League Play-Off

Syzran
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Roman Pereletov got the match started through his kick off. Taras Lobanovskiy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Grigoriy Sharov went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Grigoriy Sharov kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Egor Shurygin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruslan Davydenko having to interfere. Vadim Nozhkin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruslan Davydenko having to interfere. Egor Shurygin came free with the goalkeeper in the 25th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Ruslan Davydenko could save by the left post. The audience was convinced that Vadim Nozhkin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ruslan Davydenko was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. After having played for 30 minutes, Egor Shurygin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Syzran's supporters crossed their fingers, but Egor Shurygin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 35 played minutes Novoshakhtinsk got a freekick which was hit by Roman Pereletov. Ruslan Davydenko didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Egor Shurygin went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 49th minute Timofey Volynskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Taras Lobanovskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vadim Nozhkin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Anton Gorodetskiy during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Anton Gorodetskiy hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. The audience held their breath when Irakliy Chistyakov in the 57th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Taras Lobanovskiy's left hand side. Vadim Nozhkin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ruslan Davydenko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Egor Shurygin in the 72nd minute of the match. Novoshakhtinsk's Ruslan Davydenko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vadim Nozhkin in the 73rd minute of play. After 76 minutes, Irakliy Chistyakov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Novoshakhtinsk and the Syzran players grew even worse after the yellow card. 75 minutes into the game, one of Novoshakhtinsk:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 84 minutes into the match, Novoshakhtinsk's goal looked a bit too open when Vadim Nozhkin came free, but Ruslan Davydenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 86 minutes, Vsevolod Kulagin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Syzran and the Novoshakhtinsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 87thth minute of the game Roman Pereletov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Syzran's Taras Lobanovskiy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Roman Pereletov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Taras Lobanovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 96th minute, Vitaliy Bogdanov 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.