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Equilibrium Arena
Spectators: 8493 (Terracing: 6371, Seating: 1953, VIP seats: 169) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Valentin Shiryaev made the kick off which started today's match. Valentin Shiryaev took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mikhail Maksimov. Mikhail Maksimov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Klim Babushkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Mikhail Maksimov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Equilibrium's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rico Kelmo in the 16th minute. 24 minutes into the match, Artem's goal looked a bit too open when Eduard Genyavskiy came free, but Fedor Zagorskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rico Kelmo got free with Fedor Zagorskiy in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eduard Genyavskiy hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Artem's zone, Mikolaj Nowak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fedor Zagorskiy came out of the goal and Mikolaj Nowak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Roman Kiselev kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. 33 minutes into the match, Eduard Genyavskiy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fedor Zagorskiy. Artem's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eduard Genyavskiy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 39th minute, Valentin Shiryaev 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. Artem's attentive Klim Babushkin managed to snatch the ball when Vsevolod Lebedev made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Artem's Yuriy Goss got a free kick in the 44th minute.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Veniamin Chukarev during the 53rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Equilibrium booed when Artem was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Veniamin Chukarev didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Eduard Genyavskiy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fedor Zagorskiy was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Sergey Anferov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Equilibrium's Sergey Anferov got a free kick in the 58th minute. Fedor Zagorskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikolaj Nowak in the 60th minute of the match. Fedor Zagorskiy came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Equilibrium's Rico Kelmo. But to his dismay, Rico Kelmo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rico Kelmo in the 65th minute of play forced Artem's goalkeeper Fedor Zagorskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Rico Kelmo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fedor Zagorskiy was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Fedor Zagorskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolay Lisienkov in the 67th minute of the match. Fedor Zagorskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rico Kelmo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fedor Zagorskiy came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Equilibrium's Rico Kelmo. But to his dismay, Rico Kelmo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Mikolaj Nowak struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Fedor Zagorskiy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Equilibrium. Mikhail Maksimov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Shiryaev in the 77th minute of play. Fedor Zagorskiy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rico Kelmo went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Equilibrium's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.