League Play-Off

MELEN SC
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Braian Rodríguez kicked off to start the match. Zachary Piwowarski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roman Uvarov in the 7th minute of play. Melenky FC's Sergey Kapkaev suffered a sore thigh after 15 minutes and couldn't finish the game. When Vadim Avakov fell near the penalty area in the 15th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC 2 October's protests and gave Vadim Avakov a yellow card for diving instead. Melenky FC made a substitution. Egor Medvedev replaced Sergey Kapkaev. In the 16th minute, Vadim Avakov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC 2 October's Egor Urazov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Braian Rodríguez in the 18th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Rustam Blinov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zachary Piwowarski was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. 22 minutes into the match, Melenky FC's goal looked a bit too open when Roman Uvarov came free, but Zachary Piwowarski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by Melenky FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Artem Averchenko was slow to take the kick. During this time FC 2 October's players had a chance to rest. Artem Averchenko made a great header on FC 2 October's corner, it was just that Melenky FC's Zachary Piwowarski managed to reach the ball for a save. FC 2 October were furious when Maksim Shishkarev was red carded, 26 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In a very dangerous position, a player in FC 2 October fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 26th minute. Penalty! FC 2 October:s Egor Urazov showed great skill when he stopped Dmitriy Goldberg:s penalty. Rustam Blinov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Zachary Piwowarski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Braian Rodríguez scored 2-0 in the 48th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Egor Urazov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The wind increased when Rustam Blinov made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Melenky FC's Egor Medvedev got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Dmitriy Goldberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egor Urazov having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Braian Rodríguez in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Egor Urazov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Egor Urazov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Braian Rodríguez in the 63rd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Melenky FC's zone, Rustam Blinov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zachary Piwowarski came out of the goal and Rustam Blinov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. FC 2 October's Efim Soloviev was substituted for Rustam Blinov. Efim Soloviev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zachary Piwowarski having to interfere. Zachary Piwowarski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Efim Soloviev in the 74th minute. In the 77th minute, Boris Chigirinskiy got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Zachary Piwowarski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Efim Soloviev in the 80th minute of the match. Georgiy Makarskiy hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 86th minute, FC 2 October's Efim Soloviev ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Zachary Piwowarski. Zachary Piwowarski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Egor Urazov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ivan Wennerquist's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. When the match clock showed 92 minutes, the score became 4-1 when Ivan Wennerquist sped through FC 2 October's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Egor Urazov. For all the effort they put into the match, the FC 2 October players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Melenky FC.