League Play-Off

Maykop
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Maykop FC's Artemiy Karkov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Daniil Marutenkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Evgeniy Cherep tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gleb Fedorov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 6th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Evgeniy Cherep. Maykop FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Eduard Katyukov kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. The audience cheered when Mikhail Lyatskiy's long shot passed Evgeniy Cherep's right side. It was 0-1, 11 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Maykop FC's Artemiy Karkov got a free kick in the 15th minute. Kirill Fomich's late challenge caught a Maykop FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kirill Fomich helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Maykop FC booed when Irkutsk FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kirill Fomich didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 24th match minute, Irkutsk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stepan Kiselev to maneuver through the defense. 35 minutes into the match, Maykop FC's Yakov Bekenson broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Paramon Miheev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Evgeniy Cherep tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paramon Miheev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Evgeniy Cherep tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniil Marutenkov to make the kick off. Paramon Miheev took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Evgeniy Cherep. Evgeniy Cherep dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. If Daniil Marutenkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pavel Chervitskiy charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pavel Chervitskiy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 70th match minute, Irkutsk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavel Chervitskiy to maneuver through the defense. Daniil Marutenkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evgeniy Cherep having to interfere. Maykop FC's Evgeniy Cherep proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Maykop FC from getting a goal against them. In the 80th minute, Oleg Kozlov 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Paramon Miheev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Irkutsk FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Paramon Miheev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Evgeniy Cherep breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 87th minute Artemiy Karkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dmitriy Kolmakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 90th minute Daniil Marutenkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evgeniy Cherep saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.