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Cherkessk
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniil Bodryashkin made the kick off which started today's match. Dimitri Smeulders took the ball and in the 2 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mark Metlitskiy. Mark Metlitskiy dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Evgeniy Brodovoy made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Afanasiy Areschenko sent off a good shot on target. Mark Metlitskiy came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by FC. Armavir's Ernest Garve. But to his dismay, Ernest Garve quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 12th minute, Boris Eliseev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sergey Markov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evgeniy Brodovoy having to interfere. Mark Metlitskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boris Eliseev in the 18th minute of the match. Afanasiy Areschenko's late challenge caught a FC. Armavir's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Afanasiy Areschenko helped the player get up and apologised. Afanasiy Areschenko hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. In the 28th minute, Daniil Bodryashkin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mark Metlitskiy came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by FC. Armavir's Dimitri Smeulders. But to his dismay, Dimitri Smeulders quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Dimitri Smeulders received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Mark Metlitskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Boris Eliseev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Roman Bakhtin hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. After 49 minutes of play, FC. Armavir's Boris Eliseev made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mark Metlitskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dimitri Smeulders to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute, Afanasiy Areschenko 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. FC. Armavir's Evgeniy Brodovoy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afanasiy Areschenko in the 60th minute of play. Cherkessk's Mark Metlitskiy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Cherkessk from getting a goal against them. Daniil Bodryashkin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Cherkessk's zone, Dimitri Smeulders stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mark Metlitskiy came out of the goal and Dimitri Smeulders tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mark Metlitskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boris Eliseev in the 81st minute of play. Mark Metlitskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Boris Eliseev, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cherkessk's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ernest Garve was slow to take the kick. During this time FC. Armavir's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Roman Bakhtin managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 84th match minute, Cherkessk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boris Taratorkin to maneuver through the defense. 85 minutes into the match, Cherkessk's goalkeeper Mark Metlitskiy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ernest Garve. In the 87th minute, Boris Eliseev fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Mark Metlitskiy, passed just outside the right post. Dimitri Smeulders struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Mark Metlitskiy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC. Armavir. In the 98th minute, Dimitri Smeulders 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. When the match was over FC. Armavir could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cherkessk throughout the match.