League Play-Off

Stadion Novorossiysk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Arkadiy Shulev kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Arkadiy Leonov 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. In the 5th minute, Arkadiy Shulev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Elektrostal FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Vladimir Steklovskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aleksey Chertkovskiy charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aleksey Chertkovskiy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Aleksey Chertkovskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Erofey Shein acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 14th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Emil Arhangelskiy. During the 14th minute of the match Aleksey Chertkovskiy completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Aleksey Chertkovskiy a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Mikhail Voronov's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 17thth minute, Erofey Shein skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimir Steklovskiy in the 18th minute of play forced Kolovrat's goalkeeper Stanislav Stoyanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimir Steklovskiy in the 19th minute of play forced Kolovrat's goalkeeper Stanislav Stoyanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erofey Shein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiy Leonov, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 22nd minute, Arkadiy Leonov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Erofey Shein was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vladlen Guzovskiy during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 28th match minute, Kolovrat was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vladlen Guzovskiy to maneuver through the defense. Veniamin Baevskiy didn't quite understand what happened when in the 30 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. If Mikhail Voronov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 40th match minute, Elektrostal FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernest Zakharov to maneuver through the defense. Stanislav Stoyanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vladimir Steklovskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arkadiy Leonov did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-1 to the left of a surprised Erofey Shein 45 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Arkadiy Leonov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vladimir Steklovskiy's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 66thth minute, Stanislav Stoyanov skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Vladimir Steklovskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mikhail Voronov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Erofey Shein having to make a save. 81 minutes into the match, Elektrostal FC's goal looked a bit too open when Arkadiy Leonov came free, but Erofey Shein reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th minute Arkadiy Leonov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erofey Shein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aleksey Ponomarev kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the match, Elektrostal FC's goal looked a bit too open when Arkadiy Leonov came free, but Erofey Shein reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stanislav Stoyanov made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Vladimir Steklovskiy sent off a good shot on target. Erofey Shein took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arkadiy Leonov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kolovrat were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Elektrostal FC for a fine match.