League Play-Off

Stadion Kazan
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. Filipp Korolkov started the match with the kick off. After having played for 3 minutes, Filipp Korolkov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kazan's supporters crossed their fingers, but Filipp Korolkov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. ТАГАНРОГ ФК's Georgiy Gruschak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filipp Korolkov in the 8th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Filipp Korolkov in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Georgiy Gruschak saved ТАГАНРОГ ФК from getting behind. If Filipp Korolkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Kazan's zone, Mikhail Skalkin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ivan Lytkin came out of the goal and Mikhail Skalkin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Georgiy Gruschak was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Svyatoslav Efimov. If Nikolay Potapov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 24th minute, Filipp Korolkov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Georgiy Gruschak. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 27th minute, Filipp Korolkov 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. In the 37th minute, Nikolay Potapov fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 39 minutes into the match, Kazan's Filipp Korolkov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Georgiy Gruschak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 47thth minute of the game Artem Agafonov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kazan's Ivan Lytkin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 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 hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Artem Agafonov to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, ТАГАНРОГ ФК's goal looked a bit too open when Filipp Korolkov came free, but Georgiy Gruschak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Filipp Korolkov struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Georgiy Gruschak didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Kazan. Filipp Korolkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Georgiy Gruschak having to interfere. Mikhail Skalkin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Lytkin having to interfere. Georgiy Gruschak came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Kazan's Nikolay Potapov. But to his dismay, Nikolay Potapov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. 70 minutes into the match, ТАГАНРОГ ФК's goal looked a bit too open when Nikolay Faustov came free, but Georgiy Gruschak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Georgiy Gruschak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikolay Potapov, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Nikolay Potapov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Georgiy Gruschak having to interfere. ТАГАНРОГ ФК's Georgiy Gruschak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikolay Potapov in the 79th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ТАГАНРОГ ФК's Aleksey Karpov got a free kick in the 82nd minute. 83 minutes into the match, Nikolay Potapov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Georgiy Gruschak. ТАГАНРОГ ФК's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nikolay Potapov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. When Kirill Frolovskiy fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ТАГАНРОГ ФК's protests and gave Kirill Frolovskiy a yellow card for diving instead. In the 86th minute, Kirill Frolovskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikolay Potapov took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Georgiy Gruschak. Georgiy Gruschak dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Georgiy Gruschak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Oleg Petrushin went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. When the referee ended the match the Kazan players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.