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Nalchik Stadium
Spectators: 8114 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1945, VIP seats: 169) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ivan Lihovidov started the match with the kick off. German Kemenov hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Sergey Yakushev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Stepan Kulagin made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Vitaliy Butyrskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Nalchik's supporters rose to their feet, but Vitaliy Butyrskiy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stepan Kulagin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Stepan Kulagin made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Sergey Yakushev sent off a good shot on target. Vitaliy Butyrskiy might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stepan Kulagin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vitaliy Butyrskiy ran back to his position shaking his head. 31 minutes into the match, Stepan Medvedev notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FC Nalchik's Iosif Kosterkin. Iosif Kosterkin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Oleg Kotov kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Stepan Kulagin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vitaliy Butyrskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sergey Yakushev's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 39thth minute, Stepan Kulagin skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Stepan Kulagin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitaliy Butyrskiy in the 43rd minute of the match. A collision led to Neftekamsk getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Konstantin Leostrin hit a great ball. Stepan Kulagin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vitaliy Butyrskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Neftekamsk getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. German Kemenov hit a great ball.

A collision led to Neftekamsk getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Filipp Krivonogov hit a great ball. In the 56th minute Vitaliy Butyrskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stepan Kulagin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oleg Kotov kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Gennadiy Pertsov, 59 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. Stepan Kulagin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vitaliy Butyrskiy in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th minute, German Kemenov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Neftekamsk's Stepan Kulagin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergey Yakushev in the 70th minute of play. Yuliy Kopylenko kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind Neftekamsk's goalkeeper Stepan Kulagin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 80 minutes, Egor Dovgalevskiy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Neftekamsk and the FC Nalchik players grew even worse after the yellow card. Egor Dovgalevskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. In the 85th match minute, Neftekamsk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konstantin Leostrin to maneuver through the defense. Neftekamsk's Stepan Kulagin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergey Yakushev in the 90th minute of play. Stepan Kulagin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vitaliy Butyrskiy in the 91st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yin Liang Kun in the 92nd minute of play forced Neftekamsk's goalkeeper Stepan Kulagin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 94 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Vitaliy Butyrskiy sped through Neftekamsk's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Stepan Kulagin. Despite being the better team, FC Nalchik failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.