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Hook Stadium
Spectators: 10628 (Terracing: 8000, Seating: 2412, VIP seats: 216) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vasiliy Kovalevskiy made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Denholme City's Kapiton Degtyarev got a free kick in the 17th minute. After having played for 19 minutes, Vasiliy Kovalevskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hook's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vasiliy Kovalevskiy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Roman Golyakov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Igor Kononov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Denholme City's Kapiton Degtyarev got a free kick in the 21st minute. Vasiliy Kovalevskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Hook's Vasiliy Kovalevskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 30 minutes into the match, Denholme City's goal looked a bit too open when Vasiliy Kovalevskiy came free, but Igor Kononov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Denis Dulgov charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Denis Dulgov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Denholme City getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Denis Dulgov hit a great ball. When Hook's Vasiliy Kovalevskiy in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Denholme City's goalie prevented a goal. Vasiliy Kovalevskiy who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 35thth minute tested the skills of Igor Kononov when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Roman Golyakov 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. When Stepan Tsypkin came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Denholme City fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Stepan Tsypkin couldn't finish the play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Stepan Tsypkin made a kick off. Dida Da Silva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stepan Tsypkin's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Roman Blizhin in the 60thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Dida Da Silva, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Roman Golyakov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Igor Kononov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roman Golyakov charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roman Golyakov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 66 played minutes Hook got a freekick which was hit by Roman Golyakov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roman Blizhin in the 68th minute of play forced Hook's goalkeeper Dida Da Silva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The long shot by Kapiton Degtyarev in the 69th minute really tested Dida Da Silva's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Vasiliy Kovalevskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Igor Kononov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vasiliy Kovalevskiy went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Valeriy Frankovskiy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Igor Kononov was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vasiliy Kovalevskiy in the 81st minute of play forced Denholme City's goalkeeper Igor Kononov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Vasiliy Kovalevskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 87th minute Vasiliy Kovalevskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Kononov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roman Blizhin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 97th minute of the match, but Dida Da Silva made a huge save.