League Play-Off

Stadion sportting
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Igor Savkin made the kick off which started today's match. Stepan Shalimov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veniamin Golofastov in the 5th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by David Belanovskiy during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Achinsk getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. David Belanovskiy hit a great ball. Sportting's David Rodionov couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 10th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Achinsk. Veniamin Golofastov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Stepan Shalimov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 19 minutes into the game, Vyacheslav Maslov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sportting's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Achinsk the free kick. After 19 played minutes Sportting got a freekick which was hit by Vyacheslav Maslov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergey Skobinov in the 25th minute of play forced Sportting's goalkeeper Stepan Shalimov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stepan Shalimov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergey Skobinov, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. If Sergey Skobinov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sergey Skobinov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stepan Shalimov having to interfere. Sergey Skobinov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Stepan Shalimov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stepan Shalimov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veniamin Golofastov in the 42nd minute of play. Sergey Skobinov took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stepan Shalimov. Stepan Shalimov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 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.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Veniamin Golofastov to strike the kick off in the second half. 58 minutes into the game, Daniil Pikulin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sportting's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Achinsk the free kick. After 60 minutes, Pavel Seleznev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sportting and the Achinsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. Pavel Seleznev kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. 61 minutes into the match, Sportting's goalkeeper Stepan Shalimov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sergey Skobinov. Veniamin Golofastov was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 62nd minute. Achinsk's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. A collision led to Sportting getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Pavel Seleznev hit a great ball. In the 73rd play minute Sergey Skobinov came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Stepan Shalimov. 0-2. After a rather tough play, Achinsk's Pavel Starodubrovskiy got a free kick in the 77th minute. In the 80th minute of the match Sportting got a corner. Achinsk's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. David Rodionov ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 81st minute Igor Savkin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikita Tokarenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Sportting booed when Achinsk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pavel Starodubrovskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. David Rodionov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 84th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nikita Tokarenko. Achinsk's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. With a little luck, Sportting's Stepan Shalimov got control of the ball when Sergey Skobinov tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Sergey Skobinov came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Achinsk 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 Sergey Skobinov couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded Achinsk left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Sportting.