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SCHTURM-ARENA
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Artem Samoilov got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, SCHTURM's Nikolay Goldberg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Anatoliy Isakov. Anatoliy Isakov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. If Zinoviy Balhin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gleb Grachev took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 14th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Kirill Turov. SCHTURM's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The supporters of Малая Охта booed when SCHTURM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Timofey Strizhev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Daniil Rutkovskiy hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Kirill Turov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artem Samoilov in the 23rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artem Samoilov in the 28th minute of play forced SCHTURM's goalkeeper Kirill Turov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Marat Berezovets had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anatoliy Isakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolay Goldberg in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 34th minute, Daniil Rutkovskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Through an outstanding action, after 37 minutes, Anatoliy Isakov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. When Artem Samoilov came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Малая Охта 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 Artem Samoilov couldn't finish the play. Anatoliy Isakov didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 45th minute, which inside left pole to 2-0.

In the 58th minute Daniil Rutkovskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anatoliy Isakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Daniil Rutkovskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anatoliy Isakov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikolay Goldberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 61st minute, Marat Berezovets hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 62nd minute, Nikolay Goldberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 68 played minutes Малая Охта got a freekick which was hit by Zinoviy Balhin. Anatoliy Isakov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikolay Goldberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. After a rather tough play, SCHTURM's Veniamin Demin got a free kick in the 78th minute. Kirill Turov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artur Nevzlin, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. After having played for 87 minutes, Nikolay Goldberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SCHTURM's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nikolay Goldberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. SCHTURM had won after a very even match.