League Play-Off

Tver
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, 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. Aleksey Mamontov started the match with the kick off. Klim Garnysh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roman Semenov, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After 8 minutes, Ivan Agapeev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tver and the Murmansk FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 9th minute, Ivan Agapeev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 13thth minute of the game Aleksey Mamontov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tver's Rustam Korsunskiy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Tver defense, Aleksey Mamontov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rustam Korsunskiy. The Tver fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rustam Korsunskiy should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Murmansk FC getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Pavel Mikulskiy hit a great ball. Roman Semenov struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Klim Garnysh didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tver. When Nikita Zhbanov fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tver's protests and gave Nikita Zhbanov a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Tver's Nikita Zhbanov got a free kick in the 32nd minute. 34 minutes into the game, Maksim Chistov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Rustam Korsunskiy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 37 played minutes Tver got a freekick which was hit by Lev Kotlyarov. After having played for 39 minutes, Aleksey Mamontov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Murmansk FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aleksey Mamontov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tver's Rustam Korsunskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maksim Chistov in the 40th minute of play. Aleksey Mamontov 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. Klim Garnysh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roman Semenov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 47 minutes into the match, Tver's Nikita Zhbanov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Klim Garnysh narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Roman Semenov made the kick off in the second half. After 56 minutes, Lev Kotlyarov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tver and the Murmansk FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Aleksey Mamontov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rustam Korsunskiy read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 58th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Nikita Zhbanov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tver's supporters rose to their feet, but Nikita Zhbanov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Klim Garnysh breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tver's Rustam Korsunskiy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Tver from getting a goal against them. Klim Garnysh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roman Semenov in the 74th minute of the match. Tver's Rustam Korsunskiy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Tver from getting a goal against them. In the 79th minute Roman Semenov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Klim Garnysh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Pavel Mikulskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the game, Aleksey Mamontov recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Rustam Korsunskiy. Aleksey Mamontov showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-5. Klim Garnysh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikita Zhbanov in the 92nd minute of play. Pavel Mikulskiy's late challenge caught a Tver's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pavel Mikulskiy helped the player get up and apologised. Pavel Mikulskiy hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Roman Semenov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Klim Garnysh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Tver supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Murmansk FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Murmansk FC.