League Play-Off

Stadion Stavropol
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Yaroslav Kalugin took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 2 minutes, Zahar Reingard mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Stavropol FC and the Nevinnomyssk players grew even worse after the yellow card. Zahar Reingard hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. 3 minutes into the match, Stavropol FC's goal looked a bit too open when Efim Kalachev came free, but Gennadiy Agranovskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aleksandr Malinovkin made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Konstantin Ayupov sent off a good shot on target. Efim Kalachev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, Stavropol FC's Nikolay Lomakin got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 9th minute, Arseniy Durnov 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 11th minute, Viktor Degtyarev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ilya Volkov hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. When Ilya Volkov got the opportunity to take care of a free kick it resulted in a really dangerous shot that almost went in the goal. Instead the ball went too high, a missed opportunity for Nevinnomyssk. 14 minutes into the match, Nevinnomyssk's Ilya Volkov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gennadiy Agranovskiy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gennadiy Agranovskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ilya Volkov in the 16th minute of play. Ilya Volkov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gennadiy Agranovskiy having to make a save. Ilya Volkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gennadiy Agranovskiy having to interfere. Yaroslav Kalugin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksandr Malinovkin having to interfere. Gennadiy Agranovskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Efim Kalachev in the 30th minute of play. 31 minutes into the game, Marat Balkashin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nevinnomyssk's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Stavropol FC the free kick. After 31 played minutes Nevinnomyssk got a freekick which was hit by Marat Balkashin. After a defensive mix-up in Stavropol FC's zone, Ilya Volkov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gennadiy Agranovskiy came out of the goal and Ilya Volkov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gennadiy Agranovskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ilya Volkov in the 39th minute of play. After some careless play in the Stavropol FC defense, Efim Kalachev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gennadiy Agranovskiy. The Stavropol FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gennadiy Agranovskiy should have stopped the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

After a defensive mix-up in Stavropol FC's zone, Efim Kalachev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gennadiy Agranovskiy came out of the goal and Efim Kalachev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gennadiy Agranovskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ilya Volkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. After 61st play minutes Ilya Volkov shot 0-3, a short shot which went by Gennadiy Agranovskiy and just under the crossbar into goal. Ilya Volkov struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Gennadiy Agranovskiy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Nevinnomyssk. After having played for 69 minutes, Ilya Volkov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nevinnomyssk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ilya Volkov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Efim Kalachev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gennadiy Agranovskiy having to interfere. Ilya Volkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Gennadiy Agranovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Efim Kalachev might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gennadiy Agranovskiy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Efim Kalachev ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 80th match minute, Stavropol FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dmitriy Lavrentev to maneuver through the defense. In the 81st minute, Efim Kalachev 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ilya Volkov in the 85th minute of play forced Stavropol FC's goalkeeper Gennadiy Agranovskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Efim Kalachev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 86th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Aleksandr Malinovkin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstantin Ayupov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Stavropol FC's Gennadiy Agranovskiy got control of the ball when Efim Kalachev tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match was over Nevinnomyssk could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Stavropol FC throughout the match.