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Gryzlo St.
Spectators: 8281 (Terracing: 6338, Seating: 1943, VIP seats: 0) Vitaliy Eliseev started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Gryzlo FC's Daniele Ascenzi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vitaliy Eliseev in the 3rd minute of play. Vitaliy Eliseev took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Daniele Ascenzi. Daniele Ascenzi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. When Armin Mustakivi fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Спартак's protests and gave Armin Mustakivi a yellow card for diving instead. After 12 played minutes Спартак got a freekick which was hit by Armin Mustakivi. Irakliy Batischev was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 13th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 18 minutes into the match, Vitaliy Eliseev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Daniele Ascenzi. Gryzlo FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vitaliy Eliseev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Albert Schegodskiy took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Daniele Ascenzi. Daniele Ascenzi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Daniele Ascenzi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vitaliy Eliseev in the 26th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Vitaliy Eliseev put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Daniele Ascenzi. In the 36th minute there was a penalty for Спартак. Zinoviy Bronnikov stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Daniele Ascenzi. 0-5. In the 39th minute, Yakov Makarov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Albert Schegodskiy came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Спартак 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 Albert Schegodskiy couldn't finish the play. Daniele Ascenzi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albert Schegodskiy in the 45th minute of play. In the 46th minute of the match Спартак got a corner. Gryzlo FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Zinoviy Bronnikov ran over to the corner to take the kick. At last the ball reached Albert Schegodskiy at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Gryzlo FC. 0-6. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zinoviy Erdenko stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Daniele Ascenzi made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Vitaliy Eliseev sent off a good shot on target. A sloppy throw-in by Stanislav Gurev in the 55th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Спартак's Albert Schegodskiy. If Albert Schegodskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniele Ascenzi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albert Schegodskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Albert Schegodskiy received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Daniele Ascenzi came out and tried to block the shot, but Albert Schegodskiy slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 62nd minute. Vitaliy Eliseev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Gryzlo FC booed when Спартак was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Albert Schegodskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Albert Schegodskiy blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Daniele Ascenzi having to make a save. With his leg Daniele Ascenzi managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when Спартак's Vitaliy Eliseev fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 80th match minute, Gryzlo FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stanislav Gurev to maneuver through the defense. Gryzlo FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 86th minute, when Albert Schegodskiy scored to the left of an out of position Daniele Ascenzi, making the score, 0-9. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Zinoviy Erdenko managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gryzlo FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Zinoviy Erdenko was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aleksandr Sibirev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Спартак'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.