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 Fedor Mizhurin got the match started through his kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Danil Zhemchugov during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After having played for 4 minutes, Vadim Shelenin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lilarta United NE's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vadim Shelenin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fedor Mizhurin during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 10 played minutes Lilarta United NE got a freekick which was hit by Vadim Shelenin. Lilarta United NE's Vadim Shelenin got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Vadim Shelenin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 22nd minute Vadim Shelenin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrey Eskovich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute Vadim Shelenin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrey Eskovich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Andrey Eskovich didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ivan Denisov went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fedor Mizhurin in the 38th minute of play forced Lilarta United NE's goalkeeper Innokentiy Losev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andrey Eskovich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vadim Shelenin, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 45th minute, Grigoriy Larkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vadim Shelenin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lilarta United NE's Vadim Shelenin got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Andrey Eskovich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vadim Shelenin, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Danil Zhemchugov hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. 60 minutes into the match, Vadim Shelenin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Andrey Eskovich. Komsomolsk-on-Amur HC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vadim Shelenin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. The supporters of Komsomolsk-on-Amur HC booed when Lilarta United NE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sergey Sobyanin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Innokentiy Losev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fedor Mizhurin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 68th minute, Ivan Denisov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Andrey Eskovich was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Andrey Eskovich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Denisov in the 73rd minute of play. Andrey Eskovich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vadim Shelenin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute Vadim Shelenin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrey Eskovich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Ivan Denisov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Andrey Eskovich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivan Denisov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Komsomolsk-on-Amur HC's zone, Vadim Shelenin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Andrey Eskovich came out of the goal and Vadim Shelenin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lilarta United NE's goalkeeper Innokentiy Losev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Andrey Eskovich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vadim Shelenin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Lilarta United NE fully deserved thier win.