League Play-Off

Redditch Stadium
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Aleksey Rusakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Varlam Potemin in the 12th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filimon Prosenko in the 14th minute of play forced Pittsburgh Kazaks's goalkeeper Aleksey Rusakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aleksey Rusakov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Varlam Potemin, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. After a rather tough play, Pittsburgh Kazaks's Nikolay Ryzhov got a free kick in the 17th minute. The audience was convinced that Filimon Prosenko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksey Rusakov was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Aleksey Rusakov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filimon Prosenko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aleksey Rusakov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Filimon Prosenko's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. Filimon Prosenko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksey Rusakov having to interfere. David Florenskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rostislav Palashkin in the 28th minute of the match. The supporters of Pittsburgh Kazaks booed when Downton FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kirill Shevchuk didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 36 minutes Downton FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Anatoliy Semenov who took care of the corner kick. Anatoliy Semenov made a great header on Pittsburgh Kazaks's corner, it was just that Downton FC's David Florenskiy managed to reach the ball for a save. Filimon Prosenko scored 0-2 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aleksey Rusakov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Varlam Potemin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Aleksey Rusakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Vyacheslav Belenko came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the Pittsburgh Kazaks 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 Vyacheslav Belenko couldn't finish the play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Filimon Prosenko to make the kick off. After some careless play in the Downton FC defense, Nikolay Ryzhov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Florenskiy. The Downton FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Florenskiy should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Vyacheslav Belenko managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pittsburgh Kazaks's supporters rose to their feet, but Vyacheslav Belenko was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. David Florenskiy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Aleksey Rusakov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Varlam Potemin in the 58th minute. Filimon Prosenko 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. Varlam Potemin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksey Rusakov having to interfere. Vyacheslav Belenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. David Florenskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 68 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Downton FC! Varlam Potemin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A hard shot 84 in the game by Varlam Potemin from a close distance when the talented Aleksey Rusakov managed to make a qualified save. Pittsburgh Kazaks's players were relieved. Filimon Prosenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Filimon Prosenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 91st match minute, Pittsburgh Kazaks was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikolay Ryzhov to maneuver through the defense. Instead of passing the ball, David Korogodin made a really hard long shot towards goal. Pittsburgh Kazaks's Aleksey Rusakov realized he got lucky when he saw the ball passing the outside of the left post. After 95 played minutes Pittsburgh Kazaks got a freekick which was hit by Nikolay Ryzhov. 96 minutes into the match, Pittsburgh Kazaks's goal looked a bit too open when Filimon Prosenko came free, but Aleksey Rusakov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 98 minutes into the game, Downton FC's Varlam Potemin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aleksey Rusakov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. Downton FC played a much better game than Pittsburgh Kazaks and deserved their victory. The Pittsburgh Kazaks players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.