League Play-Off

Yaroslavl
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vsevolod Koryagin took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Marino's Petr Korzhov got a free kick in the 5th minute. After a rather tough play, Marino's Petr Korzhov got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 9th minute, Evgeniy Steklovskiy sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Marino's Igor Vampilov didn't even have to move. Igor Vampilov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vsevolod Koryagin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 15 minutes, Viktor Safonov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Marino and the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Marino's Viktor Safonov got a free kick in the 15th minute. 18 minutes into the game, Petr Korzhov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Marino's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk the free kick. The supporters of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk booed when Marino was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Petr Korzhov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vsevolod Koryagin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Igor Vampilov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Sergey Belyaev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Vsevolod Koryagin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Vampilov having to interfere. After having played for 33 minutes, Vsevolod Koryagin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vsevolod Koryagin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aleksey Uvarov might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stepan Gusevich. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aleksey Uvarov ran back to his position shaking his head. Marino's Petr Korzhov got his second yellow card of the match in the 39th minute. The referee ordered Petr Korzhov off the ground. The supporters of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk booed when Marino was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Petr Korzhov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Igor Vampilov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergey Belyaev, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 42nd match minute, Marino was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Viktor Safonov to maneuver through the defense. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk were awarded a corner in the 45th minute after Marino's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Evgeniy Steklovskiy took the corner. Sergey Guzovskiy thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Igor Vampilov, a very annoying self made goal in the 45th minute which led to 0-1. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Matvey Dmitriev stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vsevolod Koryagin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Igor Vampilov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marino's Igor Vampilov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Marino from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Marino's Mikhail Gergelev got a free kick in the 58th minute. The supporters of Marino booed when Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evgeniy Steklovskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stepan Gusevich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matvey Dmitriev, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Marino's Igor Vampilov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Marino from getting a goal against them. In the 71st minute Matvey Dmitriev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stepan Gusevich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th minute the ball was on its way in behind Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk's goalkeeper Stepan Gusevich, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk's Stepan Gusevich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matvey Dmitriev in the 82nd minute of play. Stepan Gusevich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matvey Dmitriev in the 87th minute of play. Vsevolod Koryagin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 99th minute. Igor Vampilov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Marino.