League Play-Off

Stadion Nevinnomyssk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Igor Loginov made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the game, Igor Loginov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Mikhail Razuvaev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nevinnomyssk HC's Lavrentiy Duboikovskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 8 minutes of play, Saratov FC's Lev Antonenko made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mikhail Razuvaev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lev Antonenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Mikhail Razuvaev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th minute, Igor Loginov 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. 19 minutes into the match, Saratov FC's goal looked a bit too open when Aleksey Kashlikov came free, but Oleg Tyulenev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mikhail Razuvaev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lev Antonenko in the 23rd minute of the match. Lev Antonenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 28th minute Aleksey Kashlikov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oleg Tyulenev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Nevinnomyssk HC defense, Igor Loginov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mikhail Razuvaev. The Nevinnomyssk HC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mikhail Razuvaev should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Aleksey Kashlikov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oleg Tyulenev was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aleksey Kashlikov in the 36th minute of play forced Saratov FC's goalkeeper Oleg Tyulenev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Saratov FC's goalkeeper Oleg Tyulenev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Arkadiy Bulykin hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Saratov FC were awarded a corner in the 46th minute after Nevinnomyssk HC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Robert Kalashnikov took the corner.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aleksey Kashlikov made a kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Lavrentiy Duboikovskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nevinnomyssk HC's supporters rose to their feet, but Lavrentiy Duboikovskiy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oleg Tyulenev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Aleksey Kashlikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Oleg Tyulenev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aleksey Kashlikov's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. Lavrentiy Duboikovskiy scored 1-3 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Oleg Tyulenev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Lavrentiy Duboikovskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oleg Tyulenev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aleksey Kashlikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Lavrentiy Duboikovskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Oleg Tyulenev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 84th minute Robert Kalashnikov managed to get in a great position but fired away a sharp shot that went outside the goal on the goalie's right hand side. It could just as well have been a goal. In the 89th minute, Matvey Avdeev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 90 minutes into the match, Robert Kalashnikov sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Mikhail Razuvaev threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Robert Kalashnikov this time. Nevinnomyssk HC's Aleksey Kashlikov got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Saratov FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.