Sunday, October 22, 2006

Baikal Stays Atop Group IV, Weather Delays Sunday Matchup

Rekord Stadium, IRKUTSK, Russia -- Baikal-Energia Irkutsk remained undefeated as they hosted the Group IV matches of round 2 of the Russian Cup, beating regional rival Metallurg Bratsk 6-1 on Sunday.

Alexander Nasonov scored three times and added an assist as Baikal-Energia cruised to an easy victory. Alexei Negrun got the start in goal for Irkutsk, but he was replaced in the 77th minute by the youngster Alexei Savelev to give him his first action of the tournament.

The temperature was a toasty +4C during the morning match, forcing organizers to move the afternoon game between SKA-Neftyanik Khabarovsk and Sayany Abakan to 11:00am local time Monday to avoid the afternoon heat.

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