League Play-Off

Prokopyevsk
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) When Barnaul's Arkadiy Hubiev in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Prokopyevsk FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 4th minute, Ippolit Kovtunov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 5th minute, Arkadiy Hubiev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Igor Goncharenko was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Igor Goncharenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Irakliy Semenov, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Gleb Alhimenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Petr Belousov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Igor Goncharenko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkadiy Hubiev in the 19th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Prokopyevsk FC's zone, Arkadiy Hubiev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Igor Goncharenko came out of the goal and Arkadiy Hubiev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Igor Goncharenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiy Hubiev, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. After a defensive mix-up in Prokopyevsk FC's zone, Arkadiy Hubiev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Igor Goncharenko came out of the goal and Arkadiy Hubiev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 37th minute, Irakliy Semenov made a precise shot to the right of Igor Goncharenko. Prokopyevsk FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. If Arkadiy Hubiev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Irakliy Semenov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Igor Goncharenko having to make a save. After 48 minutes of play, Barnaul's Arkadiy Hubiev made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Igor Goncharenko was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Nikolay Plastinin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 60 played minutes Barnaul got a freekick which was hit by Pavel Aboltin. When Gleb Alhimenko came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Prokopyevsk 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 Gleb Alhimenko couldn't finish the play. If Nikolay Plastinin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Irakliy Semenov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Goncharenko having to interfere. In the 68th minute Arkadiy Hubiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Goncharenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Irakliy Semenov scored 0-4 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Igor Goncharenko, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 83 minutes into the match, Nikolay Plastinin notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Barnaul's Petr Belousov. Petr Belousov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 86th match minute, Barnaul was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vladimir Dogonin to maneuver through the defense. Irakliy Semenov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Igor Goncharenko having to make a save. After 94 minutes of play, Prokopyevsk FC's Nikolay Plastinin made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Petr Belousov was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Barnaul players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.