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Match Report
Zhukovsky
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. Kirill Kostin started the match with the kick off. Vitaliy Starostin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Igor Garkalin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vitaliy Starostin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Garkalin having to interfere. After recieving a nice pass, Zhukovsky's Anatoliy Demidchik tried to score from far away in the 9th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Kopeysk's Roman Shiryaev got a free kick in the 10th minute. Vitaliy Starostin's late challenge caught a Kopeysk's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vitaliy Starostin helped the player get up and apologised. Vitaliy Starostin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Igor Garkalin made a huge save. With his leg Igor Garkalin managed to avoid a goal in the 24thth minute, when Zhukovsky's Egor Tatarchuk fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 29th minute there was a penalty for Zhukovsky. Anatoliy Demidchik stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Igor Garkalin. 1-0. Albert Egorov succeeded in the game's 37th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. 45 minutes into the match, Zhukovsky's Albert Egorov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Igor Garkalin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Albert Egorov came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Zhukovsky 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 Egorov couldn't finish the play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.
An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitaliy Starostin in the 54th minute of play forced Kopeysk's goalkeeper Igor Garkalin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Zhukovsky getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Gennadiy Chernysh hit a great ball. Arkadiy Belonin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Innokentiy Seleznev in the 61st minute. A collision led to Zhukovsky getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Efim Zhuravlev hit a great ball. In the 64th match minute, Kopeysk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Yakovkin to maneuver through the defense. Albert Egorov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Garkalin having to interfere. Zhukovsky's Ivan Bessarabov suffered a concussion after 73 minutes and had to leave the field. 73 minutes into the game, Stanislav Sharipov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kopeysk's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zhukovsky the free kick. Igor Garkalin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vitaliy Starostin, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Gennadiy Chernysh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Garkalin having to interfere. After having played for 90 minutes, Vitaliy Starostin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zhukovsky's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vitaliy Starostin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the referee ended the match the Zhukovsky players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.
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