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Cheboksary
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vyacheslav Doborovich got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Siberian Knights booed when Open Space was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nikolay Bulashev didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Igor Broyakovskiy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anton Esipov was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. German Filippov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vyacheslav Doborovich's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. German Filippov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vyacheslav Doborovich's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. 24 minutes into the match, Nikolay Bulashev notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Siberian Knights's Anton Esipov. Anton Esipov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Arseniy Fadeev hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. If Vyacheslav Doborovich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 29th minute, Arseniy Fadeev made a precise shot to the right of Anton Esipov. Siberian Knights's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. After a defensive mix-up in Siberian Knights's zone, Igor Broyakovskiy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anton Esipov came out of the goal and Igor Broyakovskiy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Arseniy Fadeev hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Open Space's Gleb Antipov suffered a concussion in the 44th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vladislav Nikitin during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nikolay Bulashev to make the kick off. The supporters of Open Space booed when Siberian Knights was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pavel Kolotovkin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anton Esipov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolay Bulashev in the 54th minute of the match. Vyacheslav Grigoriev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vyacheslav Doborovich might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over German Filippov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vyacheslav Doborovich ran back to his position shaking his head. Anton Esipov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolay Bulashev in the 61st minute of the match. Anton Esipov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolay Bulashev in the 65th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, Siberian Knights's goal looked a bit too open when Nikolay Bulashev came free, but Anton Esipov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 78 minutes into the match, Siberian Knights's goal looked a bit too open when Nikolay Bulashev came free, but Anton Esipov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anton Esipov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikolay Bulashev, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikolay Bulashev in the 84th minute of play forced Siberian Knights's goalkeeper Anton Esipov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arseniy Fadeev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The attack was good, but when Nikolay Bulashev in the 94th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Nikolay Bulashev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Anton Esipov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.