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Noginsk
Spectators: 7561 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1951, VIP seats: 110) Малая Охта's Karp Drozdovskiy 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. 6 minutes into the game, Karp Drozdovskiy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Oleg Banketov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 10 minutes, Efim Shestakov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Малая Охта's supporters crossed their fingers, but Efim Shestakov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match clock showed 17 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Osvaldo Rico sped through Малая Охта's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of David Karyaka. Ilya Haritonov struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. David Karyaka didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Noginsk. If Efim Shestakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Малая Охта's David Karyaka got control of the ball when Osvaldo Rico tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 27 minutes, Kirill Timofeev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Noginsk and the Малая Охта players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Noginsk getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Kirill Timofeev hit a great ball. In the 29th minute, Efim Shestakov made a precise shot to the right of Oleg Banketov. Noginsk's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Ilya Haritonov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Малая Охта getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Dmitriy Golubkin hit a great ball. Innokentiy Savinskiy struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. David Karyaka didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Noginsk. A collision led to Noginsk getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Artem Kulakov hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Osvaldo Rico stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Ilya Haritonov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Малая Охта booed when Noginsk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kirill Timofeev didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Малая Охта's Denis Bulanov got a free kick in the 61st minute. In the 66thth minute of the game Osvaldo Rico who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Малая Охта's David Karyaka was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. David Karyaka stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Osvaldo Rico's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. Kirill Kravtsov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Oleg Banketov made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timofey Rusakov in the 74th minute of play forced Noginsk's goalkeeper Oleg Banketov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Noginsk made a substitution. Varfolomey Panov replaced Ilya Haritonov. The throw-in from Eduard Fishkin in the 79th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Малая Охта's Kirill Kravtsov. 80 minutes into the match, Noginsk's goalkeeper Oleg Banketov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Karp Drozdovskiy. David Karyaka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Osvaldo Rico, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 87th minute Karp Drozdovskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oleg Banketov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91stth minute of the game Osvaldo Rico who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Малая Охта's David Karyaka was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 92nd minute Osvaldo Rico shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Karyaka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th minute, Osvaldo Rico made a precise shot to the right of David Karyaka. Малая Охта's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2.