League Play-Off

Seversk
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rustam Poletov kicked off to start the match. Vyacheslav Arhipov hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After 5 played minutes Surgut FC got a freekick which was hit by Evgeniy Notkin. In the 5th minute, German Papirenko sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Surgut FC's May Marich didn't even have to move. May Marich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rustam Poletov in the 7th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the match, Innokentiy Katagoschin notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Surgut FC's May Marich. May Marich was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Surgut FC's Dmitriy Ratakhin in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Seversk FC's goalie prevented a goal. Dmitriy Ratakhin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Denis Patushinskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilya Kostomarov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Denis Patushinskiy having to interfere. Evgeniy Notkin's late challenge caught a Seversk FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Evgeniy Notkin helped the player get up and apologised. Evgeniy Notkin hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. German Papirenko shot from long distance in the 24th minute, but May Marich was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. If Innokentiy Katagoschin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 28 minutes into the match, Surgut FC's goalkeeper May Marich had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Innokentiy Katagoschin. Innokentiy Katagoschin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Seversk FC's Rustam Poletov got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 33rd minute Ivan Skripilin suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Surgut FC's Evgeniy Notkin got his second yellow card of the match in the 33rd minute. The referee ordered Evgeniy Notkin off the ground. German Papirenko, 36 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Mikhail Kutenkov hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Innokentiy Katagoschin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. May Marich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 46th minute the ball was on its way in behind Seversk FC's goalkeeper Denis Patushinskiy, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dmitriy Ratakhin was the one to do the kick off. Dmitriy Ratakhin's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Denis Patushinskiy firmly grabbed it by the left post. 60 minutes into the match, Seversk FC's goalkeeper Denis Patushinskiy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dmitriy Ratakhin. In the 68th minute, Dmitriy Ratakhin 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. After having played for 69 minutes, Anton Andreevskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Surgut FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anton Andreevskiy 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 80th minute, Mikhail Kutenkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 85 played minutes Surgut FC got a freekick which was hit by Dmitriy Ratakhin. May Marich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Innokentiy Katagoschin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Seversk FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.