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They didn't put the squeeze on...

In the first away match of the season, which, by the way, was the first official outing in the history of FDC "Vista", our team played a goalless draw against "Armavir-2".

Already at the start of the match, it became clear that the hosts chose the tactics of defensive football, preferring to defend rather than attack. And in those rare moments, when the ball was at the feet of the players of "Armavir-2", the hosts' footballers, without hesitation, sent the ball forward in the hope that the attackers would catch hold of it there. But they did not have such chances throughout the game, and chances arose only in the goals of Armavir.

In the first half, Jonathan Okoronkwo and Emmanuel Obere had good chances for a goal, but they failed to send the ball to the goal. In the second half, our guys stepped up the onslaught in the opponent's goal, which sat even deeper in defense, and practically did not leave any free zones to our attacking players.

And when "Armavir-2" was left in the minority after the send out their defender, the hosts finally dug in their penalty area and in all possible ways dragged out time waiting for the final whistle. However, in the sixth minute of added time, their hopes could have been dashed when Obere was in a striking position, but the goalkeeper of the Armavir team coped with his shot and saved the much-desired draw for them.

"Armavir-2" — FDC "Vista" - 0:0.

Armavir-2: Ternovsky (c), Krasov (Petrosyan, 84), Slepchenko, Tupikhin, Shilov, Ephiev (Kuchiev, 55), Dzutsev (Kulbayev, 67), Khaustov, Emezyan (Komarov, 90+3), Snezhkin (Sarkisov, 60), Kansuzyan (Kazaryan, 85).

FDC "Vista": Dyachenko, Gabaraev, Carrera (c), Nduka, Krivdunov, Granado, Egiazaryan (Kalau, 77), Candidus (Kurylyuk, 85), Kostenko (Piloyan, 46), Obere, Okoronkwo.

Yellow cards: Slepchenko, 17, Kansuzyan, 62, Nduka, 65, Kuchiev, 90+3.

Send off: Slepchenko, 52.

Referees: Bykov (Krasnodar), Efremov (Krasnodar), Shramko (Belorechensk).

22 May, 2021, Armavir, Nikita Simonyan Stadium. No audience.