League Play-Off

Arzamas
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Albert Novobrantsev was out of position in the 2 minute of play, and Rudolf Lelyak capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Rudolf Lelyak really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 5th minute Petr Ufimtsev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Irakliy Charnomskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Petr Ufimtsev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Boleslav Agafonov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Irakliy Charnomskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 18 minutes, Albert Novobrantsev successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 18th play minute Rudolf Lelyak came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Albert Novobrantsev. 2-0. If Rudolf Lelyak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petr Ufimtsev in the 26th minute of play forced Arzamas HC's goalkeeper Irakliy Charnomskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Korolev FC booed when Arzamas HC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. German Pronin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 35th play minutes Rudolf Lelyak shot 3-0, a short shot which went by Albert Novobrantsev and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 38th minute, Pavel Derkovskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Petr Ufimtsev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Irakliy Charnomskiy was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. In the 42nd minute Boleslav Agafonov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Irakliy Charnomskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rustam Sergeev got free with Albert Novobrantsev in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rudolf Lelyak was the one to do the kick off. If Petr Ufimtsev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Petr Ufimtsev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Irakliy Charnomskiy having to interfere. Korolev FC's Yakov Kononov suffered a sore thigh after 60 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 60 minutes, Pavel Derkovskiy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arzamas HC and the Korolev FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 65 minutes into the match, Rustam Sergeev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Albert Novobrantsev. Korolev FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rustam Sergeev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. In the 69thth minute of the game Rudolf Lelyak who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Korolev FC's Albert Novobrantsev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rudolf Lelyak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Albert Novobrantsev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rustam Sergeev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albert Novobrantsev having to interfere. If Rudolf Lelyak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Albert Novobrantsev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rudolf Lelyak in the 81st minute of the match. After 82 minutes of play, Korolev FC's Petr Ufimtsev made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Irakliy Charnomskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 88 minutes, Rudolf Lelyak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arzamas HC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rudolf Lelyak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. During the 92nd minute of the match Pavel Derkovskiy completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Pavel Derkovskiy a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 92nd match minute, Arzamas HC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavel Derkovskiy to maneuver through the defense.