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Stadion Blagoveshche
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Boris Kostin started the match with the kick off. Denis Lakeev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kirill Agranovskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Mikhail Dubov hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Innokentiy Strizhev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Innokentiy Strizhev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Fedor Esipov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 16 minutes into the game, Maksimilian Belash was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Orenburg's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Blagoveshchensk the free kick. Maksimilian Belash kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Boris Kostin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Denis Lakeev having to interfere. In the 26thth minute of the game Vladimir Fedchenkov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Orenburg's Fedor Esipov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Boris Kostin in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Denis Lakeev saved Blagoveshchensk from getting behind. With a little luck, Orenburg's Fedor Esipov got control of the ball when Innokentiy Strizhev tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Boris Kostin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vladimir Fedchenkov in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fedor Esipov saved Orenburg from getting behind. A collision led to Orenburg getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Oleg Kudryashov hit a great ball. In the 44th minute of the match Nikolay Bulakhov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Denis Lakeev showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vladimir Fedchenkov made a kick off. When Vladimir Fedchenkov came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Blagoveshchensk 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 Vladimir Fedchenkov couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boris Kostin in the 58th minute of play forced Blagoveshchensk's goalkeeper Denis Lakeev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 60 played minutes Orenburg got a freekick which was hit by Oleg Kudryashov. After 61 minutes of play, Blagoveshchensk's Vladimir Fedchenkov made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fedor Esipov was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 65th minute, Kirill Agranovskiy reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Denis Lakeev. The goal made the score 1-1. In the 68th minute, Vladimir Fedchenkov made a precise shot to the right of Fedor Esipov. Orenburg's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. After some careless play in the Orenburg defense, Innokentiy Strizhev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fedor Esipov. The Orenburg fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fedor Esipov should have stopped the shot. Orenburg's Fedor Esipov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Innokentiy Strizhev in the 77th minute of play. Kirill Agranovskiy succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-2 in the 79th playminute. When Matvey Romanov fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Orenburg's protests and gave Matvey Romanov a yellow card for diving instead. Matvey Romanov hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Fedor Esipov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vladimir Fedchenkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. For all the effort they put into the match, the Orenburg players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Blagoveshchensk.