League Play-Off

Stadion Seversk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Seversk FC's Boris Ohotsimskiy started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Boris Ohotsimskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Lavrentiy Prusakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Ruslan Komarov fell near the penalty area in the 15th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Abakan's protests and gave Ruslan Komarov a yellow card for diving instead. Ruslan Komarov hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Georgiy Strazhnikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 20th match minute, Seversk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oleg Liberzon to maneuver through the defense. Vitaliy Simush received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Evgeniy Pushkin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Vitaliy Simush had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Abakan's Nikita Kozlov got a free kick in the 26th minute. Vladimir Dovgan was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 27th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 31st minute of the game. One of Abakan:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Seversk FC:s goal. The goalkeeper, Lavrentiy Prusakov, was totally fooled by Seversk FC's Vladimir Dovgan, who 33 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Georgiy Strazhnikov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evgeniy Pushkin having to interfere. A collision led to Seversk FC getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Oleg Alenichev hit a great ball. Yakov Brafman's late challenge caught a Seversk FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yakov Brafman helped the player get up and apologised. Yakov Brafman kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Lavrentiy Prusakov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vadim Zhukov in the 41st minute. Lavrentiy Prusakov was a little too slow when Vadim Zhukov got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 41st minute. The score was now 2-0.

The wind increased when Georgiy Strazhnikov made the kick off in the second half. Oleg Alenichev struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. Lavrentiy Prusakov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Seversk FC. 59 minutes into the game, Boris Ohotsimskiy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Lavrentiy Prusakov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Georgiy Strazhnikov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evgeniy Pushkin having to interfere. In the 65th minute Boris Ohotsimskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lavrentiy Prusakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vadim Zhukov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Lavrentiy Prusakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Boris Ohotsimskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Vadim Zhukov came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the Seversk 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 Vadim Zhukov couldn't finish the play. 74 minutes into the match, Vadim Zhukov notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Abakan's Lavrentiy Prusakov. Lavrentiy Prusakov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 5-0 when Boris Ohotsimskiy sped through Abakan's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lavrentiy Prusakov. When Oleg Liberzon came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Seversk 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 Oleg Liberzon couldn't finish the play. If Boris Ohotsimskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ruslan Komarov hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Vadim Zhukov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Seversk FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Vadim Zhukov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lavrentiy Prusakov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Seversk FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.