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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nikolay Goldberg started the match with the kick off. When Nikolay Goldberg came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the SCHTURM 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 Nikolay Goldberg couldn't finish the play. After 5 minutes, Vsevolod Abeldyaev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Open Space and the SCHTURM players grew even worse after the yellow card. Vsevolod Abeldyaev hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. SCHTURM's Nikolay Goldberg got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 8 minutes into the game, Ilya Ivashov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Open Space's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SCHTURM the free kick. After 8 played minutes Open Space got a freekick which was hit by Ilya Ivashov. Daniil Rutkovskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. German Filippov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th minute Timofey Beschastnyh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but German Filippov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikolay Goldberg in the 20th minute of play forced Open Space's goalkeeper German Filippov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nikolay Bulashev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Kirill Turov made a huge save. Igor Broyakovskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kirill Turov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Broyakovskiy in the 34th minute of play. After a rather tough play, SCHTURM's Efim Laigun got a free kick in the 34th minute. Vsevolod Abeldyaev's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 37thth minute, Kirill Turov skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 38th minute, Timofey Strizhev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Igor Broyakovskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Nikolay Bulashev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Igor Broyakovskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kirill Turov having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Igor Broyakovskiy was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikolay Bulashev in the 51st minute of play forced SCHTURM's goalkeeper Kirill Turov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nikolay Bulashev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Kirill Turov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpected shot in the 68th minute by Nikolay Goldberg got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 72nd match minute, SCHTURM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timofey Strizhev to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arseniy Fadeev during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Arseniy Fadeev kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Daniil Rutkovskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. German Filippov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg German Filippov managed to avoid a goal in the 82ndth minute, when SCHTURM's Daniil Rutkovskiy fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Vsevolod Abeldyaev kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Daniil Rutkovskiy's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but German Filippov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 85th minute of play. Nikolay Goldberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without German Filippov having to interfere. 91 minutes into the match, Open Space's goalkeeper German Filippov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniil Rutkovskiy. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Nikolay Goldberg took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for German Filippov to make any attempt to save it. SCHTURM's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.