League Play-Off

Stadion Novokuybyshe
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Grigoriy Yashvil got the match started through his kick off. The audience was convinced that Vladislav Troshkin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eduard Haziakhmetov was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Eduard Haziakhmetov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albert Zubenko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Petr Utekhin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Grigoriy Kosinskiy made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Petr Utekhin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Novokuybyshevsk FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Petr Utekhin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Grigoriy Kosinskiy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Fedor Abibulaev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 19 minutes into the match, Kazan's Fedor Abibulaev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eduard Haziakhmetov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 21st minute, Timofey Afanasev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ernest Zhunusov was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 21st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. When Novokuybyshevsk FC's Grigoriy Yashvil in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kazan's goalie prevented a goal. Eduard Haziakhmetov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fedor Abibulaev in the 34th minute of play. A collision led to Novokuybyshevsk FC getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Pavel Haidurov hit a great ball. Novokuybyshevsk FC's Petr Utekhin came free and shot a quick shot against goal 42 minutes in the game, fortunately Grigoriy Kosinskiy had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Fedor Abibulaev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eduard Haziakhmetov having to interfere.

In the 51st minute, Timofey Afanasev 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. Fedor Askoldov's late challenge caught a Kazan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fedor Askoldov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 53rd minute, Fedor Askoldov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 54th minute Fedor Abibulaev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eduard Haziakhmetov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Matvey Bobko during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Matvey Bobko kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. After 57 minutes of play, Novokuybyshevsk FC's Grigoriy Yashvil made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Grigoriy Kosinskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vladislav Troshkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Eduard Haziakhmetov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fedor Abibulaev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Grigoriy Yashvil came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the Novokuybyshevsk FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Grigoriy Yashvil couldn't finish the play. Eduard Haziakhmetov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fedor Abibulaev in the 72nd minute of the match. Grigoriy Kosinskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grigoriy Yashvil in the 74th minute of play. After 75 minutes of play, Novokuybyshevsk FC's Petr Utekhin made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Grigoriy Kosinskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 82nd match minute, Novokuybyshevsk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Georgiy Belov to maneuver through the defense. 83 minutes into the match, Kazan's Ernest Zhunusov broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After some careless play in the Novokuybyshevsk FC defense, Albert Zubenko kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eduard Haziakhmetov. The Novokuybyshevsk FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eduard Haziakhmetov should have stopped the shot. In the 92nd minute Petr Utekhin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grigoriy Kosinskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grigoriy Kosinskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grigoriy Yashvil in the 96th minute of the match. Kazan's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.