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Petropavlovsk-Kamch.
Spectators: 6600 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 100) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Anton Babich took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Dimitri Smeulders had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rostislav Baidak. Naberezhnye Chelny FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dimitri Smeulders was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Rostislav Baidak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dimitri Smeulders went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Boris Eliseev received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rostislav Baidak came out and tried to block the shot, but Boris Eliseev slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 10th minute. After some careless play in the Naberezhnye Chelny FC defense, Dimitri Smeulders kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rostislav Baidak. The Naberezhnye Chelny FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rostislav Baidak should have stopped the shot. When Boris Eliseev came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the FC. Armavir 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 Boris Eliseev couldn't finish the play. In the 21st minute, Boris Eliseev fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Rostislav Baidak, passed just outside the right post. Through an outstanding action, after 21 minutes, Rostislav Baidak successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Boris Eliseev managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC. Armavir's supporters rose to their feet, but Boris Eliseev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rostislav Baidak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, FC. Armavir's Boris Eliseev got a free kick in the 24th minute. In the 26th match minute, FC. Armavir was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roman Bakhtin to maneuver through the defense. FC. Armavir's Evgeniy Brodovoy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Babich in the 29th minute of play. Rostislav Baidak 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 31st minute. FC. Armavir's Evgeniy Brodovoy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anton Babich in the 34th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Filipp Artemev during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 35th match minute, FC. Armavir was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filipp Artemev to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Babich in the 36th minute of play forced FC. Armavir's goalkeeper Evgeniy Brodovoy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC. Armavir's goalkeeper Evgeniy Brodovoy, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Anton Babich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dimitri Smeulders to make the kick off. When the match clock showed 51 minutes, the score became 5-0 when Dimitri Smeulders sped through Naberezhnye Chelny FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rostislav Baidak. Boris Eliseev kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Naberezhnye Chelny FC's Evgeniy Brodovoy threw himself towards the right post 57 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Anton Babich, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a defensive mix-up in Naberezhnye Chelny FC's zone, Boris Eliseev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rostislav Baidak came out of the goal and Boris Eliseev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpected shot in the 63rd minute by Igor Borisov got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 66th minute Naberezhnye Chelny FC were awarded a corner. Kirill Belousov went to the cornerflag to take it. Naberezhnye Chelny FC's Kirill Belousov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Evgeniy Brodovoy in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The supporters of Naberezhnye Chelny FC booed when FC. Armavir was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Danila Pavluhin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 74th minute, Arkhip Knyazev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 78 minutes into the match, Naberezhnye Chelny FC's goal looked a bit too open when Boris Eliseev came free, but Rostislav Baidak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Igor Borisov was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 84th minute. Naberezhnye Chelny FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After 85 minutes, Danila Pavluhin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC. Armavir and the Naberezhnye Chelny FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to FC. Armavir getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Danila Pavluhin hit a great ball. Anton Babich fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evgeniy Brodovoy having to interfere. In the 96th match minute, FC. Armavir was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filipp Artemev to maneuver through the defense. Naberezhnye Chelny FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.