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Stadion Saint Peters
Spectators: 8417 (Terracing: 6327, Seating: 1940, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Maksim Akinfeev made the kick off which started today's match. The audience was convinced that Ippolit Podkorytov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Boris Lomonosov was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. ФК КРАСАВА's Vladimir Rygalin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maksim Akinfeev in the 8th minute of play. Boris Lomonosov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ippolit Podkorytov, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Elisey Lazarev charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elisey Lazarev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The goalkeeper, Vladimir Rygalin, was totally fooled by Saint Petersburg's Ippolit Batorskiy, who 17 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. A collision led to Saint Petersburg getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Aleksandr Belenko hit a great ball. Timofey Gabovich fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boris Lomonosov having to interfere. Timofey Gabovich might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Boris Lomonosov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Timofey Gabovich ran back to his position shaking his head. Timofey Gabovich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 34th minute, Ippolit Podkorytov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Timofey Gabovich in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Boris Lomonosov saved Saint Petersburg from getting behind. Timofey Gabovich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 42nd minute, Timofey Gabovich made a precise shot to the right of Boris Lomonosov. Saint Petersburg's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ippolit Podkorytov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Ippolit Podkorytov managed to get in a good position for a shot. ФК КРАСАВА's supporters rose to their feet, but Ippolit Podkorytov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Boris Lomonosov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Saint Petersburg getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Eduard Ayushiev hit a great ball. In the 61st minute the ball was on its way in behind Saint Petersburg's goalkeeper Boris Lomonosov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Saint Petersburg's Aleksandr Belenko got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Ippolit Podkorytov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 71 minutes into the match, Saint Petersburg's goal looked a bit too open when Ippolit Podkorytov came free, but Boris Lomonosov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of ФК КРАСАВА booed when Saint Petersburg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rudolf Chepasov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Timofey Gabovich took the ball and in the 77 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Boris Lomonosov. Boris Lomonosov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Timofey Gabovich got free with Boris Lomonosov in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to ФК КРАСАВА getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Sidor Chuevskiy hit a great ball. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind ФК КРАСАВА's goalkeeper Vladimir Rygalin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Vladimir Rygalin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maksim Akinfeev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ФК КРАСАВА played a much better game than Saint Petersburg and deserved their victory. The Saint Petersburg players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.