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Volgograd
Spectators: 7085 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 85) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Valeriy Plankin took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Ekaterinburg FC's Maksim Ozeritskiy got a free kick in the 4th minute. Valeriy Plankin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The Volgograd fans' excitement grew in the 8th match minute when Volgograd's Egor Kibenko 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 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The supporters of Ekaterinburg FC booed when Volgograd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Grigoriy Bunko didn't get a good kick on the ball. Maksim Ozeritskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Egor Kibenko got free with Elisey Yakushin in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Volgograd booed when Ekaterinburg FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marat Egorov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valeriy Plankin in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Elisey Yakushin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Valeriy Plankin's late challenge caught a Ekaterinburg FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valeriy Plankin helped the player get up and apologised. Valeriy Plankin hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Semen Mitryukovskiy in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kirill Lobanov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Elisey Yakushin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valeriy Plankin in the 27th minute of the match. Elisey Yakushin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valeriy Plankin in the 29th minute of the match. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Ekaterinburg FC's goalkeeper Elisey Yakushin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Egor Kibenko's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 34thth minute, Elisey Yakushin skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience was convinced that Valeriy Plankin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elisey Yakushin was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. The Volgograd fans' excitement grew in the 43rd match minute when Volgograd's Egor Kibenko 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 4-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Nikita Leonchenko could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Elisey Yakushin made a huge save. 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 4-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Danila Zinchenko to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Egor Kibenko put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Elisey Yakushin. If Anton Matveev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Volgograd's Egor Kibenko in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ekaterinburg FC's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Egor Kibenko in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Elisey Yakushin saved Ekaterinburg FC from getting behind. Egor Kibenko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elisey Yakushin having to interfere. After 63 minutes, Afanasiy Shurpatov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ekaterinburg FC and the Volgograd players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 63rd minute, Afanasiy Shurpatov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elisey Yakushin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anton Matveev went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. After 70th play minutes Valeriy Plankin shot 7-0, a short shot which went by Elisey Yakushin and just under the crossbar into goal. After some careless play in the Ekaterinburg FC defense, Egor Kibenko kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Elisey Yakushin. The Ekaterinburg FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Elisey Yakushin should have stopped the shot. Elisey Yakushin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Egor Kibenko in the 84th minute of the match. Maksim Ozeritskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. After 86 minutes of play, Volgograd's Egor Kibenko made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elisey Yakushin was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 91 minutes, Egor Kibenko made it 11-0 with a short kick to the right side. Ekaterinburg FC's Elisey Yakushin tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Elisey Yakushin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valeriy Plankin's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. The Volgograd fans' excitement grew in the 96th match minute when Volgograd's Egor Kibenko 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 12-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Volgograd had played much better football throughout.