League Play-Off

Stadion Khabarovsk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Aleksey Rozenbaum made the kick off which started today's match. 8 minutes into the match, Gennadiy Kovalev notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Khabarovsk FC's Vsevolod Kalashnikov. Vsevolod Kalashnikov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Yakov Osipov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some careless play in the Khabarovsk FC defense, Vitaliy Igonkin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vsevolod Kalashnikov. The Khabarovsk FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vsevolod Kalashnikov should have stopped the shot. If Aleksey Rozenbaum had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vsevolod Kalashnikov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yakov Osipov in the 30th minute of the match. In the 32nd match minute, Khabarovsk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vasiliy Bumagin to maneuver through the defense. Vitaliy Igonkin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vsevolod Kalashnikov having to interfere. If Yakov Osipov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 41st minute, Vitaliy Igonkin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vsevolod Kalashnikov was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Gennadiy Kovalev charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gennadiy Kovalev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vitaliy Igonkin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vitaliy Igonkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Vsevolod Kalashnikov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vitaliy Igonkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Vsevolod Kalashnikov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Khabarovsk FC's Vasiliy Bumagin got a free kick in the 61st minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vitaliy Igonkin in the 63rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vsevolod Kalashnikov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gleb Akinfeev hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. 64 minutes into the match, Khabarovsk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vitaliy Igonkin came free, but Vsevolod Kalashnikov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yakov Osipov got free with Vsevolod Kalashnikov in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Yaroslav Tatsiy managed to get in a good position for a shot. Khabarovsk FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Yaroslav Tatsiy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Timur Konovalov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Vitaliy Igonkin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yakov Osipov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vsevolod Kalashnikov having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Vitaliy Igonkin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vsevolod Kalashnikov was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. Yakov Osipov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vsevolod Kalashnikov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. Yaroslav Tatsiy hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitaliy Igonkin in the 83rd minute of play forced Khabarovsk FC's goalkeeper Vsevolod Kalashnikov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Khabarovsk FC's Vsevolod Kalashnikov got control of the ball when Yakov Osipov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vitaliy Igonkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Vsevolod Kalashnikov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vitaliy Igonkin was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 88th minute. Tomsk's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. If Aleksey Rozenbaum had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aleksey Rozenbaum sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpected shot in the 97th minute by Yakov Osipov got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side.