League Play-Off

Stadion Salavat
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vasiliy Bogdashevskiy kicked off to start the match. Yaroslav Pryakhin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vsevolod Felten took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 10th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Oleg Aksenov. Armavir HC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 14 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Salavat! Arseniy Marhasin charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arseniy Marhasin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Salavat's Arseniy Marhasin got a free kick in the 20th minute. Vasiliy Bogdashevskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yaroslav Pryakhin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Potap Yurchak having to make a save. With his leg Oleg Aksenov managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when Salavat's Vissarion Samohin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 32 minutes into the match, Salavat's goal looked a bit too open when Vasiliy Bogdashevskiy came free, but Potap Yurchak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Salavat's Vissarion Samohin got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Serafim Burdonskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Oleg Aksenov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. German Kruchin hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. 48 minutes had been played when some careless play by Salavat's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gennadiy Bregvadze was slow to take the kick. During this time Armavir HC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Artur Korolkov almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Salavat's Potap Yurchak did a great save.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Serafim Burdonskiy made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Armavir HC's Yaroslav Pryakhin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Potap Yurchak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Vasiliy Bogdashevskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Potap Yurchak having to interfere. Salavat's Potap Yurchak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Salavat from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Armavir HC getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Gennadiy Bregvadze hit a great ball. Vasiliy Bogdashevskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Potap Yurchak having to interfere. Potap Yurchak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yaroslav Pryakhin in the 70th minute. Yaroslav Pryakhin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 74th match minute, Armavir HC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur Korolkov to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Salavat's Albert Gerasimov tried to score from far away in the 75th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Salavat's Vissarion Samohin got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 79th minute, Yaroslav Pryakhin 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. 83 minutes into the match, Armavir HC's goal looked a bit too open when Serafim Burdonskiy came free, but Oleg Aksenov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. During the 86th minute of the match Arseniy Marhasin completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Arseniy Marhasin a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 87th match minute, Salavat was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arseniy Marhasin to maneuver through the defense. 91 minutes into the match, Yaroslav Pryakhin notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Salavat's Potap Yurchak. Potap Yurchak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Armavir HC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.