League Play-Off

Irkutsk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Fedor Kachinskiy made the kick off and thus started the match. With his leg Anton Gorbanovskiy managed to avoid a goal in the 5thth minute, when Irkutsk FC's Boris Vorontsov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 7th match minute, Irkutsk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arkadiy Volynin to maneuver through the defense. Anton Gorbanovskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fedor Kachinskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Irkutsk FC's Fedor Kachinskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 14th match minute, Irkutsk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arkadiy Igishev to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Irkutsk FC getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Ippolit Kalinichev hit a great ball. In the 16th minute, Aleksandr Egorenko sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Irkutsk FC's Dmitriy Ganelin didn't even have to move. Fedor Kachinskiy struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Anton Gorbanovskiy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Irkutsk FC. 22 minutes into the game, Aleksey Gurev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pervouralsk FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Irkutsk FC the free kick. The supporters of Irkutsk FC booed when Pervouralsk FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksey Gurev didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 24th minute, Boris Vorontsov 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. With a little luck, Pervouralsk FC's Anton Gorbanovskiy got control of the ball when Boris Vorontsov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 28th minute, Yuriy Melnikov 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. Fedor Kachinskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Irkutsk FC's Fedor Kachinskiy slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Anton Gorbanovskiy. That made the score 1-0 after 33 minutes of play. 37 minutes into the game, Arkadiy Volynin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Irkutsk FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pervouralsk FC the free kick. After 37 played minutes Irkutsk FC got a freekick which was hit by Arkadiy Volynin. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The wind increased when Yuriy Melnikov made the kick off in the second half. If Boris Vorontsov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anton Gorbanovskiy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fedor Kachinskiy's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. When Boris Vorontsov came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Irkutsk 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 Boris Vorontsov couldn't finish the play. Aleksandr Egorenko kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Fedor Kachinskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Boris Vorontsov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 61st match minute, Pervouralsk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aleksey Gurev to maneuver through the defense. Anton Gorbanovskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fedor Kachinskiy in the 62nd minute of play. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pervouralsk FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Parfen Agranovskiy was slow to take the kick. During this time Irkutsk FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Irkutsk FC's corner Parfen Agranovskiy fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Anton Gorbanovskiy quite easily take care of the ball. Denis Maryutin kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ippolit Kalinichev in the 69th minute of play forced Pervouralsk FC's goalkeeper Anton Gorbanovskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dmitriy Ganelin was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Boris Pakhomov. Fedor Kachinskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Anton Gorbanovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Pervouralsk FC getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Yuriy Tutov hit a great ball. Aleksandr Egorenko was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 83rd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that Boris Vorontsov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anton Gorbanovskiy was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Fedor Kachinskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 87th minute, Aleksey Gurev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Irkutsk FC's Boris Vorontsov got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 94 minutes of play, Irkutsk FC's Fedor Kachinskiy made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anton Gorbanovskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! There was no doubt that Irkutsk FC were the better team. Irkutsk FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.