League Play-Off

Stadion Voronezh
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arseniy Anyukov made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the Kemerovo FC defense, Filimon Averchenko kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Boris Konstantinov. The Kemerovo FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Boris Konstantinov should have stopped the shot. With his leg Boris Konstantinov managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when Voronezh HC's Filimon Averchenko fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 15thth minute of the game Oleg Kosakovskiy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Voronezh HC's Sergey Samsonenko was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Voronezh HC's Nikolay Tesenkov got a free kick in the 15th minute. In the 16th minute Artem Mamontov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergey Samsonenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Boris Konstantinov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arseniy Anyukov in the 18th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oleg Kosakovskiy in the 20th minute of play forced Voronezh HC's goalkeeper Sergey Samsonenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Arseniy Anyukov 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. Filimon Averchenko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boris Konstantinov having to interfere. Artem Mamontov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arseniy Anyukov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Boris Konstantinov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 37 minutes, Nikolay Shafirov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kemerovo FC and the Voronezh HC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Voronezh HC booed when Kemerovo FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nikolay Shafirov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 39th minute Arseniy Anyukov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Boris Konstantinov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Kemerovo FC's Oleg Kosakovskiy in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Voronezh HC's goalie prevented a goal. When Arseniy Anyukov came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Voronezh HC 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 Arseniy Anyukov couldn't finish the play. In the 46th match minute, Kemerovo FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ippolit Kolyvanov to maneuver through the defense. Arseniy Anyukov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Oleg Kosakovskiy to strike the kick off in the second half. Artem Mamontov succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 54th playminute. A collision led to Kemerovo FC getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Nikolay Shafirov hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arseniy Anyukov in the 58th minute of play forced Kemerovo FC's goalkeeper Boris Konstantinov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 71 played minutes Voronezh HC got a freekick which was hit by Taras Abaidulin. Sergey Samsonenko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Artem Mamontov in the 72nd minute. Boris Konstantinov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Filimon Averchenko's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. If Nikolay Shafirov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 88 minutes, Artem Mamontov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kemerovo FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Artem Mamontov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nikolay Shafirov got his second yellow card in the match during the 90th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 91st match minute, Kemerovo FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikolay Shafirov to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Kemerovo FC defense, Filimon Averchenko kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Boris Konstantinov. The Kemerovo FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Boris Konstantinov should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Voronezh HC had won after a very even match.