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Petropavlovsk-Kamch.
Spectators: 6730 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 0) Yakutsk FC's Valeriy Orekhov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ippolit Dinaburgskiy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pavel Livshits went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stepan Gladkov in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aleksey Alekseenko saved Yakutsk FC from getting behind. In the 13th minute Pavel Livshits shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ippolit Dinaburgskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, Yakutsk FC's goalkeeper Aleksey Alekseenko had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Igor Rudnov. Stepan Gladkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Aleksey Alekseenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pavel Livshits fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ippolit Dinaburgskiy having to interfere. If Pavel Livshits had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Pavel Livshits's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ippolit Dinaburgskiy was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. In the 31st minute of the match Yakutsk FC got a corner. Petropavlovsk-Kamch. FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Feoktist Sokolov ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Yakutsk FC's Feoktist Sokolov to fire away a dangerous shot which Ippolit Dinaburgskiy despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 35th minute of the match Petropavlovsk-Kamch. FC got a corner. Yakutsk FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Georgiy Krakhmalnikov ran over to the corner to take the kick. Petropavlovsk-Kamch. FC's Georgiy Krakhmalnikov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Aleksey Alekseenko in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Pavel Livshits fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ippolit Dinaburgskiy having to interfere. Ippolit Dinaburgskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pavel Livshits, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Igor Rudnov scored 1-1 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aleksey Alekseenko, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 45 minutes in the game, Stepan Gladkov fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Aleksey Alekseenko having to interfere. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stepan Gladkov to make the kick off. Stepan Gladkov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aleksey Alekseenko read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. If Konstantin Krylov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Petropavlovsk-Kamch. FC getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Vsevolod Babel hit a great ball. A collision led to Yakutsk FC getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Konstantin Krylov hit a great ball. Anatoliy Kositskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. When Igor Rudnov came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Petropavlovsk-Kamch. FC 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 Igor Rudnov couldn't finish the play. 71 minutes into the match, Yakutsk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Stepan Gladkov came free, but Aleksey Alekseenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Valeriy Orekhov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Valeriy Orekhov came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Yakutsk FC 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 Valeriy Orekhov couldn't finish the play. In the 82nd minute, Pavel Livshits 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. Aleksey Alekseenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stepan Gladkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Rudnov in the 89th minute of play forced Yakutsk FC's goalkeeper Aleksey Alekseenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valeriy Orekhov did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-3 to the left of a surprised Ippolit Dinaburgskiy 93 minutes into the match.