League Play-Off

Surgut-Arena
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Salavat's Vladimir Besov 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. The audience was convinced that Vladimir Besov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Konstantin Bakhtiarov was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Konstantin Bakhtiarov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladimir Besov in the 9th minute of the match. Konstantin Bakhtiarov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladimir Besov, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Rustam Stepanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Gleb Tolbuhin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vladimir Besov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Bakhtiarov having to interfere. Konstantin Bakhtiarov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladimir Besov, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Gleb Tolbuhin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rustam Stepanov in the 29th minute. A collision led to Salavat getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Vladimir Besov hit a great ball. Konstantin Bakhtiarov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladimir Besov, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Konstantin Bakhtiarov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladimir Besov, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. If Vladislav Vorobiev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 39th minute, Samuil Gavrilov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Konstantin Bakhtiarov came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Salavat's Vladislav Vorobiev. But to his dismay, Vladislav Vorobiev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After 43 played minutes Salavat got a freekick which was hit by Aleksandr Muhin. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vasiliy Guzun to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vladislav Vorobiev got free with Konstantin Bakhtiarov in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Vladimir Besov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Konstantin Bakhtiarov was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 55th minute of the game. One of Север:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Salavat:s goal. Konstantin Bakhtiarov had in the 57thth minute some difficulties stopping Innokentiy Alekseenko's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his right side, but he still managed to hold the ball 0-2 came in the 57th minute when Innokentiy Alekseenko all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Konstantin Bakhtiarov. Vladimir Besov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vasiliy Guzun charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vasiliy Guzun the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Vasiliy Guzun kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. If Vladislav Vorobiev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 79th minute, Vladimir Besov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vladislav Vorobiev might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Konstantin Bakhtiarov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vladislav Vorobiev ran back to his position shaking his head. Vladislav Vorobiev was extremely unlucky when he, in the 84th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Konstantin Bakhtiarov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vladimir Besov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Vladislav Vorobiev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vladislav Vorobiev who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 90thth minute tested the skills of Konstantin Bakhtiarov when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After having played for 91 minutes, Vladimir Besov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Salavat's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vladimir Besov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vladislav Vorobiev was extremely unlucky when he, in the 96th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Vladimir Besov succeeded in the game's 99th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-4. Salavat's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.