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Naberezhnye Chelny
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. Anton Babich started the match with the kick off. Leonid Lazarev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rostislav Baidak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Egor Dondukov in the 11th minute of the match. Egor Dondukov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rostislav Baidak having to interfere. When Leonid Lazarev came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Korolev FC 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 Leonid Lazarev couldn't finish the play. Anton Babich recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Anton Babich was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 21st minute. Naberezhnye Chelny FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Anton Babich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 34thth minute of the game Anton Babich who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Korolev FC's Filimon Gurevich was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 36 played minutes Naberezhnye Chelny FC got a freekick which was hit by Filipp Aksenov. Rostislav Baidak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonid Lazarev, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. 40 minutes into the game, Igor Borisov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Filimon Gurevich was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Igor Borisov got free with Filimon Gurevich in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Egor Dondukov was the one to do the kick off. Igor Borisov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filimon Gurevich having to interfere. 55 minutes into the game, Anton Babich cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Filimon Gurevich was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Igor Borisov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Korolev FC's Rustam Aldonin got a free kick in the 60th minute. Filimon Gurevich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Borisov in the 62nd minute of play. 64 minutes into the match, Anton Babich had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Filimon Gurevich. Korolev FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anton Babich was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. After a rather tough play, Naberezhnye Chelny FC's Pavel Schapov got a free kick in the 69th minute. If Anton Babich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Korolev FC defense, Igor Borisov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Filimon Gurevich. The Korolev FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Filimon Gurevich should have stopped the shot. Filimon Gurevich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anton Babich in the 89th minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Naberezhnye Chelny FC's goal looked a bit too open when Egor Dondukov came free, but Rostislav Baidak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There was no doubt that Naberezhnye Chelny FC were the better team. Naberezhnye Chelny FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.