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Shaftesbury
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Skyfire FC's Albert Gusev started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Feoktist Volohov kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Vadim Gendelev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Andrey Zurabov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Roman Elin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Evgeniy Borkovskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rudolf Fomichev having to interfere. Albert Gusev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Vadim Gendelev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Andrey Zurabov came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Shaftesbury 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 Andrey Zurabov couldn't finish the play. In the 27th minute, Shaftesbury's Vadim Gendelev dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Roman Elin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andrey Zurabov went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In a very dangerous position, a player in Skyfire FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 34th minute. Penalty! Vadim Gendelev was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 38th minute. Shaftesbury's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vadim Gendelev in the 46th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Roman Elin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The supporters of Skyfire FC booed when Shaftesbury was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrey Kapustin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 58 played minutes, Skyfire FC's Aleksey Bunich shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rudolf Fomichev came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Skyfire FC reached it. Roman Elin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrey Zurabov in the 59th minute of the match. Vadim Gendelev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 66 minutes into the match, Skyfire FC's goal looked a bit too open when Andrey Zurabov came free, but Roman Elin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Andrey Zurabov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 71 played minutes Skyfire FC got a freekick which was hit by Vyacheslav Merezhko. In the 76th play minute Evgeniy Borkovskiy came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Rudolf Fomichev. 3-2. Roman Elin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrey Zurabov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 91st minute, Albert Gusev reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rudolf Fomichev. The goal made the score 3-3. Despite being the better team, Shaftesbury failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.