League Play-Off

Stadion Novomoskovsk
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. Potap Artemev started the match with the kick off. Danila Avdeev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Petr Getmanov made a huge save. Nikolay Dorodnyh's late challenge caught a Kaluga FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nikolay Dorodnyh helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Novomoskovsk's Nikolay Dorodnyh got a free kick in the 4th minute. Stepan Balbatun came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by Kaluga FC's Aleksey Maslov. But to his dismay, Aleksey Maslov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Petr Getmanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Potap Artemev, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Aleksey Maslov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stepan Balbatun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gerasim Alekseev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aleksey Maslov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Stepan Balbatun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 21st match minute, Novomoskovsk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Irakliy Shubin to maneuver through the defense. 24 minutes into the match, Novomoskovsk's goal looked a bit too open when Gerasim Alekseev came free, but Stepan Balbatun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aleksey Maslov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stepan Balbatun having to interfere. A collision led to Novomoskovsk getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Yuriy Loginov hit a great ball. After 30 played minutes Novomoskovsk got a freekick which was hit by Matvey Govorov. After recieving a nice pass, Kaluga FC's Eduard Tuftin tried to score from far away in the 31st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 34 minutes of play, Kaluga FC's Gerasim Alekseev made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stepan Balbatun was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 38th minute Gerasim Alekseev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stepan Balbatun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anatoliy Gorbachovskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Petr Getmanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Potap Artemev, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Gerasim Alekseev made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Kaluga FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Anatoliy Gorbachovskiy hit a great ball. After having played for 66 minutes, Potap Artemev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Novomoskovsk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Potap Artemev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Kaluga FC getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Timur Kalitvintsev hit a great ball. If Potap Artemev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Gerasim Alekseev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stepan Balbatun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aleksey Maslov in the 73rd minute. In the 80th minute, Kaluga FC's Eduard Tuftin seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Eduard Tuftin the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Kaluga FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Eduard Tuftin had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Stepan Balbatun was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and Aleksey Maslov capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Aleksey Maslov really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. Danila Avdeev might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Petr Getmanov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Danila Avdeev ran back to his position shaking his head. After 96 minutes of play, Novomoskovsk's Potap Artemev made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Petr Getmanov was left in no man's land by his defense there!