League Play-Off

Ukhta
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Samuil Dianov kicked off to start the match. Vasiliy Nagorskiy charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vasiliy Nagorskiy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 10th minute, Albert Luppov sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Ukhta's Aleksey Bragin didn't even have to move. Albert Luppov charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Albert Luppov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 13 played minutes Balashikha got a freekick which was hit by Albert Luppov. Pavel Uhabin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Aleksey Bragin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aleksey Bragin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Uhabin in the 24th minute of the match. Artem Selin charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Artem Selin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fedor Pokryvalov charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fedor Pokryvalov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When the match clock showed 35 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Emmanuil Abramchuk sped through Ukhta's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aleksey Bragin. Pavel Uhabin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksey Bragin having to interfere. 46 minutes into the game, one of Balashikha:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pavel Uhabin to make the kick off. When Vasiliy Nagorskiy was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 60 minutes had been played. Vasiliy Nagorskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. In the 64th minute, Makar Senin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pavel Uhabin in the 68th minute of play forced Ukhta's goalkeeper Aleksey Bragin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 74 minutes, Samuil Dianov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ukhta and the Balashikha players grew even worse after the yellow card. Samuil Dianov kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Semen Nadobnov charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Semen Nadobnov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ukhta's Aleksey Bragin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Ukhta from getting a goal against them. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.