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Stadion Novokuznetsk
Spectators: 9173 (Terracing: 6881, Seating: 2110, VIP seats: 182) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lin Song Bang made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruslan Goloveshko in the 3rd minute of play forced Novokuznetsk's goalkeeper Antonis Anastasiadis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Novokuznetsk's Antonis Anastasiadis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lin Song Bang in the 5th minute of play. In the 8th minute, Stanislav Korotun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ruslan Goloveshko was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 9th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 11 played minutes Novokuznetsk got a freekick which was hit by Anton Rozenbaum. In the 11th minute of the match Ruslan Goloveshko sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Antonis Anastasiadis skillfully saved the ball. Antonis Anastasiadis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruslan Goloveshko in the 13th minute of the match. Grigoriy Stepanenko who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 14thth minute tested the skills of Carolo Belasko when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Carolo Belasko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Feoktist Golov in the 16th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fedor Devlecherov in the 17th minute of play forced Novokuznetsk's goalkeeper Antonis Anastasiadis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antonis Anastasiadis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lin Song Bang in the 18th minute of play. Carolo Belasko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Feoktist Golov in the 21st minute. Carolo Belasko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Feoktist Golov in the 22nd minute of the match. Antonis Anastasiadis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lin Song Bang in the 27th minute of the match. In the 30th minute Fedor Devlecherov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonis Anastasiadis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonis Anastasiadis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruslan Goloveshko in the 32nd minute of the match. Fedor Devlecherov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Antonis Anastasiadis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. Novokuznetsk's Antonis Anastasiadis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruslan Goloveshko in the 38th minute of play. In the 38th minute Ruslan Goloveshko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonis Anastasiadis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carolo Belasko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veniamin Elyutin in the 47th minute of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Novokuznetsk's Silantiy Astankov was substituted for Grigoriy Stepanenko. Novokuznetsk made a substitution. Klim Zuev replaced Roman Kovtun. Semen Nazarov struck a weak shot in the 53rd minute. Carolo Belasko didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Novokuznetsk. In the 56th minute Feoktist Golov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carolo Belasko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carolo Belasko stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Silantiy Astankov's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. Novokuznetsk were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after FC Ural's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Veniamin Elyutin took the corner. The corner ended in Veniamin Elyutin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Ural's Carolo Belasko did a great save. FC Ural's Carolo Belasko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silantiy Astankov in the 61st minute of play. Veniamin Elyutin took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 68th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Carolo Belasko. FC Ural's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Novokuznetsk made a substitution. Emmanuil Getmanets replaced Andrey Borzenkov. Antonis Anastasiadis made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Lin Song Bang sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Lin Song Bang kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Antonis Anastasiadis. That made the score 0-1 in the 75 minute of play. The supporters of FC Ural booed when Novokuznetsk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Klim Zuev didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC Ural's Ruslan Goloveshko couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 78th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Novokuznetsk. Stanislav Korotun hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Lin Song Bang could shoot a difficult shot in the 84th minute, which Antonis Anastasiadis however easily saved by the left post. Silantiy Astankov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Carolo Belasko read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th minute of the match, Lin Song Bang got a very nice opportunity to score, but Antonis Anastasiadis was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Carolo Belasko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silantiy Astankov, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Novokuznetsk's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Veniamin Elyutin in the 91st minute. After taking down the ball on Novokuznetsk's corner Veniamin Elyutin fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Carolo Belasko quite easily take care of the ball. Antonis Anastasiadis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lin Song Bang in the 95th minute. FC Ural's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.