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Arena Victory
Spectators: 9167 (Terracing: 6877, Seating: 2108, VIP seats: 182) When Fedor Luvischuk came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Чёрные Кошки fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Fedor Luvischuk couldn't finish the play. ROTOR's Evgeniy Epshtein played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yuriy Osipov in the 5th minute of play. Fedor Luvischuk scored 0-1 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Evgeniy Epshtein, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ilya Efimov was out of position in the 9 minute of play, and Juninho Pernambucano capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Juninho Pernambucano really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. In the 13th minute, Fedor Luvischuk left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Чёрные Кошки fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Yuriy Osipov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Evgeniy Epshtein tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fedor Luvischuk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Evgeniy Epshtein tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 21st play minutes Fedor Luvischuk shot 1-3, a short shot which went by Evgeniy Epshtein and just under the crossbar into goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marat Smolskiy in the 25th minute of play forced ROTOR's goalkeeper Evgeniy Epshtein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Felice Gianfrancesco kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Evgeniy Epshtein didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fedor Luvischuk went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Mikhail Andreev hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Evgeniy Epshtein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fedor Luvischuk in the 35th minute of the match. Ilya Efimov was out of position in the 36 minute of play, and Domenico Cavanna capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Domenico Cavanna really showed his touch with that goal: 2-4. After 39 minutes of play, Чёрные Кошки's Marat Smolskiy made it 2-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Evgeniy Epshtein was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Чёрные Кошки booed when ROTOR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dmitriy Lodygin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fedor Luvischuk scored 2-7 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Evgeniy Epshtein, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fedor Luvischuk to make the kick off. The supporters of Чёрные Кошки booed when ROTOR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laur Vabadus didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 54th minute, Marat Smolskiy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Evgeniy Epshtein was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-8. 57 minutes into the game, Fedor Luvischuk cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-9. Evgeniy Epshtein was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Laur Vabadus hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Evgeniy Epshtein was a little too slow when Marat Smolskiy got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 64th minute. The score was now 2-10. Evgeniy Epshtein didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fedor Luvischuk went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-11 was the resulting score. Чёрные Кошки made a substitution. Nikita Prohanov replaced Efim Dobrinskiy. In the 77th minute, Fedor Luvischuk made a precise shot to the right of Evgeniy Epshtein. ROTOR's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-12. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vitaliy Zaznobin during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Чёрные Кошки's Vitaliy Zaznobin got a free kick in the 81st minute. Evgeniy Epshtein made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fedor Luvischuk in the 83rd minute. 86 minutes into the game, Yuriy Osipov recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Evgeniy Epshtein. Yuriy Osipov showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-13. Ilya Efimov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roman Larionov in the 89th minute of the match. 91 minutes into the game, Marat Smolskiy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-14. Evgeniy Epshtein was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Evgeniy Epshtein took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yuriy Osipov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 96th minute Marat Smolskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evgeniy Epshtein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Evgeniy Epshtein made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fedor Luvischuk in the 98th minute. When the final whistle sounded Чёрные Кошки left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ROTOR.