League Play-Off

Balashikha
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Andrey Gorchhanov made the kick off and thus started the match. Leonid Bilyaletdinov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Igor Vysotskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Gennadiy Bukievskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonid Bilyaletdinov in the 8th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Igor Vysotskiy 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. Vladimir Voronov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Artemiy Semenovskiy made a huge save. Andrey Gorchhanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Artemiy Semenovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th minute, Andrey Gorchhanov fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Gennadiy Bukievskiy came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Birobidzhan's Leonid Bilyaletdinov. But to his dismay, Leonid Bilyaletdinov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrey Gorchhanov in the 22nd minute of play forced Birobidzhan's goalkeeper Artemiy Semenovskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Igor Vysotskiy might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gennadiy Bukievskiy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Igor Vysotskiy ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 30th minute Igor Vysotskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gennadiy Bukievskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 37 minutes of play, Birobidzhan's Vsevolod Kundurov made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gennadiy Bukievskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 43 minutes, Vladimir Voronov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Balashikha FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vladimir Voronov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 47thth minute of the game Leonid Bilyaletdinov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Balashikha FC's Gennadiy Bukievskiy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Balashikha FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Birobidzhan were winning 0-2.

The wind increased when Igor Vysotskiy made the kick off in the second half. If Andrey Gorchhanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 53rd minute, Andrey Gorchhanov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Balashikha FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. The supporters of Birobidzhan booed when Balashikha FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sergey Golubev didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Igor Vysotskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 65thth minute of the game Andrey Gorchhanov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Birobidzhan's Artemiy Semenovskiy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Igor Vysotskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 76 minutes, Oleg Sundukov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Balashikha FC and the Birobidzhan players grew even worse after the yellow card. Oleg Sundukov kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After 88 played minutes Balashikha FC got a freekick which was hit by Vadim Andreev. Artemiy Semenovskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrey Gorchhanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute.