League Play-Off

Stadion Khabarovsk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vladislav Melehov got the match started through his kick off. Sergey Eliseev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yaroslav Beltsev in the 3rd minute of play. Mark Reztsov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sergey Eliseev having to interfere. After 7 minutes, Vitaliy Goldshtein mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Khabarovsk FC and the Nizhnevartovsk FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mark Reztsov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Sergey Eliseev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vladislav Melehov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 18 played minutes Nizhnevartovsk FC got a freekick which was hit by Arkadiy Burguchev. Yaroslav Beltsev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yaroslav Beltsev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Khabarovsk FC's Valeriy Veits got a free kick in the 25th minute. In the 32nd minute, Rustam Chislenko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nizhnevartovsk FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Vladislav Melehov 33 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. Vladislav Melehov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Boris Horoshunov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikolay Klyuzhev having to interfere. 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 1-0.

In the 52nd minute Vladislav Melehov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikolay Klyuzhev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 54th play minutes Vladislav Melehov shot 2-0, a short shot which went by Nikolay Klyuzhev and just under the crossbar into goal. Mark Reztsov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sergey Eliseev having to interfere. Yaroslav Beltsev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vitaliy Goldshtein hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Nizhnevartovsk FC's Yan Bukov couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Khabarovsk FC. Mark Reztsov scored 2-1 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sergey Eliseev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nikolay Klyuzhev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Boris Horoshunov, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Nizhnevartovsk FC's zone, Boris Horoshunov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nikolay Klyuzhev came out of the goal and Boris Horoshunov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Nizhnevartovsk FC's zone, Vladislav Melehov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nikolay Klyuzhev came out of the goal and Vladislav Melehov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladislav Melehov in the 84th minute of play forced Nizhnevartovsk FC's goalkeeper Nikolay Klyuzhev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th minute, Yaroslav Beltsev 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. Boris Horoshunov struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Nikolay Klyuzhev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Khabarovsk FC. Vladislav Melehov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikolay Klyuzhev having to interfere. Khabarovsk FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Nizhnevartovsk FC for a fine match.