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Almaty Stars Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) 4 minutes into the match, Lee's goal looked a bit too open when Askold Kuzmich came free, but Georgiy Kovtun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 5 minutes, Klim Saveliev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lee's supporters crossed their fingers, but Klim Saveliev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 11 minutes into the match, Almaty Stars's goal looked a bit too open when Klim Saveliev came free, but Mikhail Belyutin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Georgiy Kovtun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Askold Kuzmich, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mikhail Belyutin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dmitriy Medvedev went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Mikhail Belyutin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oleg Belunin, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Georgiy Kovtun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ivan Aguzarov in the 20th minute. In the 22nd match minute, Almaty Stars was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Askold Kuzmich to maneuver through the defense. Mikhail Belyutin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Spiridon Altman in the 24th minute of the match. After 29 minutes, Andrey Chemodanov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Almaty Stars and the Lee players grew even worse after the yellow card. Andrey Chemodanov hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. 30 minutes into the match, Lee's Vyacheslav Kapustin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mikhail Belyutin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Dmitriy Medvedev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dmitriy Medvedev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mikhail Belyutin having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Spiridon Altman in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mikhail Belyutin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 43rd minute Askold Kuzmich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Georgiy Kovtun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vyacheslav Kapustin was the one to do the kick off. Mikhail Belyutin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dmitriy Medvedev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 53rd minute, Grigoriy Andrievich made a precise shot to the right of Georgiy Kovtun. Lee's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 67th minute, Vyacheslav Kapustin 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. Arkadiy Solodov's late challenge caught a Lee's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arkadiy Solodov helped the player get up and apologised. Vyacheslav Kapustin shot the penalty kick right outside the post. If Dmitriy Medvedev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Aguzarov in the 80th minute of play forced Lee's goalkeeper Georgiy Kovtun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Lee's goal looked a bit too open when Askold Kuzmich came free, but Georgiy Kovtun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Georgiy Kovtun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grigoriy Andrievich, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigoriy Andrievich in the 87th minute of play forced Lee's goalkeeper Georgiy Kovtun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th match minute, Lee was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dmitriy Medvedev to maneuver through the defense. In the 92nd minute of the match Lev Bykovskiy shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mikhail Belyutin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 93 minutes into the game, Vyacheslav Kapustin lined in a short shot 1-3 behind a frustrated Mikhail Belyutin. Dmitriy Medvedev struck a weak shot in the 97th minute. Mikhail Belyutin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lee.