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ArmadA Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. David Martynov started the match with the kick off. After 6 minutes ArmadA FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Timur Baklanovskiy who took care of the corner kick. Timur Baklanovskiy made a great header on Ultimatum's corner, it was just that ArmadA FC's Konstantin Denisov managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 8th match minute, Ultimatum was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mark Zaikin to maneuver through the defense. If Trifon Buryak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Konstantin Denisov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Martynov, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Konstantin Denisov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from David Martynov went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 20th minute Trifon Buryak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konstantin Denisov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Maksim Mazurov kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. After 27 minutes, David Martynov made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. ArmadA FC's Konstantin Denisov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Trifon Buryak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Trifon Buryak took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Konstantin Denisov. Konstantin Denisov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. David Martynov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Konstantin Denisov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Egor Tarasov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in ArmadA FC's zone, David Martynov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Konstantin Denisov came out of the goal and David Martynov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ArmadA FC's Konstantin Denisov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Trifon Buryak in the 45th minute of play. David Martynov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Konstantin Denisov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Arkadiy Brodskiy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 53 minutes, Trifon Buryak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ultimatum's supporters crossed their fingers, but Trifon Buryak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 55th minute, Trifon Buryak got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 57th minute David Martynov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konstantin Denisov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Trifon Buryak got free with Konstantin Denisov in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 61st minute Karp Odintsov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rostislav Monastyrev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Trifon Buryak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Konstantin Denisov came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Ultimatum's Trifon Buryak. But to his dismay, Trifon Buryak quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Trifon Buryak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Konstantin Denisov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Konstantin Denisov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Trifon Buryak in the 77th minute. Konstantin Denisov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Martynov in the 82nd minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 88th minute of the game. One of ArmadA FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Ultimatum:s goal. Ultimatum's Rostislav Monastyrev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vyacheslav Getman in the 93rd minute of play. 96 minutes into the match, ArmadA FC's goal looked a bit too open when David Martynov came free, but Konstantin Denisov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rostislav Monastyrev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Kalinovich in the 97th minute of the match. When the match was over Ultimatum could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ArmadA FC throughout the match.