League Play-Off

Alay Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Roman Pestov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Innokentiy Dyuzhev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Rostislav Frits tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roman Pestov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksey Holodnyi having to interfere. Pavel Kits recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Aleksandr Alekseenko kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. After 20 minutes, Aleksandr Alekseenko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alay City and the Legacy ♠ Flow players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Alay City's Aleksandr Alekseenko got a free kick in the 20th minute. Roman Pestov charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roman Pestov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 22nd match minute, Legacy ♠ Flow was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roman Pestov to maneuver through the defense. After 23 minutes, Innokentiy Dyuzhev made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Legacy ♠ Flow's Rostislav Frits tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 29th minute, Alay City's Innokentiy Dyuzhev dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. The supporters of Alay City booed when Legacy ♠ Flow was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emmanuil Mamaev didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 34th minute of the match Leonid Gorbachev sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rostislav Frits skillfully saved the ball. Felix Konovalov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Felix Konovalov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Innokentiy Dyuzhev to strike the kick off in the second half. When Mikhail Fortygin fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Legacy ♠ Flow's protests and gave Mikhail Fortygin a yellow card for diving instead. In the 55th minute, Mikhail Fortygin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 56 played minutes, Alay City's Leonid Gorbachev shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rostislav Frits came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Alay City reached it. 57 minutes into the match, Legacy ♠ Flow's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Konovalov came free, but Rostislav Frits reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 59 minutes, Emmanuil Mamaev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Legacy ♠ Flow and the Alay City players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 59 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Legacy ♠ Flow! Felix Konovalov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rostislav Frits read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 65th minute of play. Rostislav Frits made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Konovalov in the 66th minute of play. Felix Konovalov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rostislav Frits having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Innokentiy Dyuzhev in the 74th minute of play forced Legacy ♠ Flow's goalkeeper Rostislav Frits to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aleksandr Alekseenko was shown his second yellow card after 78 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of Legacy ♠ Flow booed when Alay City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksandr Alekseenko didn't get a good kick on the ball. Legacy ♠ Flow's Roman Pestov got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 83 minutes into the match, Roman Pestov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aleksey Holodnyi. Alay City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Roman Pestov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. When Roman Pestov came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Legacy ♠ Flow 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 Roman Pestov couldn't finish the play. In the 92nd minute Pavel Kits shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksey Holodnyi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Roman Pestov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 95 minutes, Rodion Lavrentev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Legacy ♠ Flow and the Alay City players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 95th minute, Rodion Lavrentev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Alay City had won after a very even match.