League Play-Off

Stadion Orsk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ilya Ananin took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 9th minute, Denis Shilov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 11 minutes in the game Sergey Kirilichev after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Vladislav Murodov. A very good opportunity. If Ilya Ananin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sergey Pchelinov charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sergey Pchelinov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 25th match minute, Ussuriysk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergey Pchelinov to maneuver through the defense. Gennadiy Pisannyi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Vladislav Murodov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27thth minute of the game German Romanov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ussuriysk's Vladislav Murodov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 34 minutes, Leonid Afanasenko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ussuriysk and the Orsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 34th match minute, Ussuriysk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonid Afanasenko to maneuver through the defense. German Romanov hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Vladislav Murodov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from German Romanov in the 37th minute of play. Vladislav Murodov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gennadiy Pisannyi in the 38th minute. Ilya Ananin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rudolf Adrianov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and German Romanov made a kick off. Gennadiy Pisannyi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Orsk's Ilya Borisenko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ilya Ananin in the 60th minute of play. Marat Motkin took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 63rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Vladislav Murodov. Ussuriysk's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 69 minutes into the game, German Romanov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Vladislav Murodov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ilya Borisenko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rudolf Adrianov in the 77th minute. In the 85th minute, Ilya Ananin 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. If German Romanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 95 minutes, Gennadiy Pisannyi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Orsk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gennadiy Pisannyi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Orsk were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Ussuriysk for a fine match.