League Play-Off

Stadion Zhukovsky
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Vitold Gorchakov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Astrakhan FC's Arkadiy Ovdin got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 6th minute, Nikita Poimanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Evgeniy Averin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by German Danilov in the 12th minute of play forced Astrakhan FC's goalkeeper Kirill Bochkin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Igor Svetlanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Evgeniy Averin got free with Kirill Bochkin in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vladimir Pesyakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Svetlanov in the 22nd minute of the match. Vladimir Pesyakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Svetlanov in the 25th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Igor Svetlanov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vladimir Pesyakov was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. In the 28th minute, Nikita Poimanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In a very dangerous position, a player in Astrakhan FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 30th minute. Penalty! Oleg Aitmatov scored 2-0 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kirill Bochkin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Svetlanov in the 35th minute of play forced Zhukovsky's goalkeeper Vladimir Pesyakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vladimir Pesyakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikita Poimanov in the 39th minute of the match. In the 40th minute Arkadiy Ovdin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vladimir Pesyakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, Zhukovsky's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Svetlanov came free, but Vladimir Pesyakov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Astrakhan FC booed when Zhukovsky was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arseniy Babushkin didn't get a good kick on the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Igor Svetlanov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vladimir Pesyakov was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Arkadiy Ovdin showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 52 minute of play. Vitold Gorchakov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Evgeniy Averin in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kirill Bochkin saved Astrakhan FC from getting behind. In the 66th minute Evgeniy Averin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kirill Bochkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Igor Svetlanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Zhukovsky booed when Astrakhan FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eduard Potapov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Boris Gulyaev hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. A collision led to Astrakhan FC getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Eduard Potapov hit a great ball. In the 81st minute, Evgeniy Averin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zhukovsky fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Kirill Bochkin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evgeniy Averin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute Vitold Gorchakov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kirill Bochkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stanislav Komissarov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Arkadiy Ovdin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zhukovsky's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.