League Play-Off

Stadion Cherkessk
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. Eduard Paskevich started the match with the kick off. In the 7th minute, Fedor Nikishov 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. Konstantin Bukrinskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduard Paskevich in the 10th minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Fedor Nikishov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Obninsk FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Artem Losev charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Artem Losev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Obninsk FC's Artem Losev got a free kick in the 13th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Eduard Paskevich notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Cherkessk's Konstantin Bukrinskiy. Konstantin Bukrinskiy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 28th minute, Mikhail Belov 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. After a rather tough play, Cherkessk's Ivan Borovik got a free kick in the 36th minute. Eduard Paskevich fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Bukrinskiy having to interfere. Osip Gudkov kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match.

In the 54th minute, Obninsk FC's Eduard Paskevich ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Konstantin Bukrinskiy. Konstantin Bukrinskiy yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. 63 minutes into the match, Cherkessk's Maksim Schukin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vyacheslav Kabak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Fedor Nikishov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Eduard Paskevich came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Obninsk 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 Eduard Paskevich couldn't finish the play. When Obninsk FC's Eduard Paskevich in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cherkessk's goalie prevented a goal. Maksim Schukin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vyacheslav Kabak having to interfere. Vyacheslav Kabak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maksim Schukin in the 73rd minute of play. If Fedor Nikishov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cherkessk's goalkeeper Konstantin Bukrinskiy, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 82 minutes into the game, Fedor Nikishov recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Konstantin Bukrinskiy. Fedor Nikishov showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4. After 86 minutes, Viktor Potapov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cherkessk and the Obninsk FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Viktor Potapov kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Obninsk FC's zone, Mikhail Belov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vyacheslav Kabak came out of the goal and Mikhail Belov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cherkessk's Konstantin Bukrinskiy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save Cherkessk from getting a goal against them. When the final whistle sounded Obninsk FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Cherkessk.