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Odintsovo
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Almetyevsk's Vladimir Beizerov 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 2 played minutes Felix Chudin rounded Almetyevsk's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Afanasiy Meshkov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Odintsovo's supporters rose to their feet, but Afanasiy Meshkov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sergey Dzerzhinskiy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sergey Dzerzhinskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Chudin, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Sergey Dzerzhinskiy came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Odintsovo's Egor Bessonov. But to his dismay, Egor Bessonov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. With his leg Sergey Dzerzhinskiy managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when Odintsovo's Egor Bessonov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Vladimir Beizerov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 29 minutes, Timur Tagirov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Odintsovo and the Almetyevsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 29 played minutes Odintsovo got a freekick which was hit by Timur Tagirov. 38 minutes into the match, Afanasiy Meshkov dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Sergey Dzerzhinskiy, 4-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Egor Bessonov got free with Sergey Dzerzhinskiy in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 42 minutes, Vladimir Beizerov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Almetyevsk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vladimir Beizerov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 46th minute Felix Chudin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergey Dzerzhinskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Almetyevsk's Leonid Finkelshtein got a free kick in the 47th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Felix Chudin made a kick off. 59 minutes into the match, Almetyevsk's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Chudin came free, but Sergey Dzerzhinskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 59th minute, Sidor Korshak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 64th match minute, Almetyevsk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vladimir Kudryashev to maneuver through the defense. Sergey Dzerzhinskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Chudin in the 67th minute of play. Almetyevsk's Sergey Dzerzhinskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Egor Bessonov in the 68th minute of play. After some careless play in the Almetyevsk defense, Felix Chudin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sergey Dzerzhinskiy. The Almetyevsk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sergey Dzerzhinskiy should have stopped the shot. Egor Bessonov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sergey Dzerzhinskiy having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Felix Chudin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sergey Dzerzhinskiy was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Sergey Dzerzhinskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Afanasiy Meshkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leonid Finkelshtein hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. When Vladimir Beizerov came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Almetyevsk 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 Vladimir Beizerov couldn't finish the play. Egor Bessonov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Odintsovo were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Almetyevsk for a fine match.