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Arena Partizan
Spectators: 10799 (Terracing: 8150, Seating: 2499, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Berk Ozaner kicked off to start the match. Fulgencio Tolino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Berk Ozaner in the 5th minute of play. Jonathan Hidalgo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robin van Persie in the 7th minute of the match. Jonathan Hidalgo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robin van Persie in the 13th minute of the match. Fulgencio Tolino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Berk Ozaner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Robin van Persie in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Hidalgo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 16thth minute of the game Robin van Persie who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Turan Turkestan's Jonathan Hidalgo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 17thth minute of the game Robin van Persie who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Turan Turkestan's Jonathan Hidalgo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. FC Turan Turkestan's Jonathan Hidalgo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cruz Viana in the 18th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Robin van Persie in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Hidalgo saved FC Turan Turkestan from getting behind. If Roman Belyavskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 31st minute Berk Ozaner shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fulgencio Tolino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Hidalgo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Robin van Persie's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. After 40 minutes FC Turan Turkestan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sergey Abramov who took care of the corner kick. 45 minutes into the match, Kaljo Püss notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of FC Turan Turkestan's Jonathan Hidalgo. Jonathan Hidalgo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After the first half Kaisar Astana were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Robin van Persie was the one to do the kick off. Kaljo Püss who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 51stth minute tested the skills of Jonathan Hidalgo when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The referee felt a red card was in order, 52 minutes into the game, when Jaques Vogels put in a rough tackle. 52 minutes into the game, one of FC Turan Turkestan:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Jonathan Hidalgo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Robin van Persie in the 56th minute. After 59 minutes, Innokentiy Epifanov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Turan Turkestan and the Kaisar Astana players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 59th match minute, FC Turan Turkestan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Innokentiy Epifanov to maneuver through the defense. In the 60thth minute of the game Robin van Persie who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Turan Turkestan's Jonathan Hidalgo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fulgencio Tolino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ippolit Shiryaev in the 62nd minute of the match. After 63 minutes Kaisar Astana's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Silvestrs Sildegs who took care of the corner kick. Fulgencio Tolino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silvestrs Sildegs, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. 65 minutes into the match, Kaljo Püss notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of FC Turan Turkestan's Jonathan Hidalgo. Jonathan Hidalgo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jonathan Hidalgo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robin van Persie in the 71st minute of play. A collision led to FC Turan Turkestan getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Konstantin Fryazin hit a great ball. Roman Belyavskiy took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fulgencio Tolino. Fulgencio Tolino dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Jonathan Hidalgo made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Robin van Persie sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Robin van Persie's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Hidalgo was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. 88 minutes into the match, Kaisar Astana's Robin van Persie sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Hidalgo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 89th minute, Richard Vale hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Konstantin Fryazin hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Jonathan Hidalgo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Robin van Persie in the 95th minute. Fulgencio Tolino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silvestrs Sildegs in the 96th minute of the match. If Innokentiy Epifanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Kaisar Astana eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.