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Arena Victory
Spectators: 9188 (Terracing: 6892, Seating: 2113, VIP seats: 183) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Juninho Pernambucano got the match started through his kick off. 6 minutes into the match, ROTOR's Juninho Pernambucano sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roman Suhanov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 12 minutes into the match, Roman Barhin notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ROTOR's Evgeniy Epshtein. Evgeniy Epshtein was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Roman Suhanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juninho Pernambucano, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Roman Barhin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Evgeniy Epshtein tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 29 minutes into the game, Oleg Evdokimov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ROTOR's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave АКАДЕМИЯ АЙГУЛЬ ТАХМАЗ the free kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Timofey Uvarov during the 30th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 30 played minutes ROTOR got a freekick which was hit by Timofey Uvarov. When Roman Larionov fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ROTOR's protests and gave Roman Larionov a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, ROTOR's Roman Larionov got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 35th minute Juninho Pernambucano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Suhanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th match minute, АКАДЕМИЯ АЙГУЛЬ ТАХМАЗ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roman Barhin to maneuver through the defense. After 45 played minutes ROTOR got a freekick which was hit by Felice Gianfrancesco. АКАДЕМИЯ АЙГУЛЬ ТАХМАЗ's Roman Suhanov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save АКАДЕМИЯ АЙГУЛЬ ТАХМАЗ from getting a goal against them. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mathis Mampaerts made a kick off. After a rather tough play, ROTOR's Oleg Evdokimov got a free kick in the 51st minute. When Mathis Mampaerts fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored АКАДЕМИЯ АЙГУЛЬ ТАХМАЗ's protests and gave Mathis Mampaerts a yellow card for diving instead. Mathis Mampaerts kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. A collision led to ROTOR getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Oleg Evdokimov hit a great ball. The supporters of АКАДЕМИЯ АЙГУЛЬ ТАХМАЗ booed when ROTOR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roman Larionov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 64 minutes АКАДЕМИЯ АЙГУЛЬ ТАХМАЗ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Vyacheslav Velikanov who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on ROTOR's corner Vyacheslav Velikanov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Roman Suhanov quite easily take care of the ball. A throw-in in the 66th minute of the game was made by Oleg Evdokimov with Timofey Uvarov as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Mathis Mampaerts who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 70thth minute tested the skills of Evgeniy Epshtein when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Mathis Mampaerts could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Evgeniy Epshtein made a huge save. Juninho Pernambucano scored 1-1 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Roman Suhanov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, ROTOR's Oleg Evdokimov got a free kick in the 79th minute. The audience was convinced that Juninho Pernambucano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roman Suhanov was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Evgeniy Epshtein took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mathis Mampaerts, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juninho Pernambucano in the 88th minute of play forced АКАДЕМИЯ АЙГУЛЬ ТАХМАЗ's goalkeeper Roman Suhanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. АКАДЕМИЯ АЙГУЛЬ ТАХМАЗ's Roman Suhanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roman Larionov in the 89th minute of play. After 92 played minutes ROTOR got a freekick which was hit by Pavel Bobrov. Mathis Mampaerts sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.