Ural Ekaterinburg 2-1 Ufa
Saturday 23 April, Ekaterinburg Arena
Goals: Ural - Bicfalvi (25), Miskic (53); Ufa - Agalarov (80)
Man of the Match: Eric Bicfalvi (Ural)
Since the start of the year Ural could not reach any win for seven matchdays in a row, and finally the streak was broken after Igor Shalimov’s team beat Ufa at home. The hosts took a lead after a wonderful attack with one-touch passes from Daniel Miskic and Oleg Shatov, and the final word was said by captain Eric Bicfalvi, who finished it with a bicycle kick, netting his sixth goal of the season.
The next hero was Miskic again. After the half-time he made an interception and finished the counter-attack himself with an assist by Vyacheslav Podberezkin, that was the first ever goal by Croatian for Ural. Gamid Agalarov spoiled the day for Ilya Pomazun, when he scored with ten minutes to go in the second half. Ufa striker made one more step to win the goalscorers race after scoring his 17th goal in the season.
Ural go 14th on 24 points, while Ufa drop to 15th on 22 points.
Next RPl fixtures: Saturday 30 April - Dynamo vs Ural; Sunday 1 May - Khimki vs Ufa