League Play-Off

Eagles Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Yakov Bokov got the match started through his kick off. Ruslan Brazhnikov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Makarihin having to interfere. In the 6th match minute, Tver FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eldar Prudkin to maneuver through the defense. 7 minutes into the match, Moscow Eagles's Innokentiy Karagudin broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The audience was convinced that Yakov Bokov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roman Chernevskiy was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Moscow Eagles's Igor Makarihin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albert Gorbunov in the 20th minute of play. Roman Chernevskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yakov Bokov in the 23rd minute of the match. Igor Makarihin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruslan Brazhnikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. If Ruslan Brazhnikov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Askold Blinov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 31st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Igor Makarihin. Moscow Eagles's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Igor Makarihin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikifor Anyukov in the 34th minute of play. Gleb Ermakov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Roman Chernevskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gleb Ermakov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Roman Chernevskiy made a huge save. 46 minutes into the match, Tver FC's goalkeeper Roman Chernevskiy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yakov Bokov.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nikifor Anyukov made a kick off. If Ruslan Brazhnikov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Nikifor Anyukov came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Tver 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 Nikifor Anyukov couldn't finish the play. Dmitriy Shelenin's late challenge caught a Moscow Eagles's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dmitriy Shelenin helped the player get up and apologised. Tver FC's Roman Chernevskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gleb Ermakov in the 64th minute of play. Nikifor Anyukov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Makarihin having to interfere. 69 minutes into the match, Nikifor Anyukov dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Igor Makarihin, 0-1. If Anatoliy Timofeev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Tver FC's Dmitriy Shelenin got a free kick in the 75th minute. Yakov Bokov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Roman Chernevskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Gleb Ermakov came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Moscow Eagles 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 Gleb Ermakov couldn't finish the play. Roman Chernevskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gleb Ermakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gleb Ermakov might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Roman Chernevskiy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gleb Ermakov ran back to his position shaking his head. Gleb Ermakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Chernevskiy having to interfere. In the 100th minute, Ruslan Brazhnikov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tver FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. The Tver FC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.