League Play-Off

Stadion Arzamas
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mark Kazakov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Guriy Ozov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roman Rashkovskiy in the 3rd minute of the match. Maksim Donskih made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mark Kazakov in the 5th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Astrakhan FC's Valentin Kuzechkin got a free kick in the 6th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Nikolay Teterin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Arzamas FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Nikolay Teterin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Maksim Donskih breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Igor Iznoskov came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Arzamas FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Igor Iznoskov couldn't finish the play. When Eremey Bezborodov came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Arzamas FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eremey Bezborodov couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Roman Rashkovskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot. Astrakhan FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Roman Rashkovskiy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Guriy Ozov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mark Kazakov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Maksim Donskih tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th minute, Mark Kazakov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arzamas FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 20th minute, Arkadiy Bobrov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 25 minutes into the match, Arzamas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sergey Nikitin came free, but Guriy Ozov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 27 minutes of play, Astrakhan FC's Sergey Nikitin made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Guriy Ozov was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roman Rashkovskiy in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Guriy Ozov saved Arzamas FC from getting behind. After 31 minutes, Nikita Izosimov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Astrakhan FC and the Arzamas FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nikita Izosimov kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Arzamas FC's Guriy Ozov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergey Nikitin in the 34th minute of play. After 40 minutes of play, Arzamas FC's Igor Iznoskov made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maksim Donskih was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 45th minute, one of Astrakhan FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Astrakhan FC. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sergey Nikitin was the one to do the kick off. Maksim Donskih made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mark Kazakov in the 57th minute of play. 59 minutes into the game, Roman Rashkovskiy was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Astrakhan FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Arzamas FC the free kick. In the 59th minute, Roman Rashkovskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sergey Nikitin struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Guriy Ozov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Astrakhan FC. Maksim Donskih took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Iznoskov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Maksim Donskih made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Iznoskov in the 67th minute of play. Artem Deduh kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Roman Rashkovskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Guriy Ozov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mark Kazakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maksim Donskih having to interfere.