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KRASAVA Stadium
Spectators: 8433 (Terracing: 6326, Seating: 1939, VIP seats: 168) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ippolit Podkorytov kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Saratov HC booed when ФК КРАСАВА was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sidor Chuevskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gleb Anikeichik, 7 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After 8 played minutes ФК КРАСАВА got a freekick which was hit by Varfolomey Asatryan. Roman Arshavin kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ippolit Podkorytov in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Leonid Irdebenev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 12 minutes, Semen Berkunov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Saratov HC and the ФК КРАСАВА players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Saratov HC's Semen Berkunov got a free kick in the 12th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Timofey Gabovich managed to get in a good position for a shot. ФК КРАСАВА's supporters rose to their feet, but Timofey Gabovich was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonid Irdebenev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some careless play in the ФК КРАСАВА defense, Andrey Novikov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vladimir Rygalin. The ФК КРАСАВА fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vladimir Rygalin should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Semen Berkunov in the 26th minute of play forced ФК КРАСАВА's goalkeeper Vladimir Rygalin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leonid Irdebenev 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 28th minute. The supporters of ФК КРАСАВА booed when Saratov HC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gleb Anikeichik didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andrey Novikov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Vladimir Rygalin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Andrey Novikov took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vladimir Rygalin. Vladimir Rygalin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Vladimir Rygalin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrey Novikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Ippolit Podkorytov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Leonid Irdebenev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Andrey Novikov made a kick off. After 53 played minutes ФК КРАСАВА got a freekick which was hit by Sidor Chuevskiy. When Sidor Chuevskiy fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ФК КРАСАВА's protests and gave Sidor Chuevskiy a yellow card for diving instead. Sidor Chuevskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Timofey Gabovich might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leonid Irdebenev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Timofey Gabovich ran back to his position shaking his head. If Ippolit Podkorytov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Leonid Irdebenev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Varfolomey Asatryan's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. Dmitriy Urazov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Rygalin having to interfere. Timofey Gabovich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Leonid Irdebenev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leonid Irdebenev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ippolit Podkorytov in the 86th minute of play. Ippolit Podkorytov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 93 minutes into the match, Saratov HC's goal looked a bit too open when Ippolit Podkorytov came free, but Leonid Irdebenev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 95 minutes into the match, Ippolit Podkorytov notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Saratov HC's Leonid Irdebenev. Leonid Irdebenev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Saratov HC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.