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Majachkalá Arena
Spectators: 7447 (Terracing: 5400, Seating: 1947, VIP seats: 100) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rodion Ivin kicked off to start the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Rodion Ivin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Daguestan's supporters rose to their feet, but Rodion Ivin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. David Shibut breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Daguestan's Rodion Ivin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of David Shibut. That made the score 1-0 after 5 minutes of play. When Sergey Koshelev came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Daguestan 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 Sergey Koshelev couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Keele booed when Daguestan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Varlam Tikhonov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 11 played minutes, Keele's Aleksey Andreyanov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Manos Manolas 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 Keele reached it. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Ilya Dementiev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Daguestan's supporters rose to their feet, but Ilya Dementiev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. David Shibut breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. David Shibut didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Daguestan's Rodion Ivin shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. When Daguestan's Rodion Ivin in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Keele's goalie prevented a goal. Rodion Ivin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manos Manolas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Snyadetskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Ilya Dementiev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

David Shibut stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rodion Ivin's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. Rodion Ivin took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised David Shibut. David Shibut dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. In the 62nd minute, Igor Kerzhakov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Manos Manolas was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-1. The audience was convinced that Rodion Ivin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Shibut was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. David Shibut came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by Daguestan's Ilya Dementiev. But to his dismay, Ilya Dementiev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-1. Daguestan made a substitution. Jerzy Haszczak replaced Rodion Ivin. David Shibut showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jerzy Haszczak, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Snyadetskiy in the 79th minute of play forced Daguestan's goalkeeper Manos Manolas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Jerzy Haszczak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Shibut was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 83rd minute, Jerzy Haszczak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Daguestan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 11-1. Jerzy Haszczak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. David Shibut tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 89th minute Ilya Dementiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Shibut saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Keele's David Shibut played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerzy Haszczak in the 91st minute of play. Jerzy Haszczak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Shibut having to interfere. After 96th play minutes Jerzy Haszczak shot 12-1, a short shot which went by David Shibut and just under the crossbar into goal. There was no doubt that Daguestan were the better team. Daguestan's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.