko, /17/Natalia Zhdanova (Lyudmila Korobitzina, 84), /23/ Elena Danilova, /2/ Ekaterina Stepanenko, /19/ Daria Apanashenko, /18/ Elena Terekhova (/12/ Elena Lamtyugina, 67), /4/ Olga Mishanskaya (/14/ Natalia Emelianova, 46; /9/ Lyubov Bukashkina, 78).
Cautions: Makarova, 27. Shalopayuk, 35. Zhdanova, 70. Zvarich, 74.
Referees: á. Zorikhina (Krasnodar), á. Podolyak, D. Shpilev (both from Belgorod).
the 20^th of May. Belgorod. Stadium «Salut». Attendance: 2000. +18 degrees.

The Cup match in Belgorod was finished with the victory of the guests against Belgorod’s “Victoria”. Just in the first 20 minutes the score could be plus 0:8. The ball was like magic  - it didn’t’t want to be in the host’s gates. There were a lot of opportunities for Elena Danilova, great moment loose Olga Mishanskaya and Elena Terekhova. Only on the 25^th minute the big advantage of the guests transformed to the goal made by Elena Danilova. At the second half after 0:4 the host team became more aggressive and optimistic and got the possibility to score the penalty kick after the accidental hand playing of Natalia Zinchenko. Anyway Olga Svinukhova guessed the direction of the kick and saved her gates.
The match was well organized in Belgorod. There were a lot of spectators there. The main people of the regional authorities came to support there team too. The teams got the traditional Bread with Salt and during the breaks the supporters were cheered by the talisman of the team – a trot. In the very beginning of the match there was rain which a little bit  depraved the spectacle but the fans continued to support their team. It is necessary to mark that the Belgorod team looked like a little bit stronger that last rival Nika from N.Novgorod and probably Victoria  will play in Supreme league the next season. In this team our Lyubov Bukashkina, Anna Kozhnikova and Olessya Mashina played last season. So now we are waiting for the match for ¼ Russian Cup against Chertanovo from Moscow. And the next match FC Energy will play away agains “Nadejda” from Noginsk (Moscow region) on the 28^th of May.
Eduard Ermakov, the head coach of Victoria team:
  - There was a great honor for us to play the best Russian team today. The girls got an experience which will be useful in future. I would like to tell you that it is difficult to overestimate the role of Ivan Saenko, the head coach of FC Energy team in growing of Russian women’s football. I personally got a lot of new ideas from him.
Ivan Saenko the head coach of FC Energy team:
  - I always respected the city of Belgorod. First of all they have a great attendance in volleyball /Belgorod is the home city for the champion of Russia, one of the famous male team in Europe in volleyball/. I think that the team Victoriya has good future. Unfortunately we didn’t see an interesting and combination game today. There were a lot of rough things at the pitch. My opinion is if there will be good money in women’s football it will be like the male one for fan’s attendance and the media attention.