Sary Arka and Beybarys do their duty
25 Mar 2012 | Davide Tuniz
Both semifinals series in Kazakhstan are 2-0 after the games played at home
Kazakhstan League played playoffs semifinal game two and home teams, champion Beybarys Atyrau and Sary Arka Karaganda, closed the first double home-round with perfect record
Beybarys Atyrau - Arystan Temirtau 2-1ot (0-0, 0-1,1-0,1-0)A superb performance by young Arystan's Russian goalie Filipp Sirik, stopping 72 shots, isn't enough to secure game 2 for Arystan. Visiting team is winning 1-0 - goal by ilya Seregin - until 58,48, when finally Maxim Sharifyanov is able to tie game, materializing an absolute Beybarys superiority. Same Sharifyanov gives the victory to his team in overtime at 71.17. But in the first two games Arystan showed team can have its say in the series.
Sary Arka Karaganda - Ertis Pavlodar 4-3 (1-0,1-0,1-3,1-0)Also game two between Sary Arka and ertis goes to overtime, but in the first Sary Arka managed to tie game with few minutes before the final horn, while today Ertis made an amazing come-back in the third, grabbing 3-3 with 24 seconds remained. But visiting team's effort costs valuable energies in the overtime: after five minutes Evgeny Isakov assisted by Dmitri Nagornykh closed the game, but next matches in Pavlodar promise continuing to be spectacular