League Play-Off

Stadion Blagoveshche
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, 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 Tsibulin started the match with the kick off. Dmitriy Bapov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emil Sysoletin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 5 minutes into the match, Blagoveshchensk's Aleksey Stolyarov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sergey Belov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Dmitriy Bapov came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Novokuybyshevsk FC's Yuriy Yudin. But to his dismay, Yuriy Yudin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to Novokuybyshevsk FC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Gordey Rusakov hit a great ball. Veniamin Volosov hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. After 22 played minutes, Blagoveshchensk's Kirill Antipenko shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sergey Belov 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 Blagoveshchensk reached it. In the 25th minute, Vasiliy Tsibulin reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sergey Belov. The goal made the score 1-1. Vasiliy Tsibulin scored 2-1 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sergey Belov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Vasiliy Tsibulin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 47th minute Yuriy Yudin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dmitriy Bapov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Emil Sysoletin made a kick off. Dmitriy Bapov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Sysoletin in the 52nd minute of play. A collision led to Blagoveshchensk getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Sergey Zaitsev hit a great ball. In the 55th minute, Blagoveshchensk's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Yuriy Yudin fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 56 minutes into the match, Emil Sysoletin dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dmitriy Bapov, 2-2. Dmitriy Bapov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Sysoletin in the 59th minute of play. After 59 played minutes Blagoveshchensk got a freekick which was hit by Sergey Zaitsev. Yuriy Yudin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dmitriy Bapov having to make a save. 72 minutes into the match, Blagoveshchensk's goalkeeper Dmitriy Bapov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yuriy Yudin. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leonid Huramshin during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Leonid Huramshin kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. After 79 minutes, Valeriy Belenko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Novokuybyshevsk FC and the Blagoveshchensk players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 90th minute, Emil Sysoletin 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. Yuriy Yudin took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dmitriy Bapov. Dmitriy Bapov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Novokuybyshevsk FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.