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Gryzlo St.
Spectators: 8289 (Terracing: 6344, Seating: 1945, VIP seats: 0) Gryzlo FC's Zinoviy Erdenko 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. After some careless play in the Gryzlo FC defense, Arkadiy Kulaev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Daniele Ascenzi. The Gryzlo FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Daniele Ascenzi should have stopped the shot. Dimitrovgrad1 FC's Vadim Glezarov got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Artem Gerasimovich's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Daniele Ascenzi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 14th minute of play. Yakov Makarov was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 21 minutes into the match. The referee gave Dimitrovgrad1 FC a penalty, 22 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Artem Saprykin, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Gryzlo FC's Daniele Ascenzi. 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Irakliy Batischev in the 26th minute of play forced Dimitrovgrad1 FC's goalkeeper Vladislav Petrov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniele Ascenzi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiy Kulaev, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. In the 34th minute, Vadim Glezarov 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alexandr Kutimskiy during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 45th minute, Alexandr Kutimskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Artem Lashevich struck a weak shot in the 46th minute. Daniele Ascenzi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Dimitrovgrad1 FC.

55 minutes into the game, Vasiliy Zlotnikov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Daniele Ascenzi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 62nd minute, Artem Gerasimovich left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dimitrovgrad1 FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Gryzlo FC's Daniele Ascenzi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Gryzlo FC from getting a goal against them. Vadim Glezarov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Daniele Ascenzi made a huge save. With a little luck, Gryzlo FC's Daniele Ascenzi got control of the ball when Artem Gerasimovich tried to sneak it across the goal line. Irakliy Batischev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Vladislav Petrov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpected shot in the 91st minute by Vadim Glezarov got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 92nd minute, Vasiliy Zlotnikov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Daniele Ascenzi. The goal made the score 1-5. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Dimitrovgrad1 FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.