League Play-Off

Stadion Kopeysk
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aleksey Moiseev got the match started through his kick off. Konstantin Purikordov hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. In the 5th minute Lev Buzov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Veniamin Votrogov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Veniamin Votrogov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lev Buzov in the 8th minute of the match. If Aleksey Moiseev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lev Buzov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With an all-out effort, Kopeysk's Veniamin Votrogov threw himself towards the right post 22 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lev Buzov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 26th minute Lev Buzov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Veniamin Votrogov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roman Makalyutin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Mikhail Bilenkin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roman Makalyutin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Mikhail Bilenkin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 42 minutes into the match, Aleksey Moiseev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mikhail Bilenkin. Kopeysk's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aleksey Moiseev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 47th minute, Danila Tentevitskiy fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Veniamin Votrogov, passed just outside the right post. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Roman Makalyutin got free with Mikhail Bilenkin in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 55 played minutes Ussuriysk got a freekick which was hit by Valentin Shashmurin. In the 56th minute of the match Marat Abdulaev sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Veniamin Votrogov skillfully saved the ball. When Danila Tentevitskiy came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Kopeysk 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 Danila Tentevitskiy couldn't finish the play. Roman Makalyutin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mikhail Bilenkin having to interfere. The supporters of Ussuriysk booed when Kopeysk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Albert Kuraev didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 64 minutes, Aleksey Moiseev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ussuriysk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aleksey Moiseev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 65th minute, Marat Abdulaev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mikhail Bilenkin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksey Moiseev in the 70th minute of the match. A collision led to Ussuriysk getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Filimon Mirzoev hit a great ball. Aleksey Moiseev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Mikhail Bilenkin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Danila Tentevitskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Veniamin Votrogov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lev Buzov's shot from short distance in the 86th minute.