League Play-Off

Stadion Kazan
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ernest Kulakov made the kick off which started today's match. Mikhail Loginov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonid Krugletsov having to interfere. Andrey Kuharenko charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Andrey Kuharenko the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Kazan booed when Rybinsk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrey Kuharenko didn't get a good kick on the ball. 7 minutes into the match, Rybinsk's goal looked a bit too open when Marat Odnokozov came free, but Leonid Krugletsov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute Marat Odnokozov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonid Krugletsov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10th minute of the match, Marat Odnokozov tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Leonid Krugletsov saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Mikhail Loginov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kazan's supporters rose to their feet, but Mikhail Loginov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonid Krugletsov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mikhail Loginov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Leonid Krugletsov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Anton Schelchkov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Grigoriy Petuhov was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Grigoriy Babkin during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 20 played minutes Rybinsk got a freekick which was hit by Grigoriy Babkin. Arseniy Belyaev charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arseniy Belyaev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Mikhail Loginov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ernest Kulakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grigoriy Petuhov having to interfere. Leonid Krugletsov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marat Odnokozov in the 36th minute of play. Anton Schelchkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Anton Schelchkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Grigoriy Petuhov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dmitriy Appolonov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marat Odnokozov to strike the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mikhail Loginov in the 55th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Leonid Krugletsov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Kazan getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Dmitriy Appolonov hit a great ball. Anton Schelchkov in the 61stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Grigoriy Petuhov, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 61st minute, Dmitriy Appolonov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mikhail Loginov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonid Krugletsov having to interfere. Kazan's Grigoriy Petuhov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernest Kulakov in the 79th minute of play. Marat Odnokozov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Leonid Krugletsov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 95 minutes into the match, Dmitriy Appolonov notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Rybinsk's Leonid Krugletsov. Leonid Krugletsov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. There was no doubt that Kazan were the better team. Kazan's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.