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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roman Baibakov took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Russia's goal looked a bit too open when David McLergain came free, but Ilya Eschin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Darius Colson hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. In the 16th minute Vincent Devlin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilya Eschin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Josep Guardiola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Adrian McKinning tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 19th match minute, Russia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kirill Novikov to maneuver through the defense. Adrian McKinning made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roman Baibakov in the 23rd minute. Russia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Evgeniy Kobeko in the 25th minute. Russia's Evgeniy Kobeko was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Adrian McKinning in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 28th minute Denis Domogarov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adrian McKinning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st match minute, Scotland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bruce Tawesson to maneuver through the defense. 32 minutes into the match, Russia's Evgeniy Kobeko broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Adrian McKinning made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denis Domogarov in the 36th minute of play. Ilya Eschin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David McLergain, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Russia's Artem Shevchenko was substituted for Roman Baibakov. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for David McLergain to strike the kick off in the second half. Calum McKechnie hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Scotland's Adrian McKinning played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denis Domogarov in the 61st minute of play. The supporters of Russia booed when Scotland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jacob Findlater didn't get a good kick on the ball. Russia's Ilya Eschin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Russia from getting a goal against them. Ilya Eschin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evan McLiver in the 69th minute of the match. With a little luck, Russia's Ilya Eschin got control of the ball when Calum McKechnie tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 71st minute, Denis Domogarov 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. Evan McLiver fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilya Eschin having to interfere. Adrian McKinning showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Denis Domogarov in the 79th minute of the match. The supporters of Scotland booed when Russia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evgeniy Kobeko didn't get a good kick on the ball. Scotland's Adrian McKinning played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Josep Guardiola in the 82nd minute of play. In the 83rd minute Denis Domogarov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adrian McKinning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kirill Novikov kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Ilya Eschin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evan McLiver in the 89th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by David McLergain in the 90th minute of play forced Russia's goalkeeper Ilya Eschin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vincent Devlin in the 91st minute of play forced Russia's goalkeeper Ilya Eschin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ilya Eschin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Evan McLiver in the 94th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Evan McLiver got free with Ilya Eschin in the 97th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 97 minutes into the match, Evan McLiver notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Russia's Ilya Eschin. Ilya Eschin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.