League Play-Off

Stadion Velikie Luki
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vladimir Scherbakov got the match started through his kick off. Aleksey Tatushin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Zinoviy Romanin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Velikie Luki booed when Kiselevsk FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oleg Lobanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rustam Kapustin succeeded in the game's 5th minute to get real power on a long shot . Kiselevsk FC's Zinoviy Romanin hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 1-0! Aleksey Tatushin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zinoviy Romanin having to interfere. Arseniy Lyam received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Zinoviy Romanin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 14th minute, Velikie Luki's Evgeniy Plehanov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Zinoviy Romanin didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 22nd minute, which inside left pole to 4-0. After 28 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Kiselevsk FC! Rustam Kapustin shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Vladimir Scherbakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boris Sbotov having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arseniy Lyam got free with Zinoviy Romanin in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Aleksey Tatushin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zinoviy Romanin having to interfere. Evgeniy Plehanov kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aleksey Tatushin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 51 minutes, Vladimir Scherbakov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kiselevsk FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vladimir Scherbakov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vladimir Scherbakov charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vladimir Scherbakov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Kiselevsk FC getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Vladimir Scherbakov hit a great ball. Oleg Lobanov hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Kiselevsk FC's zone, Aleksey Tatushin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zinoviy Romanin came out of the goal and Aleksey Tatushin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Anton Ohlobystin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Boris Sbotov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Kiselevsk FC booed when Velikie Luki was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksey Tatushin didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Kiselevsk FC booed when Velikie Luki was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arseniy Lyam didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 77th minute Vladimir Scherbakov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Boris Sbotov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arseniy Lyam's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zinoviy Romanin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. When Anton Ohlobystin came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Kiselevsk FC 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 Anton Ohlobystin couldn't finish the play. Zinoviy Romanin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksey Tatushin in the 94th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aleksey Tatushin in the 96th minute of play forced Kiselevsk FC's goalkeeper Zinoviy Romanin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.