League Play-Off

Stadion Sochi
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arkadiy Babitskiy took the kick off in the first half of the match. Yulian Papunov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkadiy Babitskiy in the 3rd minute of play. After 4 minutes, Ilya Kalashnikov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sochi FC and the Ukhta players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Sochi FC's Ilya Kalashnikov got a free kick in the 4th minute. Artur Abramov might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Prokl Kapliy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Artur Abramov ran back to his position shaking his head. After some careless play in the Sochi FC defense, Artur Abramov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Prokl Kapliy. The Sochi FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Prokl Kapliy should have stopped the shot. When Ukhta's Artur Abramov in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sochi FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 18th minute, Boris Chizhov 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. Artur Abramov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Prokl Kapliy having to make a save. Arkadiy Babitskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Yulian Papunov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Timofey Shuhov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Yulian Papunov having to make a save. Arkadiy Babitskiy's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Yulian Papunov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. Yulian Papunov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Timofey Shuhov in the 38th minute. Arkadiy Laevskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Arkadiy Babitskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 46th minute, Arkadiy Babitskiy 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. Timofey Shuhov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 48th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Boris Chizhov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, Sochi FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur Katanskiy to maneuver through the defense. 54 minutes into the game, Artur Abramov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Prokl Kapliy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 66th minute, Artur Katanskiy 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. Arkadiy Babitskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ukhta's Yulian Papunov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timofey Shuhov in the 69th minute of play. After having played for 73 minutes, Artur Abramov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ukhta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Artur Abramov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Sochi FC booed when Ukhta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marat Smirenkin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Artur Abramov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Prokl Kapliy having to interfere. Yulian Papunov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timofey Shuhov in the 90th minute of play. Vasiliy Karpuhin kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Yulian Papunov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timofey Shuhov in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 96th match minute, Ukhta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavel Konstantinov to maneuver through the defense. The Ukhta players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.