League Play-Off

Dzerzhinsk
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) 5 minutes into the match, Elektrostal's Grigoriy Gorodetskiy sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Miroslav Luzhkov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eduard Zaitsev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marat Nosov's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. Stanislav Strelkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eduard Zaitsev having to interfere. A collision led to Dzerzhinsk FC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Stanislav Strelkov hit a great ball. Arseniy Eizenshtein fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Miroslav Luzhkov having to interfere. Marat Nosov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 34th match minute, Elektrostal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gleb Frize to maneuver through the defense. 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.

In the 53rd minute, Elektrostal's Arseniy Eizenshtein dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. After a rather tough play, Elektrostal's Georgiy Kulakovskiy got a free kick in the 58th minute. The audience was convinced that Marat Nosov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eduard Zaitsev was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. The corner ended in Roman Simonov almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Elektrostal's Eduard Zaitsev did a great save. Eduard Zaitsev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marat Nosov, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Grigoriy Gorodetskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot. Elektrostal's supporters rose to their feet, but Grigoriy Gorodetskiy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Miroslav Luzhkov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Arseniy Eizenshtein had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 74 minutes into the match, Dzerzhinsk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Grigoriy Gorodetskiy came free, but Miroslav Luzhkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eduard Zaitsev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marat Nosov in the 76th minute of the match. Arseniy Eizenshtein came free with the goalkeeper in the 78th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Miroslav Luzhkov could save by the left post. Miroslav Luzhkov was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Grigoriy Gorodetskiy showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 82 minute of play. The supporters of Elektrostal booed when Dzerzhinsk FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladimir Trefilov didn't get a good kick on the ball.