League Play-Off

Stadion Syzran
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ilya Itlin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vasiliy Umerov, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Vasiliy Umerov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Ilya Itlin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Syzran's Roman Pystin got a free kick in the 9th minute. Georgiy Olifirenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Ilya Itlin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dmitriy Lagofet's late challenge caught a Syzran's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dmitriy Lagofet helped the player get up and apologised. In the 13th minute, Dmitriy Lagofet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19th minute Vasiliy Umerov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilya Itlin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Vasiliy Umerov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilya Itlin was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. 27 minutes into the match, Syzran's goal looked a bit too open when Vasiliy Umerov came free, but Ilya Itlin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aleksandr Ledogorov charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aleksandr Ledogorov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Syzran getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Aleksandr Ledogorov hit a great ball. 32 minutes into the match, Orel FC's Fedor Shaidakov broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Ilya Itlin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vasiliy Umerov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vyacheslav Reshetinskiy was the one to do the kick off. Georgiy Olifirenko could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Ilya Itlin made a huge save. Orel FC's Fedor Shaidakov couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 57th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Syzran. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aleksandr Pshenichnikov in the 63rd minute of play forced Orel FC's goalkeeper Mikhail Simonov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Georgiy Olifirenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Syzran's Ilya Itlin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matvey Aleksandrov in the 70th minute of play. In the 80th match minute, Syzran was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filipp Kozub to maneuver through the defense. 83 minutes in the game, Vasiliy Umerov fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Ilya Itlin having to interfere. In the 85th minute Vasiliy Umerov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilya Itlin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vyacheslav Reshetinskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mikhail Simonov having to interfere. Mikhail Simonov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vyacheslav Reshetinskiy in the 91st minute of play. 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.