League Play-Off

Kazan
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Yakov Bublikov made the kick off and thus started the match. Lavrentiy Prusakov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yakov Bublikov's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. In the 5th minute, David Simonyan 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. Yakov Bublikov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lavrentiy Prusakov came out and tried to block the shot, but Yakov Bublikov slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 6th minute. David Simonyan scored 2-0 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lavrentiy Prusakov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dmitriy Lobanovskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitaliy Simush in the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Georgiy Strazhnikov made a precise shot to the right of Dmitriy Lobanovskiy. Kazan FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Vitaliy Simush fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dmitriy Lobanovskiy having to interfere. Vitaliy Simush struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Dmitriy Lobanovskiy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Abakan. Dmitriy Lobanovskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Georgiy Strazhnikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yakov Bublikov in the 33rd minute of play forced Abakan's goalkeeper Lavrentiy Prusakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. David Simonyan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dmitriy Lobanovskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitaliy Simush in the 42nd minute of the match. When Vitaliy Simush came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Abakan 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 Vitaliy Simush couldn't finish the play. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind Abakan's goalkeeper Lavrentiy Prusakov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

After a rather tough play, Kazan FC's Yakov Bublikov got a free kick in the 52nd minute. In the 55th minute, Ilya Bakhmin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Abakan getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Vsevolod Agalov hit a great ball. 60 minutes into the match, Abakan's goal looked a bit too open when Yakov Bublikov came free, but Lavrentiy Prusakov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. David Simonyan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Lavrentiy Prusakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lavrentiy Prusakov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yakov Bublikov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 72ndth minute of the game David Simonyan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Abakan's Lavrentiy Prusakov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. David Simonyan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Lavrentiy Prusakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilya Bakhmin hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. In the 93rd minute David Simonyan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lavrentiy Prusakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 94th minute, Ruslan Komarov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. David Simonyan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Lavrentiy Prusakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kazan FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.