League Play-Off

Stadion Sterlitamak
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. Igor Yasaveev started the match with the kick off. 2 minutes into the match, Achinsk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Petr Filippov came free, but Felix Amosov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lev Dryanitsyn received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Felix Amosov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Felix Amosov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lev Dryanitsyn in the 9th minute. When the match clock showed 12 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Boris Pushkin sped through Sterlitamak's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Egor Kashirin. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Lev Dryanitsyn managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sterlitamak's supporters rose to their feet, but Lev Dryanitsyn was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Felix Amosov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Petr Filippov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Sergey Baibekov kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. When Fedor Zhdanov fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Achinsk FC's protests and gave Fedor Zhdanov a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Achinsk FC's Fedor Zhdanov got a free kick in the 27th minute. Lev Dryanitsyn scored 1-1 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Felix Amosov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 35 minutes into the match, Sterlitamak's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Yasaveev came free, but Egor Kashirin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th minute, Sterlitamak's Petr Filippov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Felix Amosov. Felix Amosov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lev Dryanitsyn got free with Felix Amosov in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Igor Yasaveev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egor Kashirin having to interfere. Boris Pushkin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egor Kashirin having to interfere. Igor Yasaveev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egor Kashirin having to interfere. 62 minutes into the match, Achinsk FC's Boris Pushkin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Egor Kashirin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petr Filippov in the 65th minute of play forced Achinsk FC's goalkeeper Felix Amosov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute of the match Sterlitamak got a corner. Achinsk FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ruslan Gulyga ran over to the corner to take the kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lev Dryanitsyn in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Felix Amosov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, Sterlitamak's Semen Konovalov got a free kick in the 73rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Boris Pushkin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Achinsk FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Boris Pushkin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Egor Kashirin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lev Dryanitsyn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 85th minute, Igor Yasaveev 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. In the 93rd minute Petr Filippov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felix Amosov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lev Dryanitsyn scored 3-1 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Felix Amosov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.