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Turbo Arena
Spectators: 8392 (Terracing: 6296, Seating: 1930, VIP seats: 166) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Oskar Fedotov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Walery Ruszkowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Sergey Smelyanskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 6th minute Rudolf Chepasov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rustam Vinogradov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Walery Ruszkowski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Sergey Smelyanskiy. That made the score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Saint Petersburg's Filipp Sobolev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rustam Vinogradov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Rudolf Chepasov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Rustam Vinogradov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rudolf Chepasov during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Saint Petersburg's Rudolf Chepasov got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 25th minute, Rudolf Chepasov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Rudolf Chepasov struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Rustam Vinogradov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Saint Petersburg. If Rudolf Chepasov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Filipp Sobolev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rustam Vinogradov was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. When Saint Petersburg's Rudolf Chepasov in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PFC Turbo's goalie prevented a goal. Saint Petersburg's Sergey Smelyanskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oskar Fedotov in the 36th minute of play. Sergey Smelyanskiy didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 37th minute, which inside left pole to 2-1. 40 minutes into the game, Oskar Fedotov lined in a short shot 3-1 behind a frustrated Sergey Smelyanskiy. Sergey Smelyanskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walery Ruszkowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Saint Petersburg's zone, Oskar Fedotov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sergey Smelyanskiy came out of the goal and Oskar Fedotov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Filipp Sobolev stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Konstantin Gavrilov kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. Walery Ruszkowski missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 56 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Sergey Smelyanskiy right hand side. Walery Ruszkowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sergey Smelyanskiy having to interfere. Sergey Smelyanskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oskar Fedotov in the 71st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walery Ruszkowski in the 72nd minute of play forced Saint Petersburg's goalkeeper Sergey Smelyanskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute Oskar Fedotov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergey Smelyanskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sergey Smelyanskiy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Oskar Fedotov's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. Danila Demenko kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Filipp Sobolev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rudolf Chepasov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Walery Ruszkowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Sergey Smelyanskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Filipp Sobolev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rustam Vinogradov having to interfere. Rustam Vinogradov made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Rudolf Chepasov sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Saint Petersburg's zone, Oskar Fedotov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sergey Smelyanskiy came out of the goal and Oskar Fedotov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. PFC Turbo's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.