League Play-Off

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Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniil Bogush got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Danila Bankuzov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yuriy Vishnyakov. Sterlitamak's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Danila Bankuzov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Veniamin Borodin's late challenge caught a Металлург's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Veniamin Borodin helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Sterlitamak getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Veniamin Borodin hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Arseniy Asochakov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yuriy Vishnyakov was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Sterlitamak's Yaroslav Aldonin got a free kick in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute Emmanuil Lagov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yuriy Vishnyakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34th minute, Arseniy Asochakov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Металлург fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Danila Bankuzov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Yuriy Vishnyakov having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Arseniy Asochakov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Металлург's supporters rose to their feet, but Arseniy Asochakov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yuriy Vishnyakov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Arseniy Asochakov to strike the kick off in the second half. Emmanuil Lykov's late challenge caught a Металлург's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emmanuil Lykov helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Металлург booed when Sterlitamak was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emmanuil Lykov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Tihon Sidorov could shoot a difficult shot in the 55th minute, which Vladimir Torshin however easily saved by the left post. After 58 minutes, Arseniy Asochakov made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Sterlitamak's Yuriy Vishnyakov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 60th match minute, Металлург was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emmanuil Lagov to maneuver through the defense. After 66 minutes, Vsevolod Homentovskiy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Металлург and the Sterlitamak players grew even worse after the yellow card. Vsevolod Homentovskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Veniamin Borodin shot from long distance in the 68th minute, but Vladimir Torshin was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tihon Sidorov got free with Vladimir Torshin in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Sterlitamak's zone, Arseniy Asochakov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yuriy Vishnyakov came out of the goal and Arseniy Asochakov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Daniil Bogush struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. Vladimir Torshin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sterlitamak. After 79 played minutes Металлург got a freekick which was hit by Denis Zapolskiy. Daniil Bogush recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniil Bogush in the 84th minute of play forced Металлург's goalkeeper Vladimir Torshin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute of the match Eduard Pevtsov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vladimir Torshin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. With a little luck, Металлург's Vladimir Torshin got control of the ball when Tihon Sidorov tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Tihon Sidorov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Металлург's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.