League Play-Off

ФК Белогорье
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nikolay Muravev got the match started through his kick off. David Hlupin hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. After 9 minutes of play, ФК Труд's Nikolay Muravev made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Andrey Alabin was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Vladimir's goalkeeper Andrey Alabin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Andrey Alabin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikolay Muravev in the 14th minute of play. When Denis Belyavskiy fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vladimir's protests and gave Denis Belyavskiy a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Vladimir getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Denis Belyavskiy hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikolay Muravev in the 23rd minute of play forced Vladimir's goalkeeper Andrey Alabin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th minute Rodion Kartoshkin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrey Alabin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nikolay Muravev in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Andrey Alabin saved Vladimir from getting behind. Denis Belyavskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Innokentiy Zyuzin having to interfere. In the 31st match minute, Vladimir was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anton Lezhenko to maneuver through the defense. In the 33rd minute of the match Danil Shabalin sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Andrey Alabin skillfully saved the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Nikolay Muravev managed to get in a good position for a shot. ФК Труд's supporters rose to their feet, but Nikolay Muravev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Andrey Alabin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When ФК Труд's Nikolay Muravev in the 44th minute got a chance for a shot 44th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Vladimir's goalie prevented a goal. After the first half ФК Труд were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

A hard shot 59 in the game by Nikolay Muravev from a close distance when the talented Andrey Alabin managed to make a qualified save. Vladimir's players were relieved. Nikolay Muravev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Andrey Alabin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. Andrey Alabin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodion Kartoshkin in the 64th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rodion Kartoshkin got free with Andrey Alabin in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vladimir's Andrey Alabin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikolay Muravev in the 67th minute of play. Nikolay Muravevs short, quick shot in the 74thth minute got Andrey Alabin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Nikolay Muravev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nikolay Muravev struck a weak shot in the 79th minute. Andrey Alabin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ФК Труд. Sergey Anufriev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andrey Alabin having to interfere. In the 91st minute, Danil Shabalin reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Andrey Alabin. The goal made the score 0-2. Andrey Alabin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nikolay Muravev's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. ФК Труд played a much better game than Vladimir and deserved their victory. The Vladimir players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.