League Play-Off

Salavat
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Konstantin Takhtamirov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Felix Ananskiy in the 4th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aleksey Torsunov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Felix Korystov's late challenge caught a Kamyshin FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Felix Korystov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 8th minute, Petr Baibakov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Andrey Voronov was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. A collision led to Salavat getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Denis Tabakov hit a great ball. Aleksey Torsunov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Ananskiy in the 25th minute of play. After some careless play in the Salavat defense, Konstantin Takhtamirov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aleksey Torsunov. The Salavat fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aleksey Torsunov should have stopped the shot. Konstantin Takhtamirov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksey Torsunov having to interfere. When Felix Ananskiy came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Kamyshin FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Felix Ananskiy couldn't finish the play. Timofey Bokser fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andrey Voronov having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Salavat's zone, Felix Ananskiy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aleksey Torsunov came out of the goal and Felix Ananskiy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 40 minutes, Timofey Bokser managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Salavat's supporters crossed their fingers, but Timofey Bokser was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Petr Baibakov made a kick off. Petr Baibakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andrey Voronov having to interfere. 55 minutes into the match, Kamyshin FC's goal looked a bit too open when Timofey Bokser came free, but Andrey Voronov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute Timofey Bokser shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrey Voronov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petr Baibakov in the 59th minute of play forced Kamyshin FC's goalkeeper Andrey Voronov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andrey Voronov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petr Baibakov in the 61st minute of the match. 69 minutes into the game, Timofey Bokser cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Andrey Voronov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 76 minutes, Petr Baibakov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Salavat's supporters crossed their fingers, but Petr Baibakov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aleksey Torsunov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantin Takhtamirov in the 80th minute of the match. In the 82nd minute, Stepan Kulagin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Petr Baibakov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Salavat's supporters rose to their feet, but Petr Baibakov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Andrey Voronov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Timofey Bokser had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Salavat's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.