League Play-Off

Elets
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to Vladivostok getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Egor Arseev hit a great ball. With his leg Filimon Chigorin managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when Elets FC's Egor Kirichenko fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Oleg Pyshkin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Filimon Chigorin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 11th minute of play. In the 14thth minute of the game Egor Fadeev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Elets FC's Vladlen Bobko was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Egor Fadeev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tihon Beloded received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Vladlen Bobko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Vladivostok's goalkeeper Filimon Chigorin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 30th minute, Vladivostok's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Egor Kirichenko fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. When Oleg Pyshkin came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Elets FC 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 Oleg Pyshkin couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Vladivostok getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Emmanuil Hlebnikov hit a great ball. Filimon Chigorin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vladislav Mehovich in the 38th minute. After 41 played minutes Elets FC got a freekick which was hit by Konstantin Abuladze. In the 42nd minute, Tihon Beloded 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. Tihon Beloded got in the 46th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Vladlen Bobko handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Egor Fadeev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Filimon Chigorin came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Elets FC's Konstantin Abuladze. But to his dismay, Konstantin Abuladze quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Vladlen Bobko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Egor Fadeev in the 57th minute of play. Konstantin Abuladze's late challenge caught a Vladivostok's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Konstantin Abuladze helped the player get up and apologised. Konstantin Abuladze kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. When Tihon Beloded came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Vladivostok 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 Tihon Beloded couldn't finish the play. If Tihon Beloded had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tihon Beloded's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 78thth minute, Vladlen Bobko skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 79th minute, Tihon Beloded 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. Oleg Pyshkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Filimon Chigorin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 86 minutes into the match, Vladivostok's Egor Fadeev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vladlen Bobko narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 89 minutes, Tihon Beloded managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vladivostok's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tihon Beloded was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tihon Beloded was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 92nd minute. Vladivostok's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 94 minutes into the match, Elets FC's goal looked a bit too open when Egor Fadeev came free, but Vladlen Bobko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Tihon Beloded had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew the final whistle, Elets FC could leave the field as winners, despite Vladivostok having more of the ball for most of the match.