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Петрович
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Питерские Псы's Silvestr Deikin 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. Jan Hendrik van der Laan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valeriy Belyakov in the 10th minute. A collision led to Novovyatich getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Terry Skottenborg hit a great ball. Silvestr Deikin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pavel Lytkin in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ivan Kushalakov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Vitaliy Yakushev struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Ivan Kushalakov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Novovyatich. Georgiy Flyarkovskiy struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Jan Hendrik van der Laan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Питерские Псы. In the 35th minute, Silvestr Deikin fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. After 40 played minutes, Novovyatich's Viktor Egorov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ivan Kushalakov came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Novovyatich reached it. Anton Cheberyak charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anton Cheberyak the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Anton Cheberyak kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Anton Karnaukhov was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 44th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Silvestr Deikin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Jan Hendrik van der Laan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pavel Lytkin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ivan Kushalakov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pavel Lytkin in the 52nd minute. 55 minutes into the match, Georgiy Flyarkovskiy notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Novovyatich's Jan Hendrik van der Laan. Jan Hendrik van der Laan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ivan Kushalakov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pavel Lytkin's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Georgiy Flyarkovskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jan Hendrik van der Laan having to interfere. In the 65th match minute, Питерские Псы was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vasiliy Kurbatkin to maneuver through the defense. Silvestr Deikin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Jan Hendrik van der Laan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 68th minute of the match Anton Cheberyak sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ivan Kushalakov skillfully saved the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Georgiy Flyarkovskiy in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jan Hendrik van der Laan saved Novovyatich from getting behind. If Georgiy Flyarkovskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Georgiy Flyarkovskiy in the 75th minute of play forced Novovyatich's goalkeeper Jan Hendrik van der Laan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Georgiy Flyarkovskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jan Hendrik van der Laan having to interfere. When Anton Cheberyak came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Novovyatich 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 Anton Cheberyak couldn't finish the play. Ivan Kushalakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitaliy Yakushev in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 96th minute of the match Viktor Egorov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ivan Kushalakov skillfully saved the ball. In the 97th minute, Timofey Ovcharenko ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ivan Kushalakov was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.