League Play-Off

Локомотив
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Timofey Elshin started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, Vitaliy Vinogradov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Волга Н.Н and the Kamensk-Uralsky players grew even worse after the yellow card. Trofim Chakovskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Arkadiy Ermolov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Kamensk-Uralsky fans' excitement grew in the 6th match minute when Kamensk-Uralsky's Arkadiy Matetskiy looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. If Arkadiy Matetskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Vitaliy Vinogradov kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the match, Волга Н.Н's goal looked a bit too open when Arkadiy Matetskiy came free, but Arkadiy Ermolov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Arkadiy Matetskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 16 minutes, Trofim Chakovskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kamensk-Uralsky's supporters crossed their fingers, but Trofim Chakovskiy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Kamensk-Uralsky booed when Волга Н.Н was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladimir Efremov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 20th minute Kamensk-Uralsky were awarded a corner. Egor Voinov went to the cornerflag to take it. Kamensk-Uralsky's Egor Voinov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Arkadiy Ermolov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Danila Fedoseev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emmanuil Asatryan having to interfere. Emmanuil Asatryan made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Danila Fedoseev sent off a good shot on target. 32 minutes into the game, Kamensk-Uralsky's Trofim Chakovskiy nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arkadiy Ermolov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Arkadiy Matetskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arkadiy Ermolov having to interfere. Trofim Chakovskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arkadiy Ermolov having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Danila Fedoseev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Волга Н.Н's supporters rose to their feet, but Danila Fedoseev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emmanuil Asatryan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Arkadiy Matetskiy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Egor Voinov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emmanuil Asatryan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vsevolod Afanasenko in the 52nd minute of play. A collision led to Kamensk-Uralsky getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Timofey Karakosov hit a great ball. 62 minutes into the game, Danila Fedoseev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Emmanuil Asatryan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 70 minutes into the match, Timofey Elshin notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Kamensk-Uralsky's Emmanuil Asatryan. Emmanuil Asatryan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Волга Н.Н's Danila Fedoseev got a free kick in the 74th minute. Arkadiy Matetskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Arkadiy Ermolov managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when Kamensk-Uralsky's Trofim Chakovskiy fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Vitaliy Vinogradov was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 89 minutes had been played. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arkadiy Matetskiy in the 95th minute of play forced Волга Н.Н's goalkeeper Arkadiy Ermolov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kamensk-Uralsky's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.