League Play-Off

Stadion Naberezhnye
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Denis Pobedin made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute, Artur Belosludtsev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Denis Pobedin, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 8 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Boris Manilov was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. When the match clock showed 10 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Danil Stotskiy sped through Samara FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Boris Manilov. With a little luck, Samara FC's Boris Manilov got control of the ball when Danil Stotskiy tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 16th minute Konstantin Dobrinskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Pakhomov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Denis Pobedin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Boris Manilov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Denis Pobedin succeeded in the game's 20th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. After 25 minutes, Aleksandr Klimenko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Naberezhnye Chelny and the Samara FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 39 minutes into the match, Naberezhnye Chelny's goal looked a bit too open when Matvey Fedotov came free, but Roman Pakhomov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Samara FC's Illarion Kotov got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Afanasiy Arshavin was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 42nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Boris Manilov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denis Pobedin, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Danil Stotskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Denis Pobedin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Matvey Fedotov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Konstantin Dobrinskiy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Roman Pakhomov made a huge save. Semen Savinskiy's late challenge caught a Samara FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Semen Savinskiy helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Samara FC booed when Naberezhnye Chelny was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Semen Savinskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Matvey Fedotov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Pakhomov having to interfere. 69 minutes into the match, Naberezhnye Chelny's Denis Pobedin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Boris Manilov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Danil Stotskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Denis Pobedin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boris Manilov having to interfere. With his leg Roman Pakhomov managed to avoid a goal in the 78thth minute, when Samara FC's Konstantin Dobrinskiy fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 81 minutes into the match, Samara FC's goal looked a bit too open when Danil Stotskiy came free, but Boris Manilov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 83 minutes into the game, Danil Stotskiy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Boris Manilov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 85th minute, Semen Savinskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Naberezhnye Chelny getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Semen Savinskiy hit a great ball. Naberezhnye Chelny's Danil Stotskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Naberezhnye Chelny fully deserved thier win.