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Arena Volgograd
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stepan Bilyaletdinov made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the match, Volgograd UTD's goal looked a bit too open when Kliment Vishnyakov came free, but Vladislav Korolenkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th match minute, Zenitus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavel Sobolev to maneuver through the defense. Pavel Filippchenkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pavel Filippchenkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 19th minute, Varfolomey Baderskov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Volgograd UTD defense, Pavel Filippchenkov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vladislav Korolenkov. The Volgograd UTD fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vladislav Korolenkov should have stopped the shot. Pavel Filippchenkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladislav Korolenkov having to interfere. 28 minutes into the match, Nikolay Adrianov notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Zenitus's Daniil Kust. Daniil Kust was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nikolay Adrianov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to Volgograd UTD getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Leonid Kostin hit a great ball. When Pavel Filippchenkov came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Zenitus 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 Pavel Filippchenkov couldn't finish the play. In the 47th minute, Kliment Vishnyakov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Pavel Filippchenkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Vladislav Korolenkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pavel Filippchenkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladislav Korolenkov having to interfere. Kliment Vishnyakov's late challenge caught a Volgograd UTD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kliment Vishnyakov helped the player get up and apologised. After 56 played minutes Zenitus got a freekick which was hit by Kliment Vishnyakov. After 57 played minutes Volgograd UTD got a freekick which was hit by Petr Marfin. In the 59th match minute, Volgograd UTD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergey Batygin to maneuver through the defense. After 64 minutes of play Volgograd UTD's Petr Marfin was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 65th match minute, Volgograd UTD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Petr Marfin to maneuver through the defense. Vladislav Korolenkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Filippchenkov in the 70th minute of the match. Kliment Vishnyakov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Vladislav Korolenkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 81 played minutes Zenitus got a freekick which was hit by Klim Yakovlev. When Nikolay Adrianov came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Volgograd UTD 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 Nikolay Adrianov couldn't finish the play. Arkhip Kustikov hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. If Nikolay Adrianov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Kliment Vishnyakov came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Zenitus 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 Kliment Vishnyakov couldn't finish the play. Varfolomey Baderskov kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. Despite being the better team, Zenitus failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.