League Play-Off

Stadion Novosibirsk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Yakov Chertenkov got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yakov Chertenkov in the 7th minute of play forced Novosibirsk's goalkeeper Gerasim Nevzorov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute, Boris Shustikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute, Andrey Bityukov fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 13thth minute of the game Vadim Tamozhniy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Novosibirsk's Gerasim Nevzorov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Yakov Chertenkov might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gerasim Nevzorov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yakov Chertenkov ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yakov Chertenkov in the 16th minute of play forced Novosibirsk's goalkeeper Gerasim Nevzorov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute Andrey Bityukov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rustam Pichugin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Konstantin Fetisov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Rustam Pichugin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25th minute, Yakov Chertenkov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vladivostok fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Konstantin Fetisov's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Rustam Pichugin firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 31st match minute, Vladivostok was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniil Inzhavinskiy to maneuver through the defense. 33 minutes into the match, Novosibirsk's goal looked a bit too open when Yakov Chertenkov came free, but Gerasim Nevzorov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gerasim Nevzorov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yakov Chertenkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gerasim Nevzorov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vadim Tamozhniy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 43rd match minute, Vladivostok was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boris Shustikov to maneuver through the defense. In the 48th minute Yakov Chertenkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerasim Nevzorov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Andrey Bityukov was the one to do the kick off. Vadim Tamozhniy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Gerasim Nevzorov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vadim Tamozhniy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gerasim Nevzorov having to interfere. Novosibirsk's Gerasim Nevzorov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Novosibirsk from getting a goal against them. In the 71st match minute, Novosibirsk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vadim Eremin to maneuver through the defense. Yakov Chertenkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Konstantin Fetisov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Konstantin Fetisov in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rustam Pichugin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Vadim Tamozhniy took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gerasim Nevzorov. Gerasim Nevzorov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Vadim Tamozhniys short, quick shot in the 91stth minute got Gerasim Nevzorov to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in.