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Abakan
Spectators: 6709 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1709, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Semen Kuminov kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Semen Kuminov in the 3rd minute of play forced Samara FC's goalkeeper Valeriy Glazyrin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4th minute, Egor Efimov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Egor Efimov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valeriy Glazyrin having to interfere. A collision led to Samara FC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. David Ovchinnikov hit a great ball. A collision led to Abakan getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Efim Babka hit a great ball. In the 14th minute of the match Georgiy Dostoevskiy sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Valentin Orlov skillfully saved the ball. Anton Bragin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Valentin Orlov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Irakliy Gitlin's late challenge caught a Samara FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Irakliy Gitlin helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Samara FC booed when Abakan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Irakliy Gitlin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 25 minutes, Konstantin Egle mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Abakan and the Samara FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Abakan's Konstantin Egle got a free kick in the 25th minute. Silantiy Gereev kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Anton Bragin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 39 minutes, Artem Beskov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Samara FC and the Abakan players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Samara FC getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Artem Beskov hit a great ball. Abakan's Egor Efimov got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 44 minutes, Anton Bragin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Samara FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anton Bragin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anton Bragin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Semen Kuminov hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Anton Bragin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valentin Orlov having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Egor Kiselev got free with Valentin Orlov in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Egor Kiselev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Valentin Orlov made a huge save. In the 72nd match minute, Abakan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konstantin Egle to maneuver through the defense. 73 minutes into the match, Samara FC's Georgiy Dostoevskiy broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Konstantin Egle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valeriy Glazyrin having to interfere. Egor Kiselev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Valentin Orlov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Semen Kuminov struck a weak shot in the 84th minute. Valeriy Glazyrin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Abakan. Abakan's Egor Efimov got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 94th minute, Anton Bragin fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Valentin Orlov, passed just outside the right post.