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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Uruguay's Justino Canseco 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. The supporters of Russia booed when Uruguay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isaac Viveros didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roman Baibakov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Justino Canseco might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aleksandr Ivannikov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Justino Canseco ran back to his position shaking his head. Russia's Aleksandr Ivannikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justino Canseco in the 14th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Justino Canseco came free, but Aleksandr Ivannikov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Justino Canseco might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aleksandr Ivannikov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Justino Canseco ran back to his position shaking his head. 24 minutes into the match, Uruguay's Justino Canseco sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aleksandr Ivannikov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Chayo Garantos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roman Baibakov in the 27th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Justino Canseco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksandr Ivannikov was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. In the 32nd minute Uruguay were awarded a corner. Solustiano Blea went to the cornerflag to take it. Aleksandr Ivannikov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Justino Canseco went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind Uruguay's goalkeeper Chayo Garantos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Roman Baibakov was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Russia booed when Uruguay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emesto Brion didn't get a good kick on the ball. Filipp Gandurin lost his temper 55 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Uruguay's Celso Maestre was substituted for Yaniusky Pardo. 55 minutes into the game, one of Russia:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Aleksandr Ivannikov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beltxe Ajorbe in the 62nd minute of the match. Beltxe Ajorbe took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aleksandr Ivannikov. Aleksandr Ivannikov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Aleksandr Ivannikov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Beltxe Ajorbe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beltxe Ajorbe in the 68th minute of play forced Russia's goalkeeper Aleksandr Ivannikov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the match, Russia's Georgiy Voroshilov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Chayo Garantos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 74 minutes into the game, Beltxe Ajorbe cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Aleksandr Ivannikov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 78 played minutes Uruguay got a freekick which was hit by Jeraldo Peñaranda. Russia's Vadim Andrienko was substituted for Roman Baibakov. Uruguay's Chayo Garantos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergey Zhdanov in the 80th minute of play. Chayo Garantos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Georgiy Voroshilov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 83 minutes Uruguay's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sergey Zhdanov who took care of the corner kick. After 83 played minutes Russia got a freekick which was hit by Mark Kovalev. Aleksandr Ivannikov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Beltxe Ajorbe in the 85th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Beltxe Ajorbe's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksandr Ivannikov was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Russia's Aleksandr Ivannikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Beltxe Ajorbe in the 92nd minute of play. In the 94th minute Beltxe Ajorbe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksandr Ivannikov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Solustiano Blea fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Uruguay's protests and gave Solustiano Blea a yellow card for diving instead. After 96 played minutes Uruguay got a freekick which was hit by Solustiano Blea. Uruguay were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Russia for a fine match.