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Naberezhnye Chelny
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Anton Babich started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Dawid Arbaszewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 5 played minutes Naberezhnye Chelny FC got a freekick which was hit by Arkhip Knyazev. After 6 minutes of play, FC Autoservice's Pavel Ivashin made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rostislav Baidak was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 12th minute, Roman Mamatov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Autoservice fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. The FC Autoservice fans' excitement grew in the 15th match minute when FC Autoservice's Roman Mamatov looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 19 minutes into the match, Naberezhnye Chelny FC's goal looked a bit too open when Pavel Ivashin came free, but Rostislav Baidak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pavel Ivashin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rostislav Baidak read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. When FC Autoservice's Pavel Ivashin in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Naberezhnye Chelny FC's goalie prevented a goal. Rostislav Baidak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Ivashin in the 25th minute of the match. Anton Babich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Tim Weller tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rostislav Baidak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roman Mamatov, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Rostislav Baidak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roman Mamatov in the 33rd minute of play. Igor Borisov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Roman Mamatov might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rostislav Baidak. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roman Mamatov ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 45th minute Anton Babich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tim Weller saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The FC Autoservice fans' excitement grew in the 46th match minute when FC Autoservice's Roman Mamatov looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The Naberezhnye Chelny FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC Autoservice were winning 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pavel Ivashin to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Roman Mamatov put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Rostislav Baidak. After 60 played minutes Naberezhnye Chelny FC got a freekick which was hit by Kirill Belousov. Rostislav Baidak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roman Mamatov in the 64th minute of the match. Rostislav Baidak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roman Mamatov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pavel Ivashin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rostislav Baidak having to interfere. 74 minutes into the match, Pavel Ivashin notched a goal, 1-6, to the right of Naberezhnye Chelny FC's Rostislav Baidak. Rostislav Baidak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. FC Autoservice's Paavo Huuhtanen was substituted for Ernest Ermakov. Pavel Ivashins short, quick shot in the 89thth minute got Rostislav Baidak to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When Anton Babich came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Naberezhnye Chelny FC 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 Anton Babich couldn't finish the play. FC Autoservice made a substitution. Aleksandr Semenov replaced Eduard Rozhkov. 94 minutes into the game, Pavel Ivashin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-7. Rostislav Baidak was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. FC Autoservice'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.