League Play-Off

Yaroslavl
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Innokentiy Golubev took the kick off in the first half of the match. Sergey Soloviev charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sergey Soloviev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Pyatigorsk's Sergey Soloviev got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Filimon Deminskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Gennadiy Rybalchenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 23 minutes into the match, Yaroslavl HC's goal looked a bit too open when Filimon Deminskiy came free, but Gennadiy Rybalchenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 25th minute Filimon Deminskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gennadiy Rybalchenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 28th minute, Sergey Soloviev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikolay Turlapov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Konstantin Kolobov made a huge save. Konstantin Kolobov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Semen Zarudenskiy in the 34th minute of the match. When Aleksey Boluts fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pyatigorsk's protests and gave Aleksey Boluts a yellow card for diving instead. Aleksey Boluts hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. In the 37th minute, Nikolay Turlapov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Konstantin Kolobov was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Nikolay Turlapov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Kolobov having to interfere. With a little luck, Pyatigorsk's Konstantin Kolobov got control of the ball when Nikolay Turlapov tried to sneak it across the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nikolay Turlapov to strike the kick off in the second half. Nikolay Turlapov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Kolobov having to interfere. Semen Zarudenskiy struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Konstantin Kolobov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Yaroslavl HC. Filimon Deminskiy struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Gennadiy Rybalchenko didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pyatigorsk. 65 minutes into the match, Filimon Deminskiy notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Yaroslavl HC's Gennadiy Rybalchenko. Gennadiy Rybalchenko was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 69 minutes into the match, Nikolay Turlapov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Konstantin Kolobov. Pyatigorsk's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nikolay Turlapov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Nikolay Turlapov struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Konstantin Kolobov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Yaroslavl HC. Nikolay Turlapov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 78 played minutes Yaroslavl HC got a freekick which was hit by Semen Zarudenskiy. 78 minutes into the match, Pyatigorsk's Vitaliy Leonov broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Filimon Deminskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dmitriy Saulyak charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dmitriy Saulyak the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 82 played minutes Yaroslavl HC got a freekick which was hit by Dmitriy Saulyak. Konstantin Kolobov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikolay Turlapov in the 91st minute of play. 96 minutes into the match, Pyatigorsk's Innokentiy Golubev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gennadiy Rybalchenko narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Yaroslavl HC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.