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Zlatoust
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arseniy Lihobaba took the kick off in the first half of the match. Vitaliy Eliseev might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aleksey Smertin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vitaliy Eliseev ran back to his position shaking his head. Aleksey Smertin came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by Спартак's Denis Bilyaletdinov. But to his dismay, Denis Bilyaletdinov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Vitaliy Eliseev put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Aleksey Smertin. After a rather tough play, Zlatoust FC's Arseniy Lihobaba got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Vitaliy Eliseev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksey Smertin having to interfere. If Jacinto Costante had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Aleksey Smertin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Egor Titov, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 31st minute, Vitaliy Eliseev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aleksey Smertin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Egor Titov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Спартак's supporters rose to their feet, but Egor Titov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aleksey Smertin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 36 minutes into the game, Спартак's Jacinto Costante nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aleksey Smertin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Aleksey Smertin didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Спартак's Vitaliy Eliseev shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-7 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match clock showed 44 minutes, the score became 0-8 when Jacinto Costante sped through Zlatoust FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aleksey Smertin. Спартак made a substitution. Petr Sharov replaced Denis Bilyaletdinov. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-8 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Спартак's Mikhail Krivonosov was substituted for Egor Titov. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vitaliy Eliseev was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th minute, Mikhail Krivonosov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Aleksey Smertin. The goal made the score 0-9. Vitaliy Eliseev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 60 minutes into the match, Zlatoust FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mikhail Krivonosov came free, but Aleksey Smertin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Jacinto Costante had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vitaliy Eliseev who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 63rdth minute tested the skills of Aleksey Smertin when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 유 길 came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by Zlatoust FC's Gleb Ryabov. But to his dismay, Gleb Ryabov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-9. Aleksey Smertin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vitaliy Eliseev's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. Vitaliy Eliseev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 76 minutes, Aleksandr Korogodskiy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zlatoust FC and the Спартак players grew even worse after the yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Zlatoust FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 76th minute. Penalty! Vitaliy Eliseev had several of the Zlatoust FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 82 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-11 score and a disappointed Aleksey Smertin as he didn't even see the shot coming. An unexpected shot in the 88th minute by Vitaliy Eliseev got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Vitaliy Eliseev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience was convinced that Vitaliy Eliseev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksey Smertin was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. Спартак's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.