League Play-Off

Stadium Trud
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Timofey Kalachinskiy kicked off to start the match. When Rustam Bogdanov came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Yaroslavl 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 Rustam Bogdanov couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Rustam Bogdanov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ivan Baburov was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. In the 13th of the match, Timofey Kalachinskiy tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Valter Tashpulatov got in the way and made a wonderful save. After 17 minutes, Lev Shilov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Shakhovskaya 2013 and the Yaroslavl players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, FC Shakhovskaya 2013's Lev Shilov got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 20thth minute of the game Rustam Bogdanov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Shakhovskaya 2013's Ivan Baburov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Yuliy Mishin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Valter Tashpulatov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yuliy Mishin in the 26th minute. Yaroslavl's Valter Tashpulatov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Yaroslavl from getting a goal against them. After having played for 31 minutes, Rustam Bogdanov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Yaroslavl's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rustam Bogdanov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 33rd minute, Vitaliy Baluba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rustam Bogdanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Baburov having to interfere. Vitaliy Baluba kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ruben Bryksin was the one to do the kick off. Yuliy Mishin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After having played for 56 minutes, Yuliy Mishin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Shakhovskaya 2013's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yuliy Mishin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 70 minutes into the match, Timofey Kalachinskiy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Valter Tashpulatov. Yaroslavl's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Timofey Kalachinskiy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Valter Tashpulatov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timofey Kalachinskiy in the 75th minute of play. Rustam Bogdanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Baburov having to interfere. In the 83rd minute, FC Shakhovskaya 2013's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Rustam Bogdanov fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuliy Mishin in the 91st minute of play forced Yaroslavl's goalkeeper Valter Tashpulatov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Rustam Bogdanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The FC Shakhovskaya 2013 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Yaroslavl were clearly better and deserved to take the win.