League Play-Off

Nizhnekamsk
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Mikhail Kondrusevich started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute Mikhail Kondrusevich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yakov Dubov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 7th minute of the match Oleg Savin shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Grigoriy Rozhkov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Timofey Petruchik received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Grigoriy Rozhkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timofey Petruchik in the 13th minute of play forced Nizhnekamsk FC's goalkeeper Grigoriy Rozhkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gleb Vostretsov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 20 minutes into the game, Vitaliy Osipov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nizhnekamsk FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Engels the free kick. Mikhail Kondrusevich fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yakov Dubov having to interfere. Mikhail Kondrusevich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Engels getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Matvey Levandovskiy hit a great ball. After having played for 32 minutes, Vyacheslav Uvarov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nizhnekamsk FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vyacheslav Uvarov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vyacheslav Uvarov struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Yakov Dubov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Nizhnekamsk FC. After 39 played minutes Engels got a freekick which was hit by Matvey Levandovskiy. Vladimir Ozirnyi succeeded in the game's 40th minute to get real power on a long shot . Engels's Yakov Dubov hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 1-0! Mark Ryshkov kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. In the 45th minute, Filimon Simonov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gleb Vostretsov to make the kick off. Yakov Dubov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikhail Kondrusevich in the 54th minute of play. Aristarh Ageenkov kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Vladimir Ozirnyi, 56 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. With his leg Grigoriy Rozhkov managed to avoid a goal in the 62ndth minute, when Engels's Timofey Petruchik fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 63rd minute, Filimon Simonov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Nizhnekamsk FC's Vladimir Ozirnyi tried to score from far away in the 64th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Engels's Yakov Dubov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikhail Kondrusevich in the 66th minute of play. Mikhail Kondrusevich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Yakov Dubov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yakov Dubov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vyacheslav Uvarov in the 72nd minute of play. Matvey Levandovskiy hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Yakov Dubov came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Nizhnekamsk FC's Mikhail Kondrusevich. But to his dismay, Mikhail Kondrusevich quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. The supporters of Engels booed when Nizhnekamsk FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arseniy Firsov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 87 minutes Nizhnekamsk FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Oleg Savin who took care of the corner kick. After 88 minutes, Vyacheslav Uvarov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nizhnekamsk FC and the Engels players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 88 played minutes Nizhnekamsk FC got a freekick which was hit by Vyacheslav Uvarov. In the 89th minute, Oleg Savin 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gleb Vostretsov in the 91st minute of play forced Nizhnekamsk FC's goalkeeper Grigoriy Rozhkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 94 played minutes Engels got a freekick which was hit by Matvey Levandovskiy. Nizhnekamsk FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Engels for a fine match.