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Freshwater Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Nikita Shuiskiy started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 8th minute Leonid Alenichev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Drobnis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nikita Shuiskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Drobnis having to interfere. Leonid Tsvetkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vyacheslav Ananko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute Nikita Shuiskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Drobnis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nikita Shuiskiys short, quick shot in the 28thth minute got Roman Drobnis to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Nikita Shuiskiy might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Roman Drobnis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nikita Shuiskiy ran back to his position shaking his head. Grigoriy Lapin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Yuriy Shafirov's late challenge caught a Freshwater's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yuriy Shafirov helped the player get up and apologised. Nikita Shuiskiy, 41 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 47th minute, Nikita Shuiskiy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Freshwater fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The wind increased when Vitaliy Zotov made the kick off in the second half. Roman Drobnis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikita Shuiskiy in the 57th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 61 minutes, Leonid Tsvetkov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Roman Drobnis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vasiliy Maksimov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Stepan Efremov managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Pavlodar's supporters rose to their feet, but Stepan Efremov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonid Tsvetkov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Vladimir Komarov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Drobnis having to interfere. If Nikita Shuiskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Grigoriy Lapin took the ball and in the 75 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Roman Drobnis. Roman Drobnis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Stepan Efremov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Leonid Tsvetkov made a huge save. When Vitaliy Zotov came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the FC Pavlodar 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 Vitaliy Zotov couldn't finish the play. If Leonid Alenichev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Roman Drobnis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikita Shuiskiy in the 89th minute of play. Freshwater's Nikita Shuiskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Anatoliy Mikulskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. When Nikita Shuiskiy came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Freshwater 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 Nikita Shuiskiy couldn't finish the play. Roman Drobnis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikita Shuiskiy in the 97th minute of the match. It was a well-played corner which Vadim Kubyak managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. When the referee ended the match the Freshwater players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.