League Play-Off

Chita
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) 12 minutes into the game, David Kondratiev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Lev Zhirnov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Naum Berezovets in the 23rd minute of play forced Chita FC's goalkeeper Grigoriy Bessmertnyi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th match minute, Chita FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timofey Uskov to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 29 minutes, Naum Berezovets managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Neftekamsk FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Naum Berezovets was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Leonid Lagutenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Grigoriy Bessmertnyi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonid Lagutenko in the 35th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Naum Berezovets in the 37th minute of play forced Chita FC's goalkeeper Grigoriy Bessmertnyi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aleksandr Zhelyabov hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Leonid Lagutenko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grigoriy Bessmertnyi having to interfere. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Evgeniy Galitskiy to make the kick off. Evgeniy Galitskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lev Zhirnov having to interfere. Evgeniy Galitskiy blasted a shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lev Zhirnov having to make a save. Lev Zhirnov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Kondratiev in the 63rd minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, Chita FC's goal looked a bit too open when Leonid Lagutenko came free, but Grigoriy Bessmertnyi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Naum Berezovets received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Grigoriy Bessmertnyi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leonid Lagutenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Grigoriy Bessmertnyi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.