League Play-Off

Stadion Yakutsk
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. Rustam Pristavkin started the match with the kick off. Ivan Dubovskoy charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ivan Dubovskoy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ivan Dubovskoy hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. In the 6th minute, Arseniy Bergovin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 9 minutes, Timur Evseev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Yakutsk HC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Timur Evseev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Timur Evseev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Viktor Shashkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Rustam Pristavkin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Timur Evseev took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Sergey Bobylev to make any attempt to save it. In the 31st minute, Veniamin Shamuzafarov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zhukovsky fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. A collision led to Yakutsk HC getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Arseniy Bergovin hit a great ball. Rustam Pristavkin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Veniamin Shamuzafarov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Antonov having to interfere. In the 45th minute, Matvey Chaika hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Veniamin Shamuzafarov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Antonov having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Timur Evseev made the kick off in the second half. The attack was good, but when Rustam Pristavkin in the 56th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Sergey Bobylev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viktor Shashkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kirill Buznikin charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kirill Buznikin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 62nd minute, Kirill Buznikin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yakutsk HC's Timur Evseev got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 65 minutes of play, Yakutsk HC's Viktor Shashkov made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sergey Bobylev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zhukovsky's Sergey Bobylev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timur Evseev in the 74th minute of play. If Viktor Shashkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Konstantin Antonov made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Veniamin Shamuzafarov sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Yakutsk HC getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Roman Arhipov hit a great ball. Rustam Pristavkin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Antonov having to interfere. Yakutsk HC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.