League Play-Off

Stadion Novotroitsk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Stepan Korsukov kicked off to start the match. Seversk FC's Vladimir Konovalov pulled a muscle in his back after 2 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Anton Nosov charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anton Nosov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 3rd minute, Anton Nosov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 4 minutes into the game, Seversk FC's Stepan Korsukov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Petr Suprun made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Anatoliy Zolottsev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emmanuil Krizhevskiy in the 9th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stepan Korsukov in the 10th minute of play forced Novotroitsk's goalkeeper Petr Suprun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anatoliy Zolottsev made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Emmanuil Krizhevskiy sent off a good shot on target. Seversk FC's Anatoliy Zolottsev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emmanuil Krizhevskiy in the 17th minute of play. After 21 minutes, Irakliy Gredin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Seversk FC and the Novotroitsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ruslan Shunulin got free with Anatoliy Zolottsev in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Ruslan Shunulin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emmanuil Krizhevskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anatoliy Zolottsev having to interfere. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 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. Emmanuil Krizhevskiy was the one to do the kick off. Emmanuil Krizhevskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stepan Korsukov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Petr Suprun having to interfere. Anatoliy Zolottsev came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by Novotroitsk's Emmanuil Krizhevskiy. But to his dismay, Emmanuil Krizhevskiy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Stanislav Surovikin hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. 75 minutes into the match, Emmanuil Krizhevskiy notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Seversk FC's Anatoliy Zolottsev. Anatoliy Zolottsev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ruslan Shunulin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anatoliy Zolottsev having to interfere. 81 minutes into the match, Seversk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ruslan Shunulin came free, but Anatoliy Zolottsev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anatoliy Zolottsev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ruslan Shunulin in the 84th minute of play. Emmanuil Krizhevskiy struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Anatoliy Zolottsev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Novotroitsk. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Emmanuil Krizhevskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot. Novotroitsk's supporters rose to their feet, but Emmanuil Krizhevskiy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anatoliy Zolottsev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ruslan Shunulin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Novotroitsk walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.