League Play-Off

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Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aleksey Markov got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of FC Almaz Ryazan booed when Kolovrat was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mikhail Voronov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 3 played minutes FC Almaz Ryazan got a freekick which was hit by Igor Semanov. In the 4th minute Arkadiy Leonov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksandr Kanischev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Stanislav Stoyanov managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when FC Almaz Ryazan's Aleksey Markov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Igor Semanov struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Stanislav Stoyanov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Almaz Ryazan. Stanislav Stoyanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksey Markov in the 9th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikhail Voronov in the 17th minute of play forced FC Almaz Ryazan's goalkeeper Aleksandr Kanischev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the match, FC Almaz Ryazan's goal looked a bit too open when Mikhail Voronov came free, but Aleksandr Kanischev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 25 minutes, Leonid Dubovka mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kolovrat and the FC Almaz Ryazan players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 26th minute, Leonid Dubovka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Aleksey Markov came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the FC Almaz Ryazan 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 Aleksey Markov couldn't finish the play. Leonid Dubovka was shown his second yellow card after 29 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Leonid Dubovka kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Aleksey Markov who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 34thth minute tested the skills of Stanislav Stoyanov when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After having played for 36 minutes, Artemiy Lezov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Almaz Ryazan's supporters crossed their fingers, but Artemiy Lezov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the Kolovrat defense, Aleksey Markov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stanislav Stoyanov. The Kolovrat fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stanislav Stoyanov should have stopped the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mikhail Voronov to strike the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Kolovrat's zone, Aleksey Markov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stanislav Stoyanov came out of the goal and Aleksey Markov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 56 minutes, Aleksey Markov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Almaz Ryazan's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aleksey Markov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Stanislav Stoyanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aleksey Markov, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 65 minutes into the match, Aleksey Markov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stanislav Stoyanov. Kolovrat's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aleksey Markov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. The supporters of FC Almaz Ryazan booed when Kolovrat was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladlen Guzovskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aleksey Markov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Stanislav Stoyanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Semanov in the 76th 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 Artemiy Lezov in the 79th minute of play forced Kolovrat's goalkeeper Stanislav Stoyanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stanislav Stoyanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aleksey Markov, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Mikhail Korolev in the 81st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by FC Almaz Ryazan's German Kuprin. After 82 played minutes Kolovrat got a freekick which was hit by Oleg Abuladze. Aleksandr Kanischev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mikhail Voronov in the 85th minute. Vladimir Stukashov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When FC Almaz Ryazan's Aleksey Markov in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kolovrat's goalie prevented a goal. FC Almaz Ryazan'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.