TULA, Russia (Interstat) — Timur Melekestsev scored twice as Arsenal Tula (Rus) beat visiting S. Kostroma 3-2 Friday in a global football match. Melekestsev opened the scoring in the 6th minute, and Artem Biryukov made it 2-0 in the 23rd. Oleg Nikiforenko pulled one back for S. Kostroma in the 38th and received a yellow card in the 39th. Melekestsev restored Arsenal Tula’s two-goal lead in the 76th. Amur Kalmykov scored S. Kostroma’s second goal in the 84th. Yellow cards also went to Arsenal Tula’s D. Plotnikov in the 30th, M. Brnovic in the 54th, and G. Uridia in the 63rd, along with S. Kostroma’s D. Karaev in the 63rd, V. Kamilov in the 75th, and M. Bugarin in second-half stoppage time. The result leaves S. Kostroma 0-1 in the competition and 0-1 overall, while Arsenal Tula is 1-0 in the competition and 1-1 overall. Arsenal Tula’s previous match was a 3-1 loss at CSKA Moscow.