League Play-Off

Kuznetsk
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pavel Alov got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Ilya Libusov recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Boris Stashevskiy. Ilya Libusov showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Zinoviy Kozaderov missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 8 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Gennadiy Semin right hand side. 9 minutes into the match, Matvey Efremov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gennadiy Semin. Leninsk-Kuznetsky FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Matvey Efremov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Ilya Libusov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Boris Stashevskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Leninsk-Kuznetsky FC booed when Biysk FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Igor Korzhov didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vladimir Burov got free with Boris Stashevskiy in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 19th minute, Vladimir Burov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Boris Stashevskiy was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. After some careless play in the Biysk FC defense, Aleksey Evdokimov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Boris Stashevskiy. The Biysk FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Boris Stashevskiy should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vladimir Burov got free with Boris Stashevskiy in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Boris Stashevskiy managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when Leninsk-Kuznetsky FC's Vladimir Burov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Biysk FC's Boris Stashevskiy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Biysk FC from getting a goal against them. Vladimir Burov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boris Stashevskiy having to interfere. Pavel Alov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Boris Stashevskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladimir Burov in the 41st minute of play. Gennadiy Semin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikita Konstantinov in the 48th minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nikita Konstantinov made a kick off. When Leninsk-Kuznetsky FC's Sergey Ivanov in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Biysk FC's goalie prevented a goal. Vladimir Burov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 56 minutes into the game, Igor Korzhov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Biysk FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Leninsk-Kuznetsky FC the free kick. In the 56th match minute, Biysk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Korzhov to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Biysk FC's zone, Vladimir Burov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Boris Stashevskiy came out of the goal and Vladimir Burov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 64th minute, Pavel Alov 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. In the 65th minute Vladimir Burov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Boris Stashevskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th minute, Nikita Konstantinov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gennadiy Semin. The goal made the score 5-2. Leninsk-Kuznetsky FC's Gennadiy Semin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Leninsk-Kuznetsky FC from getting a goal against them. Boris Stashevskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergey Ivanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. 78 minutes into the match, Biysk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Aleksey Evdokimov came free, but Boris Stashevskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, Biysk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vladimir Burov came free, but Boris Stashevskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 81 minutes into the game, Leninsk-Kuznetsky FC's Vladimir Burov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Boris Stashevskiy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-2. Boris Stashevskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladimir Burov in the 84th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergey Ivanov in the 86th minute of play forced Biysk FC's goalkeeper Boris Stashevskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes into the match, Vladimir Burov notched a goal, 7-2, to the right of Biysk FC's Boris Stashevskiy. Boris Stashevskiy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Pavel Alov took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Boris Stashevskiy. Boris Stashevskiy dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-2. There was no doubt that Leninsk-Kuznetsky FC were the better team. Leninsk-Kuznetsky FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.