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Lipetsk
Spectators: 8422 (Terracing: 6335, Seating: 1942, VIP seats: 145) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Samuil Fomichev kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Lipetsk's Arseniy Shitov got a free kick in the 3rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruslan Skryabin in the 4th minute of play forced Lipetsk's goalkeeper Stepan Sidorov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andrey Novosadov succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 5th playminute. Samuil Fomichev's late challenge caught a Lipetsk's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Samuil Fomichev helped the player get up and apologised. Samuil Fomichev hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Izhevsk FC's Vitaliy Odintsov was substituted for Samuil Fomichev. After 9 played minutes Izhevsk FC got a freekick which was hit by Samuil Fomichev. Andrey Novosadov struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Timofey Golant didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lipetsk. Timofey Golant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evgeniy Stukalin in the 12th minute of the match. Timofey Golant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andrey Novosadov in the 16th minute. Timofey Golant was a little too slow when Andrey Novosadov got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 16th minute. The score was now 2-0. Vitaliy Odintsov struck a weak shot in the 21st minute. Stepan Sidorov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Izhevsk FC. Ruslan Skryabin struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Stepan Sidorov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Izhevsk FC. Evgeniy Stukalin in the 26thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Timofey Golant, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 28 minutes of play, Izhevsk FC's Ruslan Skryabin made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stepan Sidorov was left in no man's land by his defense there! With his leg Timofey Golant managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when Lipetsk's Andrey Novosadov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Dmitriy Ganenfeldt charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dmitriy Ganenfeldt the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Izhevsk FC's Dmitriy Ganenfeldt got a free kick in the 32nd minute. After a rather tough play, Izhevsk FC's Oleg Sychev got a free kick in the 34th minute. Timofey Golant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Evgeniy Stukalin's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. Evgeniy Stukalin kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Izhevsk FC's Vitaliy Odintsov got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nikolay Babinov hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Andrey Novosadov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Timofey Golant came out and tried to block the shot, but Andrey Novosadov slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 43rd minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Evgeniy Stukalin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Andrey Novosadov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Timofey Golant was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Timofey Golant didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Lipetsk's Andrey Novosadov shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-1 in the ordered_time% minute. 59 minutes into the match, Lipetsk's goalkeeper Stepan Sidorov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ruslan Skryabin. 66 minutes into the match, Izhevsk FC's Ruslan Skryabin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Stepan Sidorov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Timofey Golant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evgeniy Stukalin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evgeniy Stukalin in the 69th minute of play forced Izhevsk FC's goalkeeper Timofey Golant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76th minute of the match, Vitaliy Odintsov tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Stepan Sidorov saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Lipetsk's Stepan Sidorov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Lipetsk from getting a goal against them. When Evgeniy Stukalin came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Lipetsk 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 Evgeniy Stukalin couldn't finish the play. Timofey Golant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evgeniy Stukalin in the 88th minute of play. Lipetsk's Stepan Sidorov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vitaliy Odintsov in the 89th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 91 minutes, Stepan Sidorov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post.