League Play-Off

Stadion Lubertsy
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Danil Loschinskiy made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Nikita Morozov 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. ФК Ремонтное's defense didn't have a chance, in the 6th minute, when Pavel Agafonnikov scored to the left of an out of position Vladimir Gnuchev, making the score, 1-0. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind ФК Ремонтное's goalkeeper Vladimir Gnuchev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nikita Morozov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Gnuchev having to interfere. Maksim Taraskin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danil Loschinskiy in the 17th minute of play. Timur Kandybin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nikita Morozov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mikhail Ignashevich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Maksim Taraskin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikita Morozov in the 29th minute of play forced ФК Ремонтное's goalkeeper Vladimir Gnuchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute, Artem Laverov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kursk's Nikita Morozov got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 41 minutes into the match, ФК Ремонтное's goalkeeper Vladimir Gnuchev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Timur Kandybin. Timur Kandybin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Timur Kandybin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Artem Laverov's late challenge caught a Kursk's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Artem Laverov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 47th match minute, ФК Ремонтное was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artem Laverov to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Danil Loschinskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Mikhail Ignashevich took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Maksim Taraskin. Maksim Taraskin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. 57 minutes into the match, Pavel Chudnovskiy notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of ФК Ремонтное's Vladimir Gnuchev. Vladimir Gnuchev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Maksim Taraskin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danil Loschinskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Vladimir Gnuchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timur Kandybin, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. When Timur Kandybin came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Kursk 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 Timur Kandybin couldn't finish the play. In the 78th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kursk's goalkeeper Maksim Taraskin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Nikita Morozov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, ФК Ремонтное's Timofey Matveev got a free kick in the 86th minute. In the 89th minute of the match Kursk got a corner. ФК Ремонтное's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nikita Abayantsev ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Kursk's Nikita Abayantsev to fire away a dangerous shot which Vladimir Gnuchev despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Maksim Taraskin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danil Loschinskiy in the 90th minute of play. Kursk's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.