League Play-Off

Звезда Биробеджана
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After 6 minutes of play, Birobidzhan's Roman Kovalev made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rudolf Titov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vadim Pehtin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zinoviy Vladimirov having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venedikt Abudihin in the 14th minute of play forced Birobidzhan's goalkeeper Zinoviy Vladimirov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute of the match Aleksandr Zuev sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zinoviy Vladimirov skillfully saved the ball. In the 17th minute, Venedikt Abudihin 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 Roman Kovalev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Venedikt Abudihin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Zinoviy Vladimirov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 30th match minute, Wynardtage was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Kavalerov to maneuver through the defense. 31 minutes into the match, Wynardtage's goalkeeper Rudolf Titov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roman Kovalev. Zinoviy Vladimirov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Kavalerov, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Zinoviy Vladimirov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vadim Pehtin in the 39th minute of the match. Pavel Panov might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rudolf Titov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pavel Panov ran back to his position shaking his head. Rudolf Titov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Panov in the 46th minute of the match. Wynardtage's Rudolf Titov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pavel Panov in the 48th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pavel Panov to strike the kick off in the second half. Venedikt Abudihin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Zinoviy Vladimirov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Venedikt Abudihin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zinoviy Vladimirov having to interfere. Pavel Panov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Rudolf Titov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 70thth minute of the game Roman Kovalev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Wynardtage's Rudolf Titov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Zinoviy Vladimirov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Kavalerov, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Vadim Pehtin's late challenge caught a Birobidzhan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vadim Pehtin helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Wynardtage getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Vadim Pehtin hit a great ball. Rudolf Titov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavel Panov in the 81st minute of play. Rudolf Titov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pavel Panov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roman Kovalev struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Rudolf Titov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Birobidzhan. When Dmitriy Vestov came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Wynardtage 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 Dmitriy Vestov couldn't finish the play. Wynardtage's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.