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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rodolf Leka made the kick off which started today's match. Albania's Drino Lila played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stepan Beschastnyh in the 9th minute of play. Rodolf Leka in the 14thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Oleg Shingarov, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Eduard Allamani came free with the goalkeeper in the 15th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Oleg Shingarov could save by the left post. After 16 minutes of play, Russia's Egor Byshovets made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Drino Lila was left in no man's land by his defense there! Oleg Shingarov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodolf Leka in the 19th minute of play. Rodolf Leka took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Oleg Shingarov. Oleg Shingarov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Isallari Mërgim could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Oleg Shingarov made a huge save. 28 minutes into the match, Russia's goalkeeper Oleg Shingarov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eduard Allamani. Albania were awarded a corner in the 35th minute after Russia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Malësori Daniel took the corner. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Kajo Sinani advanced and headed the ball into goal, 2-1 in the 35th minute. Sabian Hila hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stepan Beschastnyh in the 40th minute of play forced Albania's goalkeeper Drino Lila to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Drino Lila made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stepan Beschastnyh in the 43rd minute of play. Eduard Allamani's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Oleg Shingarov firmly grabbed it by the left post. Albania's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Malësori Daniel in the 46th minute. After 46 played minutes Russia got a freekick which was hit by Stepan Beschastnyh.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Stepan Beschastnyh stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stepan Beschastnyh in the 54th minute of play forced Albania's goalkeeper Drino Lila to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Berishaj Debatik in the 55th minute of play forced Russia's goalkeeper Oleg Shingarov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute, Berishaj Debatik made a precise shot to the right of Oleg Shingarov. Russia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Rodolf Leka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Drino Lila was out of position in the 63 minute of play, and Trofim Galitskiy capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Trofim Galitskiy really showed his touch with that goal: 3-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduard Allamani in the 68th minute of play forced Russia's goalkeeper Oleg Shingarov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 73 minutes into the match, Isallari Mërgim had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Oleg Shingarov. Russia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Isallari Mërgim was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. Russia made a substitution. Vladimir Glyants replaced Felix Chernomazov. Russia made a substitution. Vladislav Tikhonov replaced Vsevolod Bobrov. With a little luck, Albania's Drino Lila got control of the ball when Stepan Beschastnyh tried to sneak it across the goal line. Oleg Shingarov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Berishaj Debatik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stepan Beschastnyh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Drino Lila tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Russia's Oleg Shingarov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduard Allamani in the 85th minute of play. Russia's Oleg Shingarov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodolf Leka in the 91st minute of play. Drino Lila made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Stepan Beschastnyh sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Isallari Mërgim managed to get in a good position for a shot. Albania's supporters rose to their feet, but Isallari Mërgim was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oleg Shingarov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.