League Play-Off

Tobolsk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Afanasiy Gremyachevskiy got the match started through his kick off. When Irakliy Lobanovskiy fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tobolsk's protests and gave Irakliy Lobanovskiy a yellow card for diving instead. In the 2nd match minute, Tobolsk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Irakliy Lobanovskiy to maneuver through the defense. If Afanasiy Gremyachevskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Egor Kundurov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fedor Kozlov having to interfere. In the 18th minute, Afanasiy Gremyachevskiy made a precise shot to the right of Filimon Bugaev. Tobolsk's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The corner led Tobolsk's Dmitriy Alekseev to fire away a dangerous shot which Fedor Kozlov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When Andrey Rybakov fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tobolsk's protests and gave Andrey Rybakov a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Tobolsk getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Andrey Rybakov hit a great ball. Arkadiy Gusev took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 31st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Filimon Bugaev. Tobolsk's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Anton Saenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fedor Kozlov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Saenko in the 35th minute of the match. Egor Kundurov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Fedor Kozlov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Filipp Ashimov charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Filipp Ashimov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 44th match minute, Fakel was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filipp Ashimov to maneuver through the defense. Fedor Kozlov came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by Tobolsk's Egor Kundurov. But to his dismay, Egor Kundurov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Egor Kundurov made the kick off in the second half. If Afanasiy Gremyachevskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 61st minute, Yakov Devyatkin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Fakel's Afanasiy Gremyachevskiy slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Filimon Bugaev. That made the score 1-2 after 64 minutes of play. Afanasiy Gremyachevskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Filimon Bugaev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Afanasiy Gremyachevskiy struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Filimon Bugaev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Fakel. Artur Skuratov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Filimon Bugaev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 79 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Tobolsk! Artur Skuratov took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Filimon Bugaev. Filimon Bugaev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Viktor Stepanov charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Viktor Stepanov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Viktor Stepanov hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. In the 98th minute, Afanasiy Gremyachevskiy 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. Tobolsk's Filimon Bugaev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afanasiy Gremyachevskiy in the 100th minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Fakel eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.