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Trabzon
Spectators: 9178 (Terracing: 6885, Seating: 2111, VIP seats: 182) In the 3rd minute, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Gennadiy Nazarov seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Gennadiy Nazarov the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Феникс Санкт-Петербург protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Gennadiy Nazarov had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in Феникс Санкт-Петербург fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 3rd minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Josue Ayala, was totally fooled by Новгород TS's Igor Braginskiy, who 5 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After 10 played minutes Новгород TS got a freekick which was hit by Osmundo Verdaguer. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timur Chichko in the 14th minute of play forced Новгород TS's goalkeeper Sven-Ove Frykberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Josue Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denílson Scherer in the 16th minute of play. Viviano Baños recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Josue Ayala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Denílson Scherer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Новгород TS's Osmundo Verdaguer got a free kick in the 29th minute. 34 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goal looked a bit too open when Zhuang Ting Yuan came free, but Josue Ayala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Viviano Baños got free with Josue Ayala in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Timur Chichko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sven-Ove Frykberg was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. After having played for 37 minutes, Gennadiy Blatun managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gennadiy Blatun was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 38 played minutes Новгород TS got a freekick which was hit by Osmundo Verdaguer. In the 39thth minute of the game Timur Chichko who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Новгород TS's Sven-Ove Frykberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A nice corner shot did that Aleksey Braga got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Sven-Ove Frykberg quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of Новгород TS booed when Феникс Санкт-Петербург was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksey Braga 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 1-0.

The wind increased when Timur Chichko made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viviano Baños in the 55th minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Josue Ayala to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 played minutes Феникс Санкт-Петербург got a freekick which was hit by Vladislav Artsutanov. Josue Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denílson Scherer in the 59th minute of play. Sven-Ove Frykberg was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Liu Jie. Josue Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denílson Scherer in the 70th minute of play. Sven-Ove Frykberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timur Chichko in the 74th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Anatoliy Bogolyub got a free kick in the 75th minute. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhuang Ting Yuan in the 76th minute of play. Sven-Ove Frykberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Timur Chichko's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. After 80 minutes, Timur Chichko made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Новгород TS's Sven-Ove Frykberg tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 83rd match minute, Новгород TS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zhuang Ting Yuan to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Новгород TS getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Cristobal Baumar hit a great ball. Timur Chichko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Ove Frykberg having to interfere. Timur Chichko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Sven-Ove Frykberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.