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Stadion Khimki
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Almaz FC's Nikita Potanin 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. Klim Egorov's late challenge caught a Voronezh's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Klim Egorov helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Voronezh booed when Almaz FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Klim Egorov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Artur Druz struck a weak shot in the 4th minute. Afanasiy Kazakov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Voronezh. After a rather tough play, Almaz FC's Dmitriy Egorov got a free kick in the 5th minute. Afanasiy Kazakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikhail Buznikin in the 6th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Voronezh's Leonid Tverdovskiy got a free kick in the 12th minute. After 15 minutes, Hristofor Rakhmanin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Voronezh and the Almaz FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 17th minute, Sergey Nikonov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikita Potanin succeeded in the game's 22nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. A collision led to Almaz FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Aleksandr Dolbonosov hit a great ball. Artur Druz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Druz in the 39th minute of play forced Almaz FC's goalkeeper Afanasiy Kazakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Almaz FC's Arseniy Derkunskiy got a free kick in the 39th minute. 42 minutes into the match, Almaz FC's goal looked a bit too open when Artur Druz came free, but Afanasiy Kazakov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th match minute, Almaz FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dmitriy Egorov to maneuver through the defense. Mikhail Buznikin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Afanasiy Kazakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Artur Druz to make the kick off. German Firsov came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by Almaz FC's Dmitriy Egorov. But to his dismay, Dmitriy Egorov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. The audience was convinced that Mikhail Buznikin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Afanasiy Kazakov was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. In the 59th minute, Arseniy Derkunskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikhail Buznikin got free with Afanasiy Kazakov in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Almaz FC getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Dmitriy Egorov hit a great ball. In the 62nd minute, Voronezh's Artur Druz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Mikhail Buznikin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Afanasiy Kazakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nikita Potanin in the 71st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck German Firsov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Nikita Potanin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Klim Belugin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 89th minute Klim Belugin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but German Firsov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 93rd match minute, Voronezh was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hristofor Rakhmanin to maneuver through the defense.