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Anji
Spectators: 6836 (Terracing: 5100, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 20) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Innokentiy Pogorelskiy took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute, Andrey Eremin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Georgiy Guschin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 14 played minutes Salavat got a freekick which was hit by Aleksey Leonchev. After a rather tough play, Salavat's Yuriy Ovchinnikov got a free kick in the 17th minute. Georgiy Guschin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Egor Belyakov having to make a save. Stanislav Lisin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egor Belyakov having to interfere. Egor Belyakov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Innokentiy Pogorelskiy's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. Piter's David Kogogin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikolay Yakovlev in the 26th minute of play. 28 minutes into the game, Innokentiy Pogorelskiy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Egor Belyakov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of Piter booed when Salavat was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yuriy Ovchinnikov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 32nd minute, Innokentiy Pogorelskiy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Egor Belyakov was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Stanislav Lisin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egor Belyakov having to interfere. Innokentiy Pogorelskiy took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Egor Belyakov. Egor Belyakov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Egor Belyakov came out of the goal in the 48th minute to try and stop a shot by Piter's Innokentiy Pogorelskiy. But to his dismay, Innokentiy Pogorelskiy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Andrey Eremin to strike the kick off in the second half. Salavat's Egor Belyakov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Innokentiy Pogorelskiy in the 55th minute of play. In the 60th match minute, Salavat was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aleksey Leonchev to maneuver through the defense. Stanislav Lisin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Egor Belyakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. David Biryukov hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. In the 77th minute, Georgiy Guschin 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 Belyakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Innokentiy Pogorelskiy in the 80th minute of the match. After having played for 81 minutes, Innokentiy Pogorelskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Piter's supporters crossed their fingers, but Innokentiy Pogorelskiy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Stanislav Lisin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egor Belyakov having to interfere. Salavat's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Innokentiy Pogorelskiy 84 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-7. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind Salavat's goalkeeper Egor Belyakov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.