League Play-Off

Zlatoust
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Rostislav Gusakovskiy started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Kopeysk's Danil Matorin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Kopeysk from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Kopeysk's Konstantin Talankin got a free kick in the 7th minute. Elisey Grishechkin hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. After 14 played minutes, Zlatoust FC's Petr Tarakanov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Danil Matorin came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Zlatoust FC reached it. If Vyacheslav Bulgakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dmitriy Dikovskiy 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. If Vyacheslav Bulgakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 20 minutes, Konstantin Talankin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kopeysk and the Zlatoust FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Danil Matorin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vyacheslav Bulgakov's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. A collision led to Zlatoust FC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Konstantin Gordeev hit a great ball. 34 minutes into the game, Nil Andryushkin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Zlatoust FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kopeysk the free kick. Nil Andryushkin kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Danil Popovskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rostislav Gusakovskiy in the 37th minute of play. Danil Popovskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matvey Smirnov in the 38th minute of play. Vyacheslav Bulgakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Danil Matorin having to interfere. 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.

Rostislav Gusakovskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Danil Popovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Kopeysk booed when Zlatoust FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Konstantin Gordeev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rostislav Gusakovskiy struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Danil Popovskiy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Kopeysk. 56 minutes into the match, Vyacheslav Bulgakov notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Kopeysk's Danil Matorin. Danil Matorin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Zlatoust FC's Igor Zarezaev got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Matvey Smirnov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Danil Popovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Konstantin Talankin was shown his second yellow card after 70 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Danil Matorin came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Zlatoust FC's Vyacheslav Bulgakov. But to his dismay, Vyacheslav Bulgakov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind Zlatoust FC's goalkeeper Danil Popovskiy, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Vyacheslav Bulgakov succeeded in the game's 87th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-0. Kopeysk's Matvey Smirnov got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.