League Play-Off

Mecheno Arena
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Spartak Shelkovo's Roman Gurin started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 9 played minutes, Spartak Shelkovo's Filipp Bliznin shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Aleksandr Shashkov came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Spartak Shelkovo reached it. After having played for 13 minutes, Roman Gurin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Spartak Shelkovo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roman Gurin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rudolf Dumchenko kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Pavel Biryukov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yakov Bolshakov was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Yakov Bolshakov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavel Biryukov in the 27th minute of play. Arsen Belyavskiy was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 31 minutes into the match. If Pavel Biryukov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pavel Biryukov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yakov Bolshakov having to interfere. Yakov Bolshakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vadim Petrov in the 43rd minute of the match. If Vadim Petrov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

In the 51st minute Vadim Petrov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yakov Bolshakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pavel Biryukov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yakov Bolshakov having to interfere. Vadim Petrov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yakov Bolshakov having to interfere. A collision led to Spartak Shelkovo getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Innokentiy Bobikov hit a great ball. Yakov Bolshakov acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 58th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Vyacheslav Lavrentev. 61 minutes into the match, Spartak Shelkovo's goal looked a bit too open when Vadim Petrov came free, but Yakov Bolshakov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gennadiy Botsmanov in the 63rd minute of play forced Noyabrsk's goalkeeper Aleksandr Shashkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute, Innokentiy Bobikov 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. Gennadiy Botsmanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gennadiy Botsmanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Aleksandr Shashkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gennadiy Botsmanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Aleksandr Shashkov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Gennadiy Botsmanov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksandr Shashkov was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. If Sergey Afanasenkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77th minute Vadim Petrov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yakov Bolshakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Spartak Shelkovo's Marat Gorodetskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Vladlen Blavatskiy fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Noyabrsk's protests and gave Vladlen Blavatskiy a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Noyabrsk's Vladlen Blavatskiy got a free kick in the 85th minute. Spartak Shelkovo's Yakov Bolshakov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Spartak Shelkovo from getting a goal against them. Innokentiy Bobikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Noyabrsk supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Noyabrsk would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.