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Ankara Arena
Spectators: 7266 (Terracing: 5250, Seating: 1856, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Andrey Nesterov got the match started through his kick off. Ankaragücü's Egor Kuharchuk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petr Kupreev in the 4th minute of play. If Petr Kupreev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ankaragücü's Timofey Ryazanov got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Timofey Ryazanov came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Ankaragücü fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Timofey Ryazanov couldn't finish the play. Gennadiy Vorobiev was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Denis Gorbunov showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 25 minute of play. Denis Gorbunov struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Gennadiy Vorobiev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ankaragücü. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Andrey Nesterov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ickenham's supporters rose to their feet, but Andrey Nesterov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Egor Kuharchuk breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 38th match minute, Ankaragücü was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evsey Sidorenko to maneuver through the defense. Ickenham's Viktor Lebedev got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Petr Kupreev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Denis Gorbunov was the one to do the kick off. An unexpected shot in the 55th minute by Andrey Nesterov got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Petr Kupreev got free with Egor Kuharchuk in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Evsey Sidorenko lost his temper 58 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ankaragücü fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 57th minute. Penalty! Ankaragücü:s Egor Kuharchuk showed great skill when he stopped Viktor Lebedev:s penalty. In the 62nd match minute, Ickenham was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Viktor Lebedev to maneuver through the defense. Dmitriy Averyanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 77 minutes into the game, Timofey Ryazanov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Gennadiy Vorobiev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Viktor Lebedev took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 81st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Egor Kuharchuk. Ankaragücü's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Andrey Nesterov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Egor Kuharchuk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Petr Kupreev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Petr Kupreev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egor Kuharchuk having to interfere. In the 90th minute, Ickenham's Andrey Nesterov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Egor Kuharchuk. Egor Kuharchuk yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. Egor Kuharchuk didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Ickenham's Petr Kupreev shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.