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Stadion Astrakhan
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Roman Tyulenin kicked off to start the match. If Roman Tyulenin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sergey Ryazanov lost his temper 8 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 7 minutes into the game, one of Serpukhov FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 10th minute there was a penalty for Astrakhan FC. Pavel Tsvetkov stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Igor Marasaev. 1-0. Stepan Grushevskiy recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 15 minutes into the match, Astrakhan FC's goal looked a bit too open when Gleb Krupenikov came free, but Mark Stakhovskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 16th minute, Sergey Grachev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Igor Marasaev was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Andrey Ershov's late challenge caught a Astrakhan FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andrey Ershov helped the player get up and apologised. After 23 played minutes Serpukhov FC got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Ershov. Gerasim Korotchenkov missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 25 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Igor Marasaev right hand side. In the 25th match minute, Serpukhov FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Grigoriy Polosin to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes into the match, Serpukhov FC's goal looked a bit too open when Stepan Grushevskiy came free, but Igor Marasaev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Stepan Grushevskiy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Astrakhan FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Vasiliy Deduh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 38 played minutes Astrakhan FC got a freekick which was hit by Zinoviy Zinovev. Sergey Grachev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

Sergey Grachev blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Igor Marasaev having to make a save. Stepan Grushevskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Marasaev having to interfere. In the 57thth minute of the game Sergey Grachev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Serpukhov FC's Igor Marasaev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Stepan Grushevskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Sergey Grachev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Igor Marasaev was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Zinoviy Zinovev's late challenge caught a Serpukhov FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zinoviy Zinovev helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Astrakhan FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Zinoviy Zinovev hit a great ball. Sergey Grachev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Igor Marasaev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Serpukhov FC's Igor Marasaev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stepan Grushevskiy in the 66th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Gleb Krupenikov could shoot a difficult shot in the 68th minute, which Mark Stakhovskiy however easily saved by the left post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stepan Grushevskiy in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Igor Marasaev saved Serpukhov FC from getting behind. After 69 played minutes Serpukhov FC got a freekick which was hit by Grigoriy Polosin. In the 71stth minute of the game Stepan Grushevskiy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Serpukhov FC's Igor Marasaev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Igor Marasaev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stepan Grushevskiy's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. In the 77th match minute, Astrakhan FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerasim Korotchenkov to maneuver through the defense. Igor Marasaev came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Astrakhan FC's Sergey Grachev. But to his dismay, Sergey Grachev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Igor Marasaev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergey Grachev in the 83rd minute of the match. 87 minutes into the match, Stepan Grushevskiy notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Serpukhov FC's Igor Marasaev. Igor Marasaev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Igor Marasaev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stepan Grushevskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th minute, Gleb Krupenikov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Serpukhov FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. Astrakhan FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.