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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Roman Baibakov made the kick off and thus started the match. 7 minutes into the game, Peruanton Tamayo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Aleksandr Ivannikov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 10 minutes of play, Russia's Roman Baibakov made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mikhail Tal was left in no man's land by his defense there! Venezuela's Derwin Valensuela quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Sergey Zhdanov, made in the 13th minute of the game. 13 minutes into the match, Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Peruanton Tamayo came free, but Aleksandr Ivannikov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Russia's Aleksandr Ivannikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peruanton Tamayo in the 17th minute of play. Aleksandr Ivannikov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Derwin Valensuela, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Carlos-Henrique Cabezudo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 26thth minute of the game Peruanton Tamayo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Russia's Aleksandr Ivannikov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roman Baibakov in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mikhail Tal saved Venezuela from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Roman Baibakov in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mikhail Tal prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Filipp Gandurin was slow to take the kick. During this time Russia's players had a chance to rest. Filipp Gandurin made a great header on Russia's corner, it was just that Venezuela's Mikhail Tal managed to reach the ball for a save. 37 minutes into the game, Roegelio Igual cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Aleksandr Ivannikov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Aleksandr Ivannikov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peruanton Tamayo in the 40th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The wind increased when Peruanton Tamayo made the kick off in the second half. Sergey Zhdanov made in the 51st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Venezuela's Derwin Valensuela. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Peruanton Tamayo in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aleksandr Ivannikov saved Russia from getting behind. Peruanton Tamayo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aleksandr Ivannikov having to make a save. Russia's Aleksandr Ivannikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peruanton Tamayo in the 60th minute of play. Peruanton Tamayo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Venezuela's Toma Cabeza was substituted for Peruanton Tamayo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roman Baibakov in the 74th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Mikhail Tal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the game, Toma Cabeza cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-5. Aleksandr Ivannikov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Russia made a substitution. Vadim Andrienko replaced Roman Baibakov. A throw-in in the 82nd minute of the game was made by Xepe Enebro with Toma Cabeza as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Russia's goalkeeper Aleksandr Ivannikov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Through an outstanding action, after 88 minutes, Aleksandr Ivannikov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 90th minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. Russia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Damian Zahonero ran over to the corner to take the kick. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Quexal Avina hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Toma Cabeza in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aleksandr Ivannikov saved Russia from getting behind. Toma Cabeza scored 1-6 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aleksandr Ivannikov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match was over Venezuela could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Russia throughout the match.