League Play-Off

Saratov
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Vitaliy Butyrskiy made the kick off and thus started the match. Dmitriy Barskiy's late challenge caught a FC Nalchik's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dmitriy Barskiy helped the player get up and apologised. In the 4th match minute, Saratov FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dmitriy Barskiy to maneuver through the defense. Pavel Schavelev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitaliy Butyrskiy in the 6th minute of the match. Pavel Schavelev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vitaliy Butyrskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Saratov FC's Pavel Schavelev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergey Yakushev in the 13th minute of play. In the 15thth minute of the game Vitaliy Butyrskiy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Saratov FC's Pavel Schavelev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. FC Nalchik's Iosif Kosterkin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save FC Nalchik from getting a goal against them. With his leg Iosif Kosterkin managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when Saratov FC's Konstantin Shabalin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The supporters of FC Nalchik booed when Saratov FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Afanasiy Nesterenko didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergey Yakushev in the 30th minute of play forced Saratov FC's goalkeeper Pavel Schavelev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Saratov FC's Pavel Schavelev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vitaliy Butyrskiy in the 31st minute of play. Iosif Kosterkin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maksim Golenovskiy's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. After a rather tough play, Saratov FC's Ivan Chiryasov got a free kick in the 40th minute. After a rather tough play, Saratov FC's Maksim Golenovskiy got a free kick in the 41st minute. In the 43rd minute of the match Konstantin Pitirimov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pavel Schavelev showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Pavel Schavelev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vitaliy Butyrskiy in the 44th minute of play. Pavel Schavelev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vitaliy Butyrskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Maksim Golenovskiy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, Saratov FC's goalkeeper Pavel Schavelev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sergey Yakushev. In the 58th minute, Afanasiy Nesterenko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Vitaliy Butyrskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 60 minutes, Maksim Golenovskiy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Saratov FC and the FC Nalchik players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 60th match minute, Saratov FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maksim Golenovskiy to maneuver through the defense. 62 minutes in the game, Vitaliy Butyrskiy fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Pavel Schavelev having to interfere. In the 65th minute Maksim Golenovskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iosif Kosterkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 67 played minutes FC Nalchik got a freekick which was hit by Yuliy Kopylenko. FC Nalchik's Iosif Kosterkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Konstantin Shabalin in the 72nd minute of play. FC Nalchik's Iosif Kosterkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Konstantin Shabalin in the 73rd minute of play. Pavel Schavelev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vitaliy Butyrskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Vitaliy Butyrskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pavel Schavelev having to interfere. Konstantin Pitirimov's late challenge caught a Saratov FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Konstantin Pitirimov helped the player get up and apologised. Konstantin Pitirimov kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Saratov FC's zone, Vitaliy Butyrskiy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pavel Schavelev came out of the goal and Vitaliy Butyrskiy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gleb Chernakov during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gleb Chernakov hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. FC Nalchik's Iosif Kosterkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dmitriy Barskiy in the 95th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded FC Nalchik left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Saratov FC.