Stadion Ussuriysk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Innokentiy Prohorov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 5 played minutes Nizhnekamsk got a freekick which was hit by Oleg Egers. Danil Balabuha hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. After 8 minutes of play, Nizhnekamsk's Oleg Egers made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilya Zinovev was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Nizhnekamsk booed when Енисей was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonid Gribachev didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Енисей's zone, Oleg Egers stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilya Zinovev came out of the goal and Oleg Egers tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Енисей's Ilya Zinovev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Innokentiy Prohorov in the 17th minute of play. Oleg Egers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Ilya Zinovev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 21st minute, Oleg Egers 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. Ilya Zinovev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oleg Egers, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Yaroslav Gurvich kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Oleg Egers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Ilya Zinovev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Innokentiy Prohorov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anatoliy Kotrelev was extremely unlucky when he, in the 35th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Vitaliy Bilbasov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stanislav Buznikin's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. After having played for 40 minutes, Oleg Egers managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nizhnekamsk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Oleg Egers was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Stanislav Buznikin was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Rudolf Maigov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marat Miheev hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Anatoliy Kotrelev blasted a shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vitaliy Bilbasov having to make a save. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nizhnekamsk's goalkeeper Vitaliy Bilbasov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 59th minute, Anatoliy Kotrelev 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. Stanislav Buznikin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Vitaliy Bilbasov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 65 minutes, Oleg Egers managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nizhnekamsk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Oleg Egers was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Innokentiy Prohorov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stanislav Buznikin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitaliy Bilbasov having to interfere. 73 minutes into the match, Innokentiy Prohorov dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ilya Zinovev, 0-2. In a very dangerous position, a player in Енисей fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 76th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 77 minutes, Nizhnekamsk's Pavel Gorbanevskiy got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Ilya Zinovev. Nizhnekamsk's Vitaliy Bilbasov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stanislav Buznikin in the 84th minute of play. In the 88th match minute, Nizhnekamsk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Petr Lazdin to maneuver through the defense. 92 minutes into the match, Anatoliy Kotrelev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vitaliy Bilbasov. Nizhnekamsk's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anatoliy Kotrelev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislav Buznikin in the 98th minute of play forced Nizhnekamsk's goalkeeper Vitaliy Bilbasov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Nizhnekamsk walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.
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