League Play-Off

Stadion Ekaterinburg
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lev Lobanov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ekaterinburg FC's Danila Zinchenko got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dmitriy Abduragimov kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Adolf Dubenskiy during the 12th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 12th minute, Adolf Dubenskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Korolev FC's Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy got control of the ball when Semen Mitryukovskiy tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rudolf Nekrasov hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. 31 minutes into the match, Ekaterinburg FC's goal looked a bit too open when German Khokhlov came free, but Elisey Yakushin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. German Khokhlov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 36th minute German Khokhlov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elisey Yakushin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elisey Yakushin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from German Khokhlov in the 40th minute of the match. 42 minutes into the match, Ekaterinburg FC's goal looked a bit too open when German Khokhlov came free, but Elisey Yakushin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, Ekaterinburg FC's goal looked a bit too open when German Khokhlov came free, but Elisey Yakushin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Danila Zinchenko to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the game, Maksim Ozeritskiy was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ekaterinburg FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Korolev FC the free kick. Maksim Ozeritskiy hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. 62 minutes into the match, Ekaterinburg FC's goalkeeper Elisey Yakushin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by German Khokhlov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Danila Zinchenko in the 64th minute of play forced Korolev FC's goalkeeper Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danila Zinchenko in the 67th minute of play. Danila Zinchenko took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy. Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Lev Lobanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elisey Yakushin having to interfere. Semen Mitryukovskiy struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ekaterinburg FC. In the 78thth minute of the game Danila Zinchenko who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Korolev FC's Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Semen Mitryukovskiy took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy. Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danila Zinchenko in the 84th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Danila Zinchenko in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy saved Korolev FC from getting behind. Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Semen Mitryukovskiy in the 90th minute of the match. 95 minutes into the game, Danila Zinchenko cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Dmitriy Dmitrevskiy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Ekaterinburg FC had won after a very even match.