League Play-Off

Stadion Kislovodsk
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Novomoskovsk FC's Vladislav Dichkovskiy started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladislav Dichkovskiy in the 3rd minute of play forced Kislovodsk FC's goalkeeper Stepan Magdenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pavel Lihachev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 10 minutes, Artem Zubkov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kislovodsk FC and the Novomoskovsk FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Artem Zubkov hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Artem Zubkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Dmitriy Sharmanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Pavel Lihachev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stepan Magdenko was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. 15 minutes into the game, Felix Turuhin recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Dmitriy Sharmanov. Felix Turuhin showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Pavel Leonidov kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Stepan Magdenko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladislav Dichkovskiy in the 19th minute of play. Pavel Lihachev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vladislav Dichkovskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 23rd minute, Felix Turuhin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 25 minutes, Pavel Lihachev made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Kislovodsk FC's Stepan Magdenko tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Konstantin Autlev fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Novomoskovsk FC's protests and gave Konstantin Autlev a yellow card for diving instead. Kirill Zheurov hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Stepan Magdenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladislav Dichkovskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kirill Zheurov was the one to do the kick off. Dmitriy Sharmanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Artem Zubkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladislav Dichkovskiy in the 61st minute of play forced Kislovodsk FC's goalkeeper Stepan Magdenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Artem Zubkov struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Dmitriy Sharmanov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Kislovodsk FC. The goalkeeper, Stepan Magdenko, was totally fooled by Novomoskovsk FC's Vyacheslav Hrapov, who 68 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. When Vladislav Dichkovskiy came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the Novomoskovsk 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 Vladislav Dichkovskiy couldn't finish the play. 73 minutes into the game, Dmitriy Snitsar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kislovodsk FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Novomoskovsk FC the free kick. The supporters of Novomoskovsk FC booed when Kislovodsk FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dmitriy Snitsar didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 78 minutes of play, Kislovodsk FC's Kirill Zheurov made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dmitriy Sharmanov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kislovodsk FC's Pavel Leonidov got his second yellow card of the match in the 88th minute. The referee ordered Pavel Leonidov off the ground. A collision led to Kislovodsk FC getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Pavel Leonidov hit a great ball. After having played for 90 minutes, Vladislav Dichkovskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Novomoskovsk FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vladislav Dichkovskiy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vladislav Dichkovskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stepan Magdenko having to interfere. Vladislav Dichkovskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pavel Lihachev succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-3 in the 96th playminute.