Irkutsk Radian Baikal won its first victory in the preseason tournament among third division teams, beating Barnaul 2 0. Dmitry Frolov and Vladimir Nakhanovich scored, and the team still has two matches ahead and a fight for fifth to eighth place. The article also describes the progress of the traditional Vasily Fomichev memorial tournament and other results of the competition.
First victory. The footballers of “Radian-Baikal” defeated the team “Barnaul” 2:0 in a preseason tournament among third-division teams.“Radian-Baikal” is the name of the new football club from Irkutsk, which has been entered to take part in the 2009 Russian championship among amateur clubs of the 3rd division in the “Siberia” zone.
The goals were scored by Dmitry Frolov and Vladimir Nakhanovich. In the near future, the Irkutsk side will play two more matches in the tournament. Oleg Yakovlev’s team will compete for fifth to eighth place.
In the traditional tournament in memory of the honored coach of Russia Vasily Fomichev, only one semifinalist has been determined so far. It was the host team of the competition — Barnaul FC “Polymer”.
Who else will reach the semifinals is still unclear. The match “Dynamo” (Biysk) - FC “Kemerovo” took place - 4:0. From a multitude of scoring chances, the Biysk side converted only a small part over two halves — four. The most beautiful goal was scored by K. Golovanko: a diving header at a very low height above the ground. SDYuShOR “Dynamo” (Barnaul) lost to “Metallurg-Kuzbass-2” (Novokuznetsk) 0:1, and FC “Barnaul” lost to “Radian-Baikal” (Irkutsk) 0:2.