League Play-Off

Leninsk-Kuznetsky
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ivan Timashov kicked off to start the match. Oleg Karpuhin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Vladimir Smirnov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Konstantin Yastrebov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Vladimir Smirnov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Murmansk's Vladimir Smirnov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Murmansk from getting a goal against them. When Mikhail Erasov fell near the penalty area in the 13th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Leninsk-Kuznetsky's protests and gave Mikhail Erasov a yellow card for diving instead. Mikhail Erasov kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the game, Oleg Karpuhin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Leninsk-Kuznetsky's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Murmansk the free kick. In the 20th minute, Oleg Karpuhin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantin Yastrebov in the 22nd minute of play forced Murmansk's goalkeeper Vladimir Smirnov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Konstantin Yastrebov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Vladimir Smirnov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Oleg Karpuhin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vladimir Smirnov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstantin Yastrebov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vladimir Smirnov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Oleg Karpuhin in the 34th minute. Timur Kambulenko kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. 48 minutes into the match, Leninsk-Kuznetsky's goal looked a bit too open when Timofey Aksenov came free, but Trifon Kuksov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Konstantin Yastrebov to make the kick off. If Konstantin Yastrebov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 54 played minutes, Leninsk-Kuznetsky's Albert Afinogenov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Vladimir Smirnov came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Leninsk-Kuznetsky reached it. Timur Kambulenko took the ball and in the 57 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vladimir Smirnov. Vladimir Smirnov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Vladimir Smirnov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Oleg Karpuhin went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. David Osipov hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. In the 69th minute Konstantin Yastrebov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vladimir Smirnov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vladimir Smirnov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstantin Yastrebov in the 75th minute of play. Vladimir Smirnov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oleg Karpuhin, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Vladimir Smirnov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Konstantin Yastrebov, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 80th minute, Oleg Karpuhin 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. When Leninsk-Kuznetsky's Oleg Karpuhin, in the 83rd minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Leninsk-Kuznetsky. David Osipov's late challenge caught a Leninsk-Kuznetsky's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Osipov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 91st minute, David Osipov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oleg Karpuhin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Trifon Kuksov didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 97th minute, which inside left pole to 3-2.