League Play-Off

Stadion Novy Urengoy
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Nikita Alekseev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitaliy Bogdanov having to interfere. Artem Fastovets took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petr Kudryavtsev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lipetsk's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vadim Haprov was slow to take the kick. During this time Novy Urengoy's players had a chance to rest. After 18 played minutes Stanislav Rakhlevskiy rounded Lipetsk's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. Boris Musiyuk hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. In the 27th match minute, Novy Urengoy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vyacheslav Tretyakov to maneuver through the defense. In the 30th minute, Stanislav Rakhlevskiy 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. After 32 minutes, Timofey Tsvey mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Novy Urengoy and the Lipetsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Novy Urengoy's Timofey Tsvey got a free kick in the 32nd minute. If Stanislav Rakhlevskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pavel Belozerov hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. After 45 played minutes Novy Urengoy got a freekick which was hit by Maksim Korolev. The audience was convinced that Stanislav Rakhlevskiy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vitaliy Bogdanov was relentless in the 49th minute of the game. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Petr Kudryavtsev stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Artem Fastovets took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petr Kudryavtsev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 54 played minutes Novy Urengoy got a freekick which was hit by Timofey Tsvey. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Boris Musiyuk during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Boris Musiyuk hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Nikita Alekseev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 64th minute, Boris Musiyuk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Nikita Alekseev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Artem Fastovets showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petr Kudryavtsev in the 72nd minute of the match. The supporters of Lipetsk booed when Novy Urengoy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maksim Korolev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Irakliy Mitnik sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Petr Kudryavtsev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Petr Kudryavtsev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Novy Urengoy's zone, Irakliy Mitnik stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Artem Fastovets came out of the goal and Irakliy Mitnik tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Novy Urengoy were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Lipetsk for a fine match.