League Play-Off

Arzamas
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Arzamas's Albert Butrov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Boris Belyavskiy in the 5th minute of play. Leonid Evseev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artur Zimin having to interfere. Artur Zimin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonid Evseev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Omsk's zone, Leonid Evseev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Artur Zimin came out of the goal and Leonid Evseev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Valentin Radishevskiy charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Valentin Radishevskiy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Valentin Radishevskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Artur Zimin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leonid Evseev's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. Timur Aksenov hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In the 23rd minute Boris Belyavskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Albert Butrov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Albert Panfilov fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Omsk's protests and gave Albert Panfilov a yellow card for diving instead. Albert Panfilov hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. 26 minutes into the game, Leonid Evseev recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Artur Zimin. Leonid Evseev showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Leonid Evseev to strike the kick off in the second half. Artur Zimin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonid Evseev, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. If Boris Belyavskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Arzamas's Maksim Yarohovich got a free kick in the 67th minute. After some careless play in the Omsk defense, Leonid Evseev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Artur Zimin. The Omsk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Artur Zimin should have stopped the shot. If Georgiy Hitrin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ivan Stashevskiy took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 80th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Artur Zimin. Omsk's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After having played for 90 minutes, Vsevolod Krzhizhanovskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Omsk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vsevolod Krzhizhanovskiy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 93 minutes into the match, Arzamas's goalkeeper Albert Butrov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Boris Belyavskiy. An unexpectedly hard shot by Georgiy Hitrin in the 99th minute of play forced Omsk's goalkeeper Artur Zimin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arzamas's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.