League Play-Off

Yoshkar-Ola
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Danil Konovalov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to Petropavlovsk-Kamch. FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Fedot Kryuchkov hit a great ball. Ruslan Pshenichnov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fedor Beschastnyh in the 4th minute of the match. If Fedor Beschastnyh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Klim Generalov during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 9th match minute, Petropavlovsk-Kamch. FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Klim Generalov to maneuver through the defense. When Fedor Beschastnyh came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Yoshkar-Ola FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Fedor Beschastnyh couldn't finish the play. In the 22nd minute, Fedot Kryuchkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 28 minutes into the match, Nikolay Zaleskiy notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Petropavlovsk-Kamch. FC's Ruslan Pshenichnov. Ruslan Pshenichnov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ruslan Pshenichnov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fedor Beschastnyh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nikolay Zaleskiy got free with Ruslan Pshenichnov in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Yoshkar-Ola FC's Nikolay Zaleskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fedor Beschastnyh to make the kick off. Ruslan Pshenichnov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nikolay Zaleskiy's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. In the 54th minute, Klim Generalov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 61 minutes into the match, Klim Generalov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pavel Sayun. Yoshkar-Ola FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Klim Generalov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Nikolay Zaleskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Ruslan Pshenichnov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 72nd minute, Egor Banevich hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pavel Sayun was out of position in the 75 minute of play, and Danil Konovalov capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Danil Konovalov really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. Danil Konovalov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 86th minute Klim Generalov suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Gennadiy Rohlin charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gennadiy Rohlin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Petropavlovsk-Kamch. FC booed when Yoshkar-Ola FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gennadiy Rohlin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Petropavlovsk-Kamch. FC's zone, Fedor Beschastnyh stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ruslan Pshenichnov came out of the goal and Fedor Beschastnyh tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 95 minutes into the match, Yoshkar-Ola FC's Nikolay Zaleskiy sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ruslan Pshenichnov narrowly saved just below the crossbar.