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Spectators: 10302 (Terracing: 7727, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Russia's Igor Chislenko 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. Rafael De Leon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Chislenko in the 2nd minute of play. Russia's Maksim Pestov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Russia from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Russia's Maksim Pestov got control of the ball when Matias Aizprua tried to sneak it across the goal line. Maksim Pestov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francesco Nuñez in the 22nd minute of play. After 23 played minutes Panama got a freekick which was hit by Francesco Nuñez. Russia's Maksim Pestov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Russia from getting a goal against them. Russia's Maksim Pestov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Russia from getting a goal against them. Rafael De Leon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstantin Plutalov in the 30th minute of play. The supporters of Panama booed when Russia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yaroslav Ryabov didn't get a good kick on the ball. 32 minutes into the match, Panama's goal looked a bit too open when Petr Boyarinov came free, but Rafael De Leon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute, Francesco Nuñez made a precise shot to the right of Maksim Pestov. Russia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 37th match minute, Russia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yaroslav Ryabov to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice moves Matias Aizprua could shoot a difficult shot in the 38th minute, which Maksim Pestov however easily saved by the left post. Rafael De Leon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Chislenko in the 39th minute of the match. Rafael De Leon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oleg Shubin in the 41st minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Russia's zone, Enrique Quiros stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Maksim Pestov came out of the goal and Enrique Quiros tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Francesco Nuñez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Maksim Pestov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Enrique Quiros went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 60th minute Francesco Nuñez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maksim Pestov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Maksim Pestov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enrique Bultrón, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67thth minute of the game Francesco Nuñez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Russia's Maksim Pestov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Enrique Quiros in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maksim Pestov saved Russia from getting behind. Russia's Maksim Pestov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matias Aizprua in the 71st minute of play. When Petr Boyarinov came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Russia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Petr Boyarinov couldn't finish the play. Russia's Maksim Pestov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enrique Quiros in the 82nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francesco Nuñez in the 85th minute of play forced Russia's goalkeeper Maksim Pestov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Panama booed when Russia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yaroslav Ryabov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Enrique Quiros took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 89th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Maksim Pestov. Russia's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Russia's Maksim Pestov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francesco Nuñez in the 92nd minute of play. After 93 minutes, Matias Aizprua made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Russia's Maksim Pestov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.