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Astrakhan
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Фиолетовая машина's Arkadiy Pakhomov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Thanks to some nice moves Savva Evdokimov could shoot a difficult shot in the 9th minute, which Josue Ayala however easily saved by the left post. Фиолетовая машина's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Viktor Gnusarev in the 10th minute. Фиолетовая машина's Sergey Kostenetskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gennadiy Blatun in the 13th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, Фиолетовая машина's goal looked a bit too open when Timur Chichko came free, but Sergey Kostenetskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sergey Kostenetskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gennadiy Blatun in the 20th minute of the match. The supporters of Фиолетовая машина booed when Феникс Санкт-Петербург was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksey Braga didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 22nd minute of the match Viktor Gnusarev sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Josue Ayala skillfully saved the ball. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lev Zimin in the 25th minute of play. Sergey Kostenetskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timur Chichko in the 26th minute of the match. The corner led Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Aleksey Braga to fire away a dangerous shot which Sergey Kostenetskiy despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The supporters of Фиолетовая машина booed when Феникс Санкт-Петербург was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ruslan Shagiakhmetov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Viktor Gnusarev was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 39th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. A collision led to Фиолетовая машина getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Nikolay Groholskiy hit a great ball. Aleksey Braga took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 45th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Sergey Kostenetskiy. Фиолетовая машина's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Timur Chichko made the kick off in the second half. Sergey Kostenetskiy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Liu Jie in the 56th minute. With an all-out effort, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Sergey Kostenetskiy threw himself towards the right post 58 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tudor Sălcudeanu, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 60 played minutes Феникс Санкт-Петербург got a freekick which was hit by Gennadiy Nazarov. Josue Ayala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arkadiy Pakhomov in the 61st minute of the match. Josue Ayala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arkadiy Pakhomov in the 63rd minute of the match. Фиолетовая машина made a substitution. Irakliy Abakshin replaced Savva Evdokimov. Феникс Санкт-Петербург made a substitution. Egor Penkin replaced Ruslan Shagiakhmetov. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Anatoliy Bogolyub was substituted for Tudor Sălcudeanu. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Osman Gulson was substituted for Sebastian Postelnicu. Sergey Kostenetskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timur Chichko, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Josue Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkadiy Pakhomov in the 80th minute of play. In the 80thth minute of the game Arkadiy Pakhomov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Timur Chichko's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sergey Kostenetskiy read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. Josue Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Irakliy Abakshin in the 83rd minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goal looked a bit too open when Gerasim Larionov came free, but Josue Ayala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Josue Ayala showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Irakliy Abakshin, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Josue Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Irakliy Abakshin in the 95th minute of play. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Irakliy Abakshin in the 95th minute of play. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.