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Stadion Zhukovsky
Spectators: 6730 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Danil Elanskiy got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Nikolay Deblov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. F.C.Spartak Taganrog's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zhukovsky the free kick. A collision led to F.C.Spartak Taganrog getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Nikolay Deblov hit a great ball. 6 minutes into the match, F.C.Spartak Taganrog's goal looked a bit too open when Yuriy Strizhov came free, but Oleg Petrunyak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Zhukovsky's zone, Danil Elanskiy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Veniamin Levkovich came out of the goal and Danil Elanskiy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Oleg Petrunyak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuriy Strizhov in the 11th minute of the match. Oleg Petrunyak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yuriy Strizhov in the 12th minute of play. If Danil Elanskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gerasim Dobrovolskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Oleg Petrunyak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 18 minutes, Artemiy Dyaditsyn mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the F.C.Spartak Taganrog and the Zhukovsky players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Zhukovsky booed when F.C.Spartak Taganrog was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Artemiy Dyaditsyn didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 19 played minutes F.C.Spartak Taganrog got a freekick which was hit by Nikolay Deblov. Veniamin Levkovich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladimir Krukovskiy in the 29th minute of the match. 34 minutes into the game, Maksim Rudikov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. F.C.Spartak Taganrog's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zhukovsky the free kick. In the 34th match minute, F.C.Spartak Taganrog was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maksim Rudikov to maneuver through the defense. Danil Elanskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Veniamin Levkovich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Petr Buba hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. After having played for 48 minutes, Vladimir Krukovskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. F.C.Spartak Taganrog's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vladimir Krukovskiy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Yuriy Strizhov made a kick off. Oleg Petrunyak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerasim Dobrovolskiy in the 53rd minute of play. Yuriy Strizhov took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Oleg Petrunyak. Oleg Petrunyak dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Danil Elanskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Grigoriy Kosilkin's late challenge caught a F.C.Spartak Taganrog's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Grigoriy Kosilkin helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Zhukovsky's Grigoriy Kosilkin got a free kick in the 60th minute. The supporters of F.C.Spartak Taganrog booed when Zhukovsky was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gleb Tikhonov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Danil Elanskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Veniamin Levkovich having to interfere. During the 65th minute of the match Grigoriy Kosilkin completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Grigoriy Kosilkin a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Veniamin Levkovich was a little too slow when Danil Elanskiy got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 67th minute. The score was now 1-1. When Zhukovsky's Gerasim Dobrovolskiy in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye F.C.Spartak Taganrog's goalie prevented a goal. 78 minutes into the match, Zhukovsky's goalkeeper Veniamin Levkovich had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vladimir Krukovskiy. If Danil Elanskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zhukovsky's Veniamin Levkovich proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Zhukovsky from getting a goal against them. A collision led to F.C.Spartak Taganrog getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Maksim Rudikov hit a great ball. In the 95th minute, Gerasim Dobrovolskiy made a precise shot to the right of Oleg Petrunyak. F.C.Spartak Taganrog's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.