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Cheboksary
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1953, VIP seats: 100) Vitaliy Butyrskiy started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Konstantin Pitirimov hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Vadim Kotov struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Iosif Kosterkin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cheboksary. With a little luck, FC Nalchik's Iosif Kosterkin got control of the ball when Arkadiy Kilchevskiy tried to sneak it across the goal line. Iosif Kosterkin made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Eldar Favorskiy sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Iosif Kosterkin managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when Cheboksary's Eldar Favorskiy fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Eldar Favorskiy recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Cheboksary booed when FC Nalchik was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Konstantin Pitirimov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Felix Belan's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 27thth minute, Iosif Kosterkin skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arkadiy Kilchevskiy in the 29th minute of play forced FC Nalchik's goalkeeper Iosif Kosterkin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Felix Belan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iosif Kosterkin was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. After 35 minutes, Mitrofan Cheremisov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Nalchik and the Cheboksary players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 36th match minute, FC Nalchik was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mitrofan Cheremisov to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot 38 in the game by Eldar Favorskiy from a close distance when the talented Iosif Kosterkin managed to make a qualified save. FC Nalchik's players were relieved. A hard shot 38 in the game by Eldar Favorskiy from a close distance when the talented Iosif Kosterkin managed to make a qualified save. FC Nalchik's players were relieved. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Eldar Favorskiy put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Iosif Kosterkin. In the 46th minute, Eldar Favorskiy fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Iosif Kosterkin, passed just outside the right post. Valentin Antonov hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eldar Favorskiy got free with Iosif Kosterkin in the 49th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Eldar Favorskiy was the one to do the kick off. Eldar Favorskiy took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iosif Kosterkin. Iosif Kosterkin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Vadim Kotov hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. The supporters of FC Nalchik booed when Cheboksary was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vadim Kotov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 65th minute Eldar Favorskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iosif Kosterkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 70thth minute of the game Arkadiy Kilchevskiy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Nalchik's Iosif Kosterkin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Sergey Yakushev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, FC Nalchik's Konstantin Pitirimov got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Iosif Kosterkin came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Cheboksary's Arkadiy Kilchevskiy. But to his dismay, Arkadiy Kilchevskiy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Yuriy Belozerov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vitaliy Butyrskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 80thth minute of the game Arkadiy Kilchevskiy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Nalchik's Iosif Kosterkin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 83 minutes, Eldar Favorskiy made it 5-0 with a short kick to the right side. FC Nalchik's Iosif Kosterkin tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Arkadiy Kilchevskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Iosif Kosterkin didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Cheboksary's Eldar Favorskiy shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-0 in the ordered_time% minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Cheboksary fully deserved thier win.