League Play-Off

Stadion Kostroma
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Daniil Rubashkin took the kick off in the first half of the match. Demyan Abramovich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Zula Karbowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stanislav Noskov kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Lazar Panov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkadiy Bestemyanov in the 6th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, lipetsk's goal looked a bit too open when Demyan Abramovich came free, but Zula Karbowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lazar Panov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wlodzimierz Dziuma went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Arkadiy Bestemyanov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 23 minutes into the match, Pain's goal looked a bit too open when Wlodzimierz Dziuma came free, but Lazar Panov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in lipetsk's zone, David Volkonskiy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zula Karbowski came out of the goal and David Volkonskiy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, lipetsk's Valeriy Kekcheev got a free kick in the 30th minute. After having played for 31 minutes, Demyan Abramovich managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pain's supporters crossed their fingers, but Demyan Abramovich was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the Pain defense, Wlodzimierz Dziuma kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lazar Panov. The Pain fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lazar Panov should have stopped the shot. When Wlodzimierz Dziuma came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the lipetsk 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 Wlodzimierz Dziuma couldn't finish the play. Arkadiy Bestemyanov took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lazar Panov. Lazar Panov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. The Pain players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. lipetsk were winning 0-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arkadiy Bestemyanov was the one to do the kick off. The lipetsk fans' excitement grew in the 51st match minute when lipetsk's Wlodzimierz Dziuma looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 61 minutes into the match, Arkadiy Bestemyanov dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Lazar Panov, 0-6. Lazar Panov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arkadiy Bestemyanov in the 68th minute. Arkadiy Bestemyanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 77 minutes into the game, Konstantin Dityatin threw the ball into play from the sideline. Pain's Ilya Barashko quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 79th minute, Arkadiy Bestemyanov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The lipetsk fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. In the 82nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Pain's goalkeeper Lazar Panov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Wlodzimierz Dziuma had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 88 minutes into the match, Pain's goal looked a bit too open when Wlodzimierz Dziuma came free, but Lazar Panov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 91st minute, Valeriy Kekcheev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 93rd minute Daniil Rubashkin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zula Karbowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The lipetsk players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.