League Play-Off

Stadion Yakutsk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Rustam Bilbasov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Illarion Uvadev might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aleksey Alekseenko. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Illarion Uvadev ran back to his position shaking his head. Noyabrsk's Rustam Bilbasov got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Illarion Uvadev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Illarion Uvadev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vadim Umanskiy's late challenge caught a Yakutsk FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vadim Umanskiy helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Noyabrsk's Vadim Umanskiy got a free kick in the 12th minute. The audience was convinced that Illarion Uvadev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksey Alekseenko was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Valeriy Orekhov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anton Pertusov was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Illarion Uvadev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 40 minutes into the match, Illarion Uvadev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aleksey Alekseenko. Yakutsk FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Illarion Uvadev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rustam Bilbasov in the 46th minute of play forced Yakutsk FC's goalkeeper Aleksey Alekseenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aleksey Alekseenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Illarion Uvadev, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After the first half Noyabrsk were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Valeriy Orekhov made the kick off in the second half. Illarion Uvadevs short, quick shot in the 52ndth minute got Aleksey Alekseenko to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When Illarion Uvadev came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Noyabrsk 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 Illarion Uvadev couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Yakutsk FC's zone, Illarion Uvadev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aleksey Alekseenko came out of the goal and Illarion Uvadev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With his leg Aleksey Alekseenko managed to avoid a goal in the 58thth minute, when Noyabrsk's Illarion Uvadev fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpected shot in the 64th minute by Rustam Bilbasov got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Anton Pertusov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valeriy Orekhov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Noyabrsk's Anton Pertusov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pavel Livshits in the 68th minute of play. Anton Pertusov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valeriy Orekhov in the 71st minute of play. Valeriy Orekhov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vitaliy Chermenin charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vitaliy Chermenin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Yakutsk FC's Aleksey Alekseenko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rustam Bilbasov in the 84th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Illarion Uvadev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Noyabrsk's supporters rose to their feet, but Illarion Uvadev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aleksey Alekseenko breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 87th minute, Konstantin Krylov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Noyabrsk's Rustam Bilbasov fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in Noyabrsk's zone, Pavel Livshits stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anton Pertusov came out of the goal and Pavel Livshits tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.