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Vlad
Spectators: 6421 (Terracing: 4560, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Andrey Nikolaev made the kick off which started today's match. When Filimon Filatov fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Abakan FC's protests and gave Filimon Filatov a yellow card for diving instead. Filimon Filatov kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Evgeniy Ignatov kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Lev Bubnov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Gennadiy Pereletov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Artur Ovcharov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kirill Sannikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Lev Bubnov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Gennadiy Pereletov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Andrey Nikolaev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 19 played minutes Andrey Nikolaev rounded Abakan FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. In the 28th minute Kirill Sannikov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artur Ovcharov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 32 minutes, Gennadiy Pereletov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 33 minutes into the match, Kirill Sannikov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Artur Ovcharov. Tver's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kirill Sannikov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After a defensive mix-up in Tver's zone, Valentin Naumenko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Artur Ovcharov came out of the goal and Valentin Naumenko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kirill Sannikov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Artur Ovcharov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kirill Sannikov was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, Tver's Artur Ovcharov got control of the ball when Valentin Naumenko tried to sneak it across the goal line. Valentin Naumenko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artur Ovcharov having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Kirill Sannikov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artur Ovcharov was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Oleg Kolesnikov hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Tver's Artur Ovcharov got control of the ball when Valentin Naumenko tried to sneak it across the goal line. Andrey Nikolaev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 86 minutes, Kirill Sannikov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Abakan FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kirill Sannikov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gennadiy Pereletov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrey Nikolaev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. During the 96th minute of the match Filimon Filatov completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Filimon Filatov a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of Tver booed when Abakan FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filimon Filatov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Abakan FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.