League Play-Off

Noyabrsk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vadim Bessonov took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Noyabrsk's Yuliy Sazonov got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 11th minute, Fedor Vanifatev sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Noyabrsk's Roman Sitnikov didn't even have to move. Roman Sitnikov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruslan Ponomarenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Matvey Shantarovich hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Gleb Kalganov's late challenge caught a Kursk's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gleb Kalganov helped the player get up and apologised. Fedor Vanifatev shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Matvey Dronov scored 2-0 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ignat Bukashkin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Vadim Bessonov came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Noyabrsk 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 Vadim Bessonov couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Noyabrsk's zone, Ruslan Ponomarenko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roman Sitnikov came out of the goal and Ruslan Ponomarenko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Arkadiy Chapaev's late challenge caught a Kursk's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arkadiy Chapaev helped the player get up and apologised. After 39 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Noyabrsk! The referee gave Kursk a penalty, 42 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Fedor Vanifatev, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Noyabrsk's Roman Sitnikov. 2-1. Ruslan Ponomarenko hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Albert Potapenko made a kick off. Ignat Bukashkin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matvey Dronov in the 55th minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, Ruslan Ponomarenko notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Noyabrsk's Roman Sitnikov. Roman Sitnikov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 64 played minutes Kursk got a freekick which was hit by Vasiliy Larionov. Matvey Dronov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Albert Potapenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Albert Potapenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Matvey Dronov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ignat Bukashkin having to interfere. If Matvey Dronov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ruslan Ponomarenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Roman Sitnikov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 85th minute Albert Potapenko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Sitnikov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Albert Potapenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ignat Bukashkin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matvey Dronov in the 93rd minute of the match. In the 94th minute Vadim Bessonov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ignat Bukashkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Albert Potapenko managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kursk's supporters rose to their feet, but Albert Potapenko was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Roman Sitnikov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.