League Play-Off

Stadion Ivanovo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) David Manevich started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Sergey Orekhov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marat Scherbakov in the 6th minute of the match. Novomoskovsk FC's David Manevich got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When David Manevich came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Novomoskovsk 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 David Manevich couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vadim Krivonogov during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Ivanovo booed when Novomoskovsk FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vadim Krivonogov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 17th match minute, Ivanovo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrey Seliverstov to maneuver through the defense. Erast Idrisov 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. The supporters of Ivanovo booed when Novomoskovsk FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vadim Krivonogov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 31 minutes of play, Ivanovo's Klim Zhebalov made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sergey Orekhov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Saveliy Adaikin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Felix Bobylev went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Felix Bobylev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Saveliy Adaikin having to interfere. After having played for 42 minutes, Erast Idrisov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ivanovo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Erast Idrisov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 43 minutes into the match, Novomoskovsk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marat Scherbakov came free, but Sergey Orekhov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marat Scherbakov was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Marat Scherbakov made a precise shot to the right of Sergey Orekhov. Novomoskovsk FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. A collision led to Novomoskovsk FC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Oleg Chernous hit a great ball. Evgeniy Zhdanov kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Marat Scherbakov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Erast Idrisov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Felix Bobylev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 74th minute, Marat Scherbakov 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. If Marat Scherbakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sergey Orekhov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marat Scherbakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marat Scherbakov in the 87th minute of play forced Novomoskovsk FC's goalkeeper Sergey Orekhov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erast Idrisov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Sergey Orekhov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Novomoskovsk FC's Sergey Orekhov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marat Scherbakov in the 92nd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by David Manevich during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Novomoskovsk FC getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. David Manevich hit a great ball. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Ivanovo fans cheered their team off the field, for while Novomoskovsk FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.