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Stadion Engels
Spectators: 6933 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1933, VIP seats: 0) Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Georgiy Rybalko in the 4th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Artur Anyukov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Zinoviy Babitskiy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artur Anyukov was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Artur Anyukov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zinoviy Babitskiy's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. In the 14th minute, Georgiy Rybalko ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Artur Anyukov was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 17 played minutes Seversk got a freekick which was hit by Viggo Hägglund. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigoriy Lyubkov in the 21st minute of play forced Seversk's goalkeeper Konstantin Krichanovskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 22 minutes into the match, Zinoviy Babitskiy notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Engels FC's Artur Anyukov. Artur Anyukov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 26 played minutes Engels FC got a freekick which was hit by Mikhail Chechuiko. After 32 minutes, Viggo Hägglund mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Seversk and the Engels FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Seversk's Viggo Hägglund got a free kick in the 32nd minute. With an all-out effort, Engels FC's Konstantin Krichanovskiy threw himself towards the right post 33 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Danil Kovtun, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Seversk's Ivan Mishin got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Georgiy Rybalko managed to get in a good position for a shot. Seversk's supporters rose to their feet, but Georgiy Rybalko was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Artur Anyukov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 46th minute, Ivan Mishin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Seversk fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Danil Kovtun was the one to do the kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Georgiy Rybalko put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Artur Anyukov. Artur Anyukov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Georgiy Rybalko's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. Artur Anyukov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ivan Mishin in the 58th minute. 62 minutes into the match, Engels FC's goalkeeper Artur Anyukov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ivan Mishin. Konstantin Krichanovskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valeryan Lyachenkov in the 68th minute of play. After 70 minutes of play, Engels FC's Valeryan Lyachenkov made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Konstantin Krichanovskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ivan Mishin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Artur Anyukov having to make a save. Ivan Mishin charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ivan Mishin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Seversk getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Ivan Mishin hit a great ball. In the 76th minute, Ivan Mishin 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. Konstantin Krichanovskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danil Kovtun in the 78th minute of the match. If Anton Ryabinskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 89th minute, Georgiy Rybalko 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. Seversk played a much better game than Engels FC and deserved their victory. The Engels FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.