League Play-Off

Otkrytie Arena
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Efim Chernichenko kicked off to start the match. Ahmet Ege Yaruk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oleg Primakov, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 4th match minute, Nakhodka FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maksim Repev to maneuver through the defense. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Spartak Chelyabinsk's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gennadiy Golozhinskiy was slow to take the kick. During this time Nakhodka FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Gennadiy Golozhinskiy almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Spartak Chelyabinsk's Valentin Arbenin did a great save. In the 10th minute, Gennadiy Gerdt made a precise shot to the right of Ahmet Ege Yaruk. Nakhodka FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gennadiy Gerdt in the 18th minute of play forced Nakhodka FC's goalkeeper Ahmet Ege Yaruk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lukas Kurz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 24 minutes, Maksim Repev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nakhodka FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Maksim Repev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Petr Frolov kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Efim Chernichenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Valentin Arbenin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 36 minutes into the match, Nakhodka FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nikita Anurov came free, but Ahmet Ege Yaruk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lukas Kurz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Valentin Arbenin having to make a save. The supporters of Nakhodka FC booed when Spartak Chelyabinsk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Petr Frolov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nakhodka FC's Lukas Kurz got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lukas Kurz in the 44th minute of play forced Spartak Chelyabinsk's goalkeeper Valentin Arbenin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 46 minutes Spartak Chelyabinsk's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gennadiy Golozhinskiy who took care of the corner kick.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gennadiy Gerdt to make the kick off. Ahmet Ege Yaruk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gennadiy Gerdt in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 54th minute Gennadiy Gerdt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmet Ege Yaruk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ahmet Ege Yaruk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oleg Primakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ahmet Ege Yaruk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gennadiy Gerdt, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Efim Chernichenko struck a weak shot in the 59th minute. Valentin Arbenin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Nakhodka FC. Ahmet Ege Yaruk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gennadiy Gerdt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th match minute, Nakhodka FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Suvorov to maneuver through the defense. Ahmet Ege Yaruk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gennadiy Gerdt in the 68th minute of play. In the 69th minute, Maksim Repev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Maksim Repev got free with Valentin Arbenin in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Spartak Chelyabinsk getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Artem Kravchuk hit a great ball. Denis Kalmyk hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Ahmet Ege Yaruk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oleg Primakov in the 77th minute of the match. Ahmet Ege Yaruk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gennadiy Gerdt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ahmet Ege Yaruk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gennadiy Gerdt in the 83rd minute of play. Ahmet Ege Yaruk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikita Anurov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nakhodka FC's Ahmet Ege Yaruk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gennadiy Gerdt in the 85th minute of play. In the 87th minute, Nikita Anurov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ahmet Ege Yaruk was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Nakhodka FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.