League Play-Off

Rubtsovsk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Emmanuil Spilevoy got the match started through his kick off. If Semen Kultyavov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 9 minutes, Emmanuil Spilevoy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rubtsovsk HC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emmanuil Spilevoy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Rubtsovsk HC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Stepan Sodalskiy hit a great ball. 24 minutes into the match, Semen Kultyavov notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk's Erast Ilyin. Erast Ilyin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Petr Mertsalov fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk's protests and gave Petr Mertsalov a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk's Petr Mertsalov got a free kick in the 27th minute. After having played for 30 minutes, Emmanuil Spilevoy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rubtsovsk HC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emmanuil Spilevoy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Semen Kultyavov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Erast Ilyin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Semen Kultyavov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erast Ilyin having to interfere. Aleksey Andreenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

After a rather tough play, Rubtsovsk HC's Nikolay Beschastnyh got a free kick in the 51st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Grigoriy Rebrovskiy got free with Aleksey Obruchev in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Aleksey Obruchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksey Andreenko in the 55th minute of the match. If Semen Kultyavov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Emmanuil Spilevoy managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rubtsovsk HC's supporters rose to their feet, but Emmanuil Spilevoy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Erast Ilyin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Erast Ilyin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Emmanuil Spilevoy's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk's Erast Ilyin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emmanuil Spilevoy in the 69th minute of play. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk's Erast Ilyin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emmanuil Spilevoy in the 72nd minute of play. The attack was good, but when Emmanuil Spilevoy in the 74th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. In the 78th minute Emmanuil Spilevoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erast Ilyin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pavel Vyshkvarko kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aleksey Andreenko in the 82nd minute of play forced Rubtsovsk HC's goalkeeper Aleksey Obruchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Efim Saulyak's late challenge caught a Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Efim Saulyak helped the player get up and apologised. In the 85th minute, Efim Saulyak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk's Erast Ilyin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emmanuil Spilevoy in the 89th minute of play. Igor Usatyi's late challenge caught a Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Igor Usatyi helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Rubtsovsk HC getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Igor Usatyi hit a great ball. Grigoriy Rebrovskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.