League Play-Off

Nizhnekamsk
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Boris Varlamov kicked off to start the match. In the 5th minute Boris Varlamov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konstantin Rebrov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Boris Varlamov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mikhail Kochergin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Pavel Izmailov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Boris Varlamov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Rebrov having to interfere. Ippolit Dymov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 15th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Konstantin Rebrov. Nizhnekamsk's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Konstantin Rebrov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boris Varlamov in the 16th minute of the match. Mikhail Kochergin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pavel Izmailov having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Irkutsk FC's Ilya Zabeivorota got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Mikhail Rossomakhin's late challenge caught a Irkutsk FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mikhail Rossomakhin helped the player get up and apologised. After 24 played minutes Nizhnekamsk got a freekick which was hit by Mikhail Rossomakhin. Timofey Semashkevich recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Timofey Semashkevich took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Pavel Izmailov to make any attempt to save it. In the 33rd minute, Timofey Semashkevich ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pavel Izmailov was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Pavel Izmailov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikhail Kochergin, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. After 38 played minutes Irkutsk FC got a freekick which was hit by Mark Bergelson. Danil Aksenov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Pavel Izmailov made a huge save. Konstantin Rebrov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Danil Vysotskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mikhail Kochergin to strike the kick off in the second half. Konstantin Rebrov didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Irkutsk FC's Danil Vysotskiy shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 57th minute, Mikhail Kochergin 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 Semashkevich might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pavel Izmailov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Timofey Semashkevich ran back to his position shaking his head. Timofey Semashkevich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Pavel Izmailov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 65th minute Mikhail Kochergin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pavel Izmailov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pavel Izmailov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikhail Kochergin in the 70th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mikhail Kochergin in the 71st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pavel Izmailov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, Irkutsk FC's Mark Bergelson got a free kick in the 72nd minute. In the 73rd minute, Timofey Semashkevich 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. 74 minutes into the game, Denis Tsibulin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Irkutsk FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Nizhnekamsk the free kick. After a rather tough play, Irkutsk FC's Denis Tsibulin got a free kick in the 74th minute. Konstantin Rebrov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Boris Varlamov, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Denis Tsibulin hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Nizhnekamsk's David Gurev tried to score from far away in the 86th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. A collision led to Irkutsk FC getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Yuliy Pshishihovskiy hit a great ball. David Gurev came free in the 90th minute and tried to tip the ball over Pavel Izmailov, but to the joy of Irkutsk FC's supporters the ball hit the crossbar and out. Irkutsk FC's Pavel Izmailov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikhail Kochergin in the 94th minute of play. Nizhnekamsk were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Irkutsk FC for a fine match.