League Play-Off

Stadion Sochi
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vasiliy Evstafiev started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, Nikita Evseev got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Zinoviy Bulavko stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nikita Evseev's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. Vasiliy Evstafiev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Moisey Bachev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Igor Boyarkin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Sochi FC getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Fedor Sergeichev hit a great ball. When Aleksey Pozdyshev fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sochi FC's protests and gave Aleksey Pozdyshev a yellow card for diving instead. In the 23rd match minute, Sochi FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aleksey Pozdyshev to maneuver through the defense. Moisey Bachev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vasiliy Evstafiev's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. Zinoviy Bulavko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Boyarkin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dmitriy Sagadaev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 33rdth minute of the game Igor Boyarkin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sochi FC's Zinoviy Bulavko was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Zinoviy Bulavko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Boyarkin in the 35th minute of the match. Nikita Evseev might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zinoviy Bulavko. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nikita Evseev ran back to his position shaking his head. Dmitriy Sagadaev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Arzamas FC's Dmitriy Sagadaev got a free kick in the 47th minute. Vasiliy Evstafiev was extremely unlucky when he, in the 48th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Igor Boyarkin made the kick off in the second half. Sochi FC's Eduard Myasnikov got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduard Myasnikov in the 55th minute of play forced Arzamas FC's goalkeeper Moisey Bachev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 56 minutes into the match, Arzamas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vasiliy Evstafiev came free, but Moisey Bachev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Eduard Myasnikov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Moisey Bachev was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. 58 minutes into the match, Eduard Myasnikov notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Arzamas FC's Moisey Bachev. Moisey Bachev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 67 minutes, Eduard Myasnikov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sochi FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eduard Myasnikov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Boyarkin in the 76th minute of play forced Sochi FC's goalkeeper Zinoviy Bulavko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduard Myasnikov in the 78th minute of play forced Arzamas FC's goalkeeper Moisey Bachev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Lev Kadyshevskiy fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Arzamas FC's protests and gave Lev Kadyshevskiy a yellow card for diving instead. After 83 minutes Arzamas FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Fedor Sergeichev who took care of the corner kick. 84 minutes into the match, Sochi FC's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Boyarkin came free, but Zinoviy Bulavko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zinoviy Bulavko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Boyarkin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd minute, Nikita Evseev made a precise shot to the right of Zinoviy Bulavko. Sochi FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2.