League Play-Off

Stadion Angarsk
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. Valter Basak started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Samara defense, Emmanuil Zeidin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stepan Budnyi. The Samara fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stepan Budnyi should have stopped the shot. Kirill Savolskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Valter Basak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Valter Basak's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stepan Budnyi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. Yuriy Kapterev hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Stepan Budnyi made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Emmanuil Zeidin sent off a good shot on target. If Valter Basak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kirill Savolskiy hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Marat Kirnosov was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 24th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 28th minute, Arnold Akinfeev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ippolit Hizhnyi scored 1-1 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Afanasiy Chekalin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 33rd minute, Ippolit Hizhnyi 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. A collision led to Samara getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Eduard Bobylev hit a great ball. Stepan Budnyi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valter Basak's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Konstantin Astrakhanskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot. Samara's supporters rose to their feet, but Konstantin Astrakhanskiy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Afanasiy Chekalin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Afanasiy Chekalin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ippolit Hizhnyi went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. 44 minutes into the game, Yuriy Kapterev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Samara's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Angarsk the free kick. 43 minutes into the game, one of Samara:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 45 minutes, Angarsk's Ivan Pashanin got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Stepan Budnyi. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Konstantin Astrakhanskiy to strike the kick off in the second half. Fedor Bondarevskiy charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fedor Bondarevskiy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 55th match minute, Samara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fedor Bondarevskiy to maneuver through the defense. Afanasiy Chekalin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantin Astrakhanskiy in the 62nd minute of the match. Ippolit Hizhnyi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afanasiy Chekalin having to interfere. 71 minutes into the game, Stanislav Trofimov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Angarsk's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Samara the free kick. Stanislav Trofimov hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Ippolit Hizhnyi struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Afanasiy Chekalin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Samara. After 74 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Angarsk! Ippolit Hizhnyi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Angarsk's Afanasiy Chekalin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Konstantin Astrakhanskiy in the 81st minute of play. Afanasiy Chekalin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstantin Astrakhanskiy in the 85th minute of play. In the 86th minute, Sergey Ganushko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ippolit Hizhnyi scored 2-5 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Afanasiy Chekalin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ippolit Hizhnyi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afanasiy Chekalin having to interfere. Arnold Akinfeev's late challenge caught a Samara's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arnold Akinfeev helped the player get up and apologised. Arnold Akinfeev kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Marat Kirnosov got in the 96th minute a good position and tried a long shot which to a great surprise passed a very astonished Afanasiy Chekalin. This was a shot which ended in a score of 2-6. Samara's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.