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Ekaterinburg
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vsevolod Pronskiy kicked off to start the match. Timofey Krupnov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ekaterinburg's Denis Neustroev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Ekaterinburg from getting a goal against them. 1-0 became the score in the 7th minute when Mark Zastavskiy elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 13th minute, Marat Kalyuk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 20thth minute of the game Vsevolod Pronskiy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ekaterinburg's Denis Neustroev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Vsevolod Pronskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Ekaterinburg FC getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Fedor Makeev hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timofey Krupnov in the 26th minute of play forced Ekaterinburg FC's goalkeeper Yakov Badmaev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute Vsevolod Pronskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Neustroev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vsevolod Pronskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Zinoviy Rubashkin kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Daniil Kakhanov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ekaterinburg's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniil Kakhanov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yakov Badmaev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Aleksandr Bubnov kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. After 38 minutes Ekaterinburg's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Yuriy Korzhuev who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Stepan Sidorov heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Mark Zastavskiy scored 2-0 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Denis Neustroev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Ekaterinburg FC booed when Ekaterinburg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniil Kakhanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

In the 53rd minute, Timofey Krupnov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ekaterinburg fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Yakov Badmaev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Timofey Krupnov in the 57th minute. Irakliy Davydov charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Irakliy Davydov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 57 played minutes Ekaterinburg FC got a freekick which was hit by Irakliy Davydov. Yakov Badmaev didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 63rd minute, which inside left pole to 2-2. Ekaterinburg FC's Mark Zastavskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 72 played minutes Ekaterinburg FC got a freekick which was hit by Fedor Makeev. In the 73rd minute Daniil Kakhanov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yakov Badmaev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Ekaterinburg FC's Marat Kalyuk got a free kick in the 76th minute. A long shot from Timofey Frenkel in the 77th minute of play was well struck, but Yakov Badmaev made a really good save at the right post. If Timofey Krupnov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Ekaterinburg FC getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Irakliy Davydov hit a great ball. In the 83rd minute Vsevolod Pronskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Neustroev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Vsevolod Pronskiy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Denis Neustroev was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Stepan Sidorov's late challenge caught a Ekaterinburg's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stepan Sidorov helped the player get up and apologised. 86 minutes into the game, one of Ekaterinburg FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Ekaterinburg's Denis Neustroev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vsevolod Pronskiy in the 90th minute of play. If Vsevolod Pronskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniil Kakhanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Yakov Badmaev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.