League Play-Off

Kurgan
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Mikhail Kondrusevich made the kick off and thus started the match. After 3 played minutes Nizhnekamsk FC got a freekick which was hit by Stepan Entov. Vyacheslav Uvarov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Felix Nazemnov having to interfere. Felix Nazemnov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vyacheslav Uvarov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Egor Savenko scored 1-0 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Grigoriy Rozhkov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mikhail Kondrusevich scored 1-1 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Felix Nazemnov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mark Ryshkov during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 24th minute, Mark Ryshkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Nikita Konetskiy took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Grigoriy Rozhkov to make any attempt to save it. Timur Hrebestsov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Grigoriy Rozhkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Egor Savenko put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Grigoriy Rozhkov. Timur Hrebestsov might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Grigoriy Rozhkov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Timur Hrebestsov ran back to his position shaking his head. Mikhail Kondrusevich hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Timur Hrebestsov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kurgan HC's supporters rose to their feet, but Timur Hrebestsov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Grigoriy Rozhkov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 46th minute of the game. One of Kurgan HC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Nizhnekamsk FC:s goal. The referee gave Nizhnekamsk FC a penalty, 48 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Vladimir Ozirnyi, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Kurgan HC's Felix Nazemnov. 3-2. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

The wind increased when Timur Hrebestsov made the kick off in the second half. Felix Nazemnov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikhail Kondrusevich, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Egor Savenko in the 60th minute of play forced Nizhnekamsk FC's goalkeeper Grigoriy Rozhkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Felix Nazemnov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikhail Kondrusevich in the 61st minute of the match. Egor Savenko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Grigoriy Rozhkov having to make a save. After 66 played minutes Kurgan HC got a freekick which was hit by Matvey Muradyants. Felix Nazemnov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikhail Kondrusevich, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Felix Nazemnov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikhail Kondrusevich, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Timur Hrebestsov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Egor Savenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Grigoriy Rozhkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arseniy Firsov kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Timur Hrebestsov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kurgan HC's supporters rose to their feet, but Timur Hrebestsov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Grigoriy Rozhkov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Grigoriy Rozhkov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Egor Savenko's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. If Mikhail Kondrusevich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. During the 96th minute of the match Mark Ryshkov completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Mark Ryshkov a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Mark Ryshkov kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Kurgan HC had won after a very even match.