League Play-Off

Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Maksim Karpin started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Viktor Fadeev charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Viktor Fadeev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 9 played minutes Komsomolsk-on-Amur FC got a freekick which was hit by Viktor Fadeev. In the 13th minute, Adolf Tishkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vladislav Galkin hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. When the match clock showed 21 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Emmanuil Bazhov sped through Komsomolsk-on-Amur FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Afanasiy Ganatovskiy. Sochi's Afanasiy Perfilov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maksim Karpin in the 25th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Emmanuil Bazhov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Afanasiy Ganatovskiy was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. After having played for 31 minutes, Mikhail Lukin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sochi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mikhail Lukin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Maksim Karpin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 36 minutes, Emmanuil Bazhov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sochi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emmanuil Bazhov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Afanasiy Perfilov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maksim Karpin in the 42nd minute of play. Afanasiy Ganatovskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emmanuil Bazhov in the 45th minute of play. Danil Prohorov took the ball and in the 48 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Afanasiy Ganatovskiy. Afanasiy Ganatovskiy dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Emmanuil Bazhov was the one to do the kick off. If Emmanuil Bazhov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Afanasiy Perfilov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maksim Karpin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 62 minutes into the game, one of Sochi:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Afanasiy Perfilov had in the 64thth minute some difficulties stopping Ruslan Kostyunin's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emmanuil Bazhov in the 68th minute of play forced Komsomolsk-on-Amur FC's goalkeeper Afanasiy Ganatovskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vladislav Lutsenko charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vladislav Lutsenko the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a defensive mix-up in Komsomolsk-on-Amur FC's zone, Mikhail Lukin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Afanasiy Ganatovskiy came out of the goal and Mikhail Lukin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 79 minutes into the match, Sochi's goal looked a bit too open when Maksim Karpin came free, but Afanasiy Perfilov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Afanasiy Ganatovskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emmanuil Bazhov in the 81st minute of the match. In the 82nd match minute, Komsomolsk-on-Amur FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur Erohin to maneuver through the defense. If Maksim Karpin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mikhail Lukin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 96 minutes, Mikhail Lukin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sochi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mikhail Lukin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Afanasiy Ganatovskiy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mikhail Lukin in the 96th minute. Maksim Karpin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afanasiy Perfilov having to interfere.