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Грызло Арена
Spectators: 6730 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 0) Foma Golovin started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Denis Bykov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Foma Golovin's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. After 4 minutes of play, Noyabrsk's Petr Firov made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ejnar Hirsbøll was left in no man's land by his defense there! Denis Bykov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Petr Dormakov in the 9th minute. In the 11th minute, Грызло's Roman Rakhimov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Denis Bykov. Denis Bykov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Грызло's Foma Golovin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Denis Bykov. That made the score 2-1 after 14 minutes of play. Denis Bykov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Foma Golovin in the 23rd minute of play. Petr Firov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ejnar Hirsbøll having to interfere. 31 minutes into the game, Vitaliy Broshin threw the ball into play from the sideline. Грызло's Anatoliy Shitov quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 33rd minute, Zinoviy Stolypin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ejnar Hirsbøll took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stepan Haritonov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petr Firov in the 41st minute of play forced Грызло's goalkeeper Ejnar Hirsbøll to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stepan Haritonov in the 44th minute of play forced Грызло's goalkeeper Ejnar Hirsbøll to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zinoviy Stolypin hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. After 47 played minutes Грызло got a freekick which was hit by Daniil Karmaev. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Petr Firov in the 49th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ejnar Hirsbøll saved Грызло from getting behind. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Petr Firov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Stepan Haritonov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stepan Haritonov struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Ejnar Hirsbøll didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Noyabrsk. In the 64th minute of the match, Andrey Kozhanov tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ejnar Hirsbøll saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. A collision led to Грызло getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Daniil Karmaev hit a great ball. Petr Firov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Ejnar Hirsbøll tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 75 minutes, Ejnar Hirsbøll successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Denis Bykov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roman Rakhimov in the 78th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, Грызло's goalkeeper Ejnar Hirsbøll had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Petr Firov. 84 minutes into the match, Petr Firov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ejnar Hirsbøll. Грызло's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Petr Firov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Denis Bykov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Foma Golovin, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. In the 92nd minute Foma Golovin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Bykov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 98 played minutes Noyabrsk got a freekick which was hit by Kirill Vasiliev. Anatoliy Shitov, 99 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.