League Play-Off

Stadion Kamyshin
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Igor Golubev got the match started through his kick off. Kamyshin FC's Miroslav Leonidov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vasiliy Smirin in the 6th minute of play. In the 7th match minute, Kolomna FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konstantin Borzov to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute Vasiliy Smirin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miroslav Leonidov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 25 played minutes Kamyshin FC got a freekick which was hit by Grigoriy Grebennikov. Fedot Teplov charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fedot Teplov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Vasiliy Smirin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Miroslav Leonidov having to interfere. Rodion Legchak might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Miroslav Leonidov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rodion Legchak ran back to his position shaking his head. 36 minutes into the game, Oleg Gazimagomedov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kamyshin FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kolomna FC the free kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in Kamyshin FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 36th minute. Penalty! In the 38th minute there was a penalty for Kolomna FC. Nikolay Lapin stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Miroslav Leonidov. 0-2. If Vasiliy Smirin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Vasiliy Smirin in the 51st minute of play forced Kamyshin FC's goalkeeper Miroslav Leonidov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yaroslav Haluev's late challenge caught a Kolomna FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yaroslav Haluev helped the player get up and apologised. In the 65th minute, Yaroslav Haluev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rodion Legchak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Miroslav Leonidov having to interfere. A well placed Rodion Legchak short distance shot in the 73rd minute ended with a hard ball which without a chance for the goalkeeper went staright up into the goalkeepers left cross. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Igor Golubev in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Andrey Sibiryakov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Konstantin Borzov kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. The audience cheered when Oleg Gazimagomedov's long shot passed Andrey Sibiryakov's right side. It was 1-3, 84 minutes into the match. In the 91st minute, Igor Golubev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kamyshin FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. After a rather tough play, Kolomna FC's Rodion Legchak got a free kick in the 95th minute. Kolomna FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.