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Abakan
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rudolf Vadlevskiy made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Vitaliy Hmelnitskiy fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Egor Safonov, passed just outside the right post. Rudolf Vadlevskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Oleg Rogov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rudolf Vadlevskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With an all-out effort, Abakan's Egor Safonov threw himself towards the right post 11 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Vitaliy Hmelnitskiy, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vladimir's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Artem Bayushev was slow to take the kick. During this time Abakan's players had a chance to rest. Zinoviy Demin tried in the game's 13th match minute to clear up in front of his own goal but it went so bad that he put the ball into the goal to the left of an unhappy Egor Safonov. An annoying self made goal, 1-0. Anton Dubitskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Egor Safonov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 21 minutes into the match, Vladimir's goal looked a bit too open when Vitaliy Hmelnitskiy came free, but Egor Safonov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Vladimir's Roman Moiseev got a free kick in the 26th minute. Vitaliy Hmelnitskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 28th minute, Igor Hmelnitskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitaliy Hmelnitskiy in the 29th minute of play forced Vladimir's goalkeeper Egor Safonov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rudolf Vadlevskiy struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Oleg Rogov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Vladimir. Egor Safonov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vitaliy Hmelnitskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. A collision led to Abakan getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Artem Bayushev hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitaliy Hmelnitskiy in the 48th minute of play forced Vladimir's goalkeeper Egor Safonov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Rudolf Vadlevskiy in the 54th minute of play forced Abakan's goalkeeper Oleg Rogov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Mark Aldonin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vladimir's Egor Safonov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Dubitskiy in the 61st minute of play. Egor Safonov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vitaliy Hmelnitskiy in the 62nd minute of play. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vladimir's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Artem Bayushev was slow to take the kick. During this time Abakan's players had a chance to rest. If Rudolf Vadlevskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 69 played minutes Abakan got a freekick which was hit by Rustam Tyschenko. Anton Dubitskiy recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Roman Moiseev kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Anton Dubitskiy took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Egor Safonov. Egor Safonov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Abakan's Vitaliy Hmelnitskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Anton Dubitskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egor Safonov having to interfere. Egor Safonov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anton Dubitskiy's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. 87 minutes into the game, Abakan's Konstantin Gorbachev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Egor Safonov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. Egor Safonov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitaliy Hmelnitskiy in the 97th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Abakan had won after a very even match.