League Play-Off

Kemerovo
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to Kemerovo getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Boris Prozorov hit a great ball. After having played for 6 minutes, Filipp Yasnogor managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kemerovo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Filipp Yasnogor was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rasul Petrov's late challenge caught a Kemerovo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rasul Petrov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 13th match minute, Kemerovo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boris Prozorov to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute of the match Borislav Bryunin shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Georgiy Kovtun showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Filipp Yasnogor fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egor Schepetov having to interfere. Aleksey Akulov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Georgiy Kovtun having to interfere. Kemerovo's Georgiy Kovtun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vitaliy Nikolaev in the 27th minute of play. After 28 minutes, Konstantin Zhuikov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kemerovo and the Novomoskovsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. If Konstantin Zhuikov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 37 minutes into the match, Novomoskovsk's goalkeeper Egor Schepetov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Filipp Yasnogor. Egor Schepetov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fedor Gizyuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. After a rather tough play, Novomoskovsk's Vladislav Sakhibullin got a free kick in the 39th minute. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by Novomoskovsk's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Denis Sedelnikov was slow to take the kick. During this time Kemerovo's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Kemerovo's Stepan Shatanov getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. When Filipp Yasnogor came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Kemerovo 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 Filipp Yasnogor couldn't finish the play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

If Fedor Gizyuk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Borislav Bryunin's late challenge caught a Kemerovo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Borislav Bryunin helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Novomoskovsk getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Borislav Bryunin hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Novomoskovsk's Arkadiy Faizullin got a free kick in the 64th minute. When Filipp Yasnogor came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Kemerovo 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 Filipp Yasnogor couldn't finish the play. In the 71st minute, Konstantin Zhuikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 72 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Novomoskovsk's Aleksey Akulov fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. A collision led to Novomoskovsk getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Borislav Bryunin hit a great ball. 75 minutes into the match, Kemerovo's Denis Sedelnikov broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. 78 minutes into the match, Kemerovo's goal looked a bit too open when Aleksey Akulov came free, but Georgiy Kovtun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Egor Schepetov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fedor Gizyuk's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. Georgiy Kovtun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aleksey Akulov, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Georgiy Kovtun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aleksey Akulov, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. If Aleksey Akulov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vitaliy Nikolaev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Georgiy Kovtun having to interfere. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.