League Play-Off

АРЕНА ТАЙГА
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) ФК ТАЙГА's Vyacheslav Ivanenko started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sidor Tomskiy in the 9th minute of play forced ФК ТАЙГА's goalkeeper Leonid Kazachenok to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yaroslavl FC's Nikita Kulagin got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Yaroslavl FC booed when ФК ТАЙГА was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Konstantin Aksakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. ФК ТАЙГА's Leonid Kazachenok played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sidor Tomskiy in the 13th minute of play. The attack was good, but when Sidor Tomskiy in the 15th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. ФК ТАЙГА's Leonid Kazachenok played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikita Kulagin in the 17th minute of play. ФК ТАЙГА's Leonid Kazachenok played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maksim Medved in the 19th minute of play. Yaroslavl FC's Sidor Tomskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Grigoriy Bezrodnyh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vyacheslav Ivanenko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 33 minutes into the match, Yaroslavl FC's goalkeeper Grigoriy Bezrodnyh had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zinoviy Koshelev. Nikita Kulagin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonid Kazachenok having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sidor Tomskiy to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Nikita Kulagin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leonid Kazachenok was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Aleksey Sartakov hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. The supporters of ФК ТАЙГА booed when Yaroslavl FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksey Sartakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aleksey Matyushko was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 60th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. A collision led to ФК ТАЙГА getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Dmitriy Rogov hit a great ball. 74 minutes into the match, ФК ТАЙГА's goal looked a bit too open when Sidor Tomskiy came free, but Leonid Kazachenok reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Nikita Kulagin could shoot a difficult shot in the 76th minute, which Leonid Kazachenok however easily saved by the left post. Sidor Tomskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 83rd minute Sidor Tomskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonid Kazachenok saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leonid Kazachenok showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sidor Tomskiy in the 86th minute of the match. When Zinoviy Koshelev came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the ФК ТАЙГА 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 Zinoviy Koshelev couldn't finish the play. If Sidor Tomskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yaroslavl FC played a much better game than ФК ТАЙГА and deserved their victory. The ФК ТАЙГА players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.