League Play-Off

Lipetsk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ilya Tamarkin took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4thth minute of the game Andrey Gaskoin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lipetsk's Anatoliy Tyulenin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Grigoriy Belov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 8 played minutes Lipetsk's Grigoriy Belov stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Petr Dolzhenko stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Nizhny Novgorod of the goal. In the 11th minute, Lipetsk's Ilya Tamarkin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. With a little luck, Nizhny Novgorod's Petr Dolzhenko got control of the ball when Grigoriy Belov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 17th minute of the match, Ilya Tamarkin tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Petr Dolzhenko saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Nizhny Novgorod's Petr Dolzhenko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ilya Tamarkin in the 19th minute of play. Andrey Gaskoin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Lipetsk booed when Nizhny Novgorod was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Timofey Dokukin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Petr Dolzhenko made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Grigoriy Belov sent off a good shot on target. After having played for 43 minutes, Ilya Tamarkin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lipetsk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ilya Tamarkin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ilya Tamarkin in the 44th minute of play forced Nizhny Novgorod's goalkeeper Petr Dolzhenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lipetsk's goalkeeper Anatoliy Tyulenin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Andrey Gaskoin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anatoliy Tyulenin having to interfere. Timofey Naumov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anatoliy Tyulenin having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ilya Tamarkin in the 58th minute of play forced Nizhny Novgorod's goalkeeper Petr Dolzhenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Ilya Tamarkin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anatoliy Tyulenin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrey Gaskoin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Grigoriy Belov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lipetsk's supporters rose to their feet, but Grigoriy Belov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Petr Dolzhenko breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Grigoriy Belov in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Petr Dolzhenko saved Nizhny Novgorod from getting behind. Andrey Gaskoin was extremely unlucky when he, in the 87th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Nizhny Novgorod's Gennadiy Rezvoy suffered a sore thigh after 89 minutes and couldn't finish the game. A collision led to Lipetsk getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Oleg Streltsov hit a great ball. Petr Dolzhenko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilya Tamarkin in the 95th minute of the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Nizhny Novgorod players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Lipetsk.