League Play-Off

Stadion Izhevsk
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute, Yuriy Khokhlov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th minute, Rudolf Favorskiy 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. In the 11th match minute, Izhevsk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artem Morfessi to maneuver through the defense. Dmitriy Stukov's late challenge caught a Ussuriysk FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dmitriy Stukov helped the player get up and apologised. After 14 played minutes Izhevsk FC got a freekick which was hit by Dmitriy Stukov. After a defensive mix-up in Ussuriysk FC's zone, Pahom Trofimov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sergey Aguzarov came out of the goal and Pahom Trofimov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Pahom Trofimov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 30th minute Mark Yuhvidov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikhail Mischihin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rudolf Favorskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rudolf Favorskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mikhail Mischihin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rudolf Favorskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mark Yuhvidov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Mikhail Mischihin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Izhevsk FC's Mikhail Mischihin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mark Yuhvidov in the 46th minute of play. Mark Yuhvidov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mark Yuhvidov was the one to do the kick off. Sergey Aguzarov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pahom Trofimov, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. After some careless play in the Ussuriysk FC defense, Pavel Mamonov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sergey Aguzarov. The Ussuriysk FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sergey Aguzarov should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Ussuriysk FC's zone, Pavel Mamonov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sergey Aguzarov came out of the goal and Pavel Mamonov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sergey Aguzarov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pahom Trofimov in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 65th minute, Dmitriy Stukov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ussuriysk FC's Mark Yuhvidov got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 74th minute Pavel Mamonov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergey Aguzarov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pahom Trofimov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sergey Aguzarov having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Pahom Trofimov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sergey Aguzarov was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Pahom Trofimov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sergey Aguzarov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. Pavel Mamonov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sergey Aguzarov having to interfere. 91 minutes into the match, Izhevsk FC's goalkeeper Mikhail Mischihin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rudolf Favorskiy. In the 93rd minute, Matvey Borisov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 97th minute, Ussuriysk FC's Mark Yuhvidov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mikhail Mischihin. Mikhail Mischihin yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.