League Play-Off

Stadion Smolensk
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. Albert Kurgashev started the match with the kick off. Griff 44's Matvey Bulatovskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filimon Meri in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute, Filimon Meri made a precise shot to the right of Matvey Bulatovskiy. Griff 44's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Matvey Bulatovskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aleksey Brylov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matvey Bulatovskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aleksey Brylov in the 13th minute of play. Aleksey Brylov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matvey Bulatovskiy having to interfere. 21 minutes into the game, Zinoviy Pashkov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Griff 44's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cherkessk the free kick. A collision led to Griff 44 getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Zinoviy Pashkov hit a great ball. Matvey Bulatovskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonid Glazov in the 24th minute of the match. Leonid Glazov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Matvey Bulatovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 0-3 became the score in the 27th minute when Aleksey Brylov elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 30th minute, Aleksey Brylov 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. 31 minutes into the game, Leonid Glazov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Matvey Bulatovskiy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Matvey Bulatovskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonid Glazov in the 35th minute of the match. After 35 played minutes Griff 44 got a freekick which was hit by Albert Kurgashev. 40 minutes into the game, Cherkessk's Leonid Glazov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Matvey Bulatovskiy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. A collision led to Cherkessk getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. German Hrzhonschevskiy hit a great ball. In the 45th minute Filimon Meri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matvey Bulatovskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 46 minutes, Leonid Glazov made it 0-6 with a short kick to the right side. Griff 44's Matvey Bulatovskiy tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.

Griff 44's goalie Matvey Bulatovskiy was quick on his feet when Leonid Glazov aimed and made a shot towards the top left corner. The goalie picked down the ball without great difficulties. The audience was convinced that Aleksey Brylov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Matvey Bulatovskiy was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. In the 58th minute Aleksey Brylov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matvey Bulatovskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Griff 44's Matvey Bulatovskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aleksey Brylov in the 59th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Filimon Meri during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 61 played minutes Cherkessk got a freekick which was hit by Filimon Meri. Matvey Bulatovskiy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aleksey Brylov in the 64th minute. After some careless play in the Cherkessk defense, Albert Kurgashev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lev Vlasov. The Cherkessk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lev Vlasov should have stopped the shot. In the 74th minute, Cherkessk's Aleksey Brylov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-7. In the 78th minute, one of Griff 44:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Griff 44. The referee gave Cherkessk a penalty, 80 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Zinoviy Bezmolitvennyi, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Griff 44's Matvey Bulatovskiy. 1-8. Aleksey Brylov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matvey Bulatovskiy having to interfere. Cherkessk's Aleksey Brylov got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Matvey Bulatovskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aleksey Brylov, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. In the 95th minute Cherkessk were awarded a corner. Zinoviy Bezmolitvennyi went to the cornerflag to take it. Albert Kurgashev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 99th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cherkessk's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.