League Play-Off

Stadion Birobidzhan
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) With an all-out effort, Birobidzhan HC's Veniamin Aleksandrov threw himself towards the right post 3 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Viktor Zhdanov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 9th minute Vyacheslav Kokoshin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Veniamin Aleksandrov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arkadiy Gromov in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ilya Nemchinov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Lyubomir Gasilov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Veniamin Aleksandrov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lyubomir Gasilov went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Arkadiy Desyatovskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arkadiy Gromov in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ilya Nemchinov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 29 minutes, Fedor Kondratiev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Birobidzhan HC and the Dzerzhinsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 29th match minute, Birobidzhan HC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fedor Kondratiev to maneuver through the defense. May Bestugin lost his temper 34 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 33 minutes into the game, one of Birobidzhan HC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Dmitriy Yakir did an outstanding performance 36 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 1-1 to the right of an irritated Ilya Nemchinov in the goal. The audience was convinced that Arkadiy Gromov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilya Nemchinov was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Arkadiy Gromov might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ilya Nemchinov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arkadiy Gromov ran back to his position shaking his head. When Dzerzhinsk's Arkadiy Gromov in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Birobidzhan HC's goalie prevented a goal. Valentin Fedorov hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. In the 57th minute Arkadiy Gromov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilya Nemchinov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dzerzhinsk's Arkadiy Gromov got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lyubomir Gasilov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Veniamin Aleksandrov having to interfere. When Dzerzhinsk's Arkadiy Gromov in the 63rd minute got a chance for a shot 63rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Birobidzhan HC's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Dzerzhinsk getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Dmitriy Yakir hit a great ball. Veniamin Aleksandrov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lyubomir Gasilov, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 73rd minute Oleg Zavarov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Veniamin Aleksandrov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ilya Nemchinov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiy Gromov, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 79th match minute, Dzerzhinsk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matvey Rihvanov to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd minute of the match Birobidzhan HC got a corner. Dzerzhinsk's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. German Arhipov ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, Dzerzhinsk's Arseniy Rebrovskiy got a free kick in the 87th minute. Evgeniy Filippov charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Evgeniy Filippov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Evgeniy Filippov hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Veniamin Aleksandrov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lyubomir Gasilov, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. In the 93rd minute, Yaroslav Kabanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Dzerzhinsk players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Birobidzhan HC from taking control. The game ends in a draw.