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Saransk
Spectators: 6050 (Terracing: 4700, Seating: 1300, VIP seats: 50) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when David Eremchenko kicked off to start the match. Lazar Alferov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Dumenko having to interfere. If Emmanuil Krasilnikov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Roman Dumenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lazar Alferov, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Egor Cheslavlev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Eremchenko in the 12th minute of the match. Georgiy Chereshenko in the 13thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Egor Cheslavlev, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lazar Alferov in the 15th minute of play forced Saransk's goalkeeper Roman Dumenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Eremchenko succeeded in the game's 27th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. In the 33rdth minute of the game Emmanuil Krasilnikov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Saransk's Roman Dumenko was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lazar Alferov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 35thth minute of the game Lazar Alferov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Saransk's Roman Dumenko was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Egor Cheslavlev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Georgiy Chereshenko went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emmanuil Krasilnikov in the 46th minute of play forced Saransk's goalkeeper Roman Dumenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Emmanuil Krasilnikov made the kick off in the second half. Emmanuil Krasilnikov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Roman Dumenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, David Eremchenko managed to get in a good position for a shot. Saransk's supporters rose to their feet, but David Eremchenko was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Egor Cheslavlev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 57 minutes into the match, Saransk's Georgiy Chereshenko sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Egor Cheslavlev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of Saransk booed when Podolsk HC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matvey Vainshtein didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 72 minutes, Roman Maslyukov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Podolsk HC and the Saransk players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Saransk booed when Podolsk HC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roman Maslyukov didn't get a good kick on the ball. David Eremchenko recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Saransk getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Prokl Ragozin hit a great ball. A collision led to Saransk getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. David Eremchenko hit a great ball. Podolsk HC's Egor Cheslavlev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Georgiy Chereshenko in the 85th minute of play. In the 93rd minute David Eremchenko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egor Cheslavlev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Lazar Alferov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.