League Play-Off

Sakhalin Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Xie Cheng Xiao got the match started through his kick off. FC GAZprom's Artur Tyulenin was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but 曲强洋 in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With his leg 曲强洋 managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when FC GAZprom's Xie Cheng Xiao fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After having played for 14 minutes, Xie Cheng Xiao managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC GAZprom's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xie Cheng Xiao was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 16 minutes into the match, FC GAZprom's goal looked a bit too open when Gleb Elkibaev came free, but Anton Parov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 曲强洋 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xie Cheng Xiao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 20th minute, Bram Boonen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Esperance's 曲强洋 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Noah Gessen in the 22nd minute of play. 30 minutes into the game, Maksim Lobanovskiy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. 曲强洋 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gleb Elkibaev in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Anton Parov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Anton Parov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gleb Elkibaev's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. The audience was convinced that Gleb Elkibaev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anton Parov was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. In the 40thth minute of the game Xie Cheng Xiao who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Esperance's 曲强洋 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Maksim Lobanovskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. 曲强洋 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The FC GAZprom players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Esperance were winning 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gleb Elkibaev was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gleb Elkibaev got free with Anton Parov in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When FC GAZprom's Xie Cheng Xiao in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Esperance's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roy Engström in the 68th minute of play forced FC GAZprom's goalkeeper Anton Parov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 曲强洋 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maksim Lobanovskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th minute, Maksim Lobanovskiy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC GAZprom fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. 曲强洋 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Noah Gessen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC GAZprom made a substitution. Sergey Dorofeev replaced Ilya Derevschikov. FC GAZprom's Diego Salvagnin was substituted for Maksim Lobanovskiy. Xie Cheng Xiao kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After 79 played minutes FC GAZprom got a freekick which was hit by Diego Salvagnin. Sergey Dorofeev hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. 84 minutes into the match, FC GAZprom's goalkeeper Anton Parov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arkadiy Sitnik. 曲强洋 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xie Cheng Xiao in the 87th minute of play. FC GAZprom's Anton Parov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save FC GAZprom from getting a goal against them. Anton Parov made a fantastic save in the 97th minute, when Nikolay Adabir sent off a good shot on target. FC GAZprom succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Esperance had controlled the match.