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MELEN SC
Spectators: 9216 (Terracing: 6914, Seating: 2119, VIP seats: 183) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vadim Basmannikov got the match started through his kick off. Melenky FC's Zachary Piwowarski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Danila Kolobov in the 6th minute of play. 7 minutes into the game, Evgeniy Fomichev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Zachary Piwowarski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zachary Piwowarski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danila Kolobov in the 10th minute of play. Zachary Piwowarski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danila Kolobov, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Zachary Piwowarski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vadim Basmannikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Melenky FC's zone, Vadim Basmannikov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zachary Piwowarski came out of the goal and Vadim Basmannikov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vladimir Hanzhin kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Zachary Piwowarski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evgeniy Fomichev in the 22nd minute of play. Melenky FC's Zachary Piwowarski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Danila Kolobov in the 25th minute of play. Zachary Piwowarski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Danila Kolobov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Voskresensk FC booed when Melenky FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Braian Rodríguez didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 35th minute Evgeniy Fomichev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zachary Piwowarski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Baltazar Carvalho scored 1-1 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Igor Akinfeev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zachary Piwowarski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evgeniy Fomichev, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evgeniy Fomichev in the 43rd minute of play forced Melenky FC's goalkeeper Zachary Piwowarski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes into the match, Voskresensk FC's goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Baltazar Carvalho. Zachary Piwowarski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danila Kolobov, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Baltazar Carvalho made the kick off in the second half. Igor Akinfeev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baltazar Carvalho, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Zachary Piwowarski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Evgeniy Fomichev in the 52nd minute. After a rather tough play, Melenky FC's Chen Hao Yue got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Zachary Piwowarski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vadim Basmannikov in the 55th minute of the match. In the 58th match minute, Melenky FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Georgiy Kuznetsov to maneuver through the defense. 59 minutes into the match, Melenky FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vadim Basmannikov came free, but Zachary Piwowarski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Voskresensk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Baltazar Carvalho came free, but Igor Akinfeev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 62 minutes Voskresensk FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Georgiy Makarskiy who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Voskresensk FC's goalie and right to Chen Hao Yue. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Voskresensk FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 65 minutes into the match, Melenky FC's goal looked a bit too open when Artur Timoshin came free, but Zachary Piwowarski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zachary Piwowarski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantin Lakhov in the 66th minute of the match. Igor Akinfeev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Braian Rodríguez, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Zachary Piwowarski made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Danila Kolobov sent off a good shot on target. 79 minutes into the match, Voskresensk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Chen Hao Yue came free, but Igor Akinfeev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zachary Piwowarski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstantin Lakhov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Melenky FC's Zachary Piwowarski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artur Timoshin in the 90th minute of play. In the 91st minute Braian Rodríguez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Akinfeev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Evgeniy Fomichev in the 94th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zachary Piwowarski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Baltazar Carvalho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Igor Akinfeev was relentless in the 96th minute of the game.