League Play-Off

Ivanovo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Grigoriy Kaurov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Maksim Krivonogov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Maksim Krivonogov came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Ivanovo FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Maksim Krivonogov couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Danil Turuhin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksandr Lobanovskiy was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Timofey Kozyukov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Petr Buslov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Danil Turuhin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Aleksandr Lobanovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cheboksary FC's Petr Buslov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timofey Kozyukov in the 25th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigoriy Kaurov in the 30th minute of play forced Ivanovo FC's goalkeeper Aleksandr Lobanovskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Grigoriy Kaurov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Roman Kosinov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Danil Turuhin struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Aleksandr Lobanovskiy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cheboksary FC. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Grigoriy Kaurov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Danil Turuhin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksandr Lobanovskiy having to interfere. If Grigoriy Kaurov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpected shot in the 78th minute by Danil Turuhin got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 80 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Cheboksary FC's Danil Turuhin fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. In the 84th minute, Grigoriy Kaurov 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. Grigoriy Kaurov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aleksandr Lobanovskiy having to make a save. After 92 played minutes Ivanovo FC got a freekick which was hit by Roman Kosinov. Cheboksary FC's Felix Larionov couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 94th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Ivanovo FC.