League Play-Off

Tambov
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Leonid Ryabykin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Lazarev, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. With a little luck, Novorossiysk FC's Leonid Ryabykin got control of the ball when Gleb Korzhakov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Kondrat Kavrigin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Leonid Ryabykin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 28th minute, Kondrat Kavrigin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tambov FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. A collision led to Tambov FC getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Felix Lazarev hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Novorossiysk FC's Vladimir Yakimov got a free kick in the 32nd minute. 34 minutes into the match, Novorossiysk FC's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Lazarev came free, but Leonid Ryabykin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute Felix Lazarev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonid Ryabykin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Felix Lazarev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonid Ryabykin having to interfere. With a little luck, Novorossiysk FC's Leonid Ryabykin got control of the ball when Gleb Korzhakov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vadim Uhobotin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Spartak Lavrentev having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Gleb Korzhakov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Leonid Ryabykin. That made the score 2-0 in the 47 minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Mikhail Bogdanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonid Ryabykin having to interfere. In the 56th minute Gleb Korzhakov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonid Ryabykin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tambov FC's Felix Lazarev got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Novorossiysk FC's Vladislav Tverdomedov in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tambov FC's goalie prevented a goal. Vladislav Tverdomedov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Spartak Lavrentev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladislav Tverdomedov in the 70th minute of the match. 71 minutes into the game, Timur Kulaev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tambov FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Novorossiysk FC the free kick. Vladislav Tverdomedov succeeded in the game's 73rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. Novorossiysk FC's Leonid Ryabykin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gleb Korzhakov in the 94th minute of play. A collision led to Novorossiysk FC getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Yaroslav Latyaev hit a great ball.