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Arena Victory
Spectators: 9202 (Terracing: 6903, Seating: 2116, VIP seats: 183) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Juninho Pernambucano kicked off to start the match. Porfiriy Lubenskiy took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Evgeniy Epshtein. Evgeniy Epshtein dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After 12 minutes of play, FC LARISSA Ivanovo's Porfiriy Lubenskiy made it 0-2 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! Evgeniy Epshtein made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vyacheslav Gruler in the 15th minute of play. Rocco Siffredi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. FC LARISSA Ivanovo's Roman Babel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save FC LARISSA Ivanovo from getting a goal against them. Juninho Pernambucano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Babel having to interfere. 24 minutes into the match, ROTOR's goal looked a bit too open when Inácio Domingues came free, but Evgeniy Epshtein reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 25 minutes of play, FC LARISSA Ivanovo's Vyacheslav Gruler made it 0-3 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! Juninho Pernambucano who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 28thth minute tested the skills of Roman Babel when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Rocco Siffredi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Evgeniy Epshtein tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 39 minutes into the game, FC LARISSA Ivanovo's Inácio Domingues nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Evgeniy Epshtein made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Inácio Domingues scored 0-6 in the 43rd 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. The ROTOR players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC LARISSA Ivanovo were winning 0-6.

Evgeniy Epshtein was a little too slow when Inácio Domingues got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 51st minute. The score was now 0-7. Inácio Domingues let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 57th minute shot 0-8 at rihgt post. Roman Babel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felice Gianfrancesco in the 61st minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Inácio Domingues kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Evgeniy Epshtein. That made the score 0-9 in the 63 minute of play. Roman Babel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roman Larionov, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. FC LARISSA Ivanovo's Roman Babel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roman Larionov in the 66th minute of play. After 68th play minutes Inácio Domingues shot 0-10, a short shot which went by Evgeniy Epshtein and just under the crossbar into goal. The crowd rose to their feet as FC LARISSA Ivanovo's Inácio Domingues slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Evgeniy Epshtein. That made the score 0-11 after 73 minutes of play. Evgeniy Epshtein took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vyacheslav Gruler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vyacheslav Velikanov hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Evgeniy Epshtein took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rocco Siffredi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 84th minute Rocco Siffredi 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 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vyacheslav Gruler, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Inácio Domingues blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Evgeniy Epshtein having to make a save. Inácio Domingues received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Evgeniy Epshtein tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Inácio Domingues took the ball and in the 91 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Evgeniy Epshtein. Evgeniy Epshtein dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-12. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rocco Siffredi got free with Evgeniy Epshtein in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. FC LARISSA Ivanovo's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.