League Play-Off

Novorossiysk
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Evgeniy Adriyanov kicked off to start the match. Artur Gerasimov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Fedor Lobok tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Novorossiysk FC's goalkeeper Fedor Lobok, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Novorossiysk FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Albert Yagnitskiy hit a great ball. In the 15th minute, Nikolay Motvienko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yakov Krasnoyarov charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yakov Krasnoyarov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Yakov Krasnoyarov hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. The supporters of Novorossiysk FC booed when Taganrog was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Georgiy Yakovlev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fedor Lobok made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Georgiy Yakovlev in the 30th minute of play. Arkadiy Valov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evgeniy Adriyanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Oleg Aborenkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Arkadiy Valov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Evgeniy Adriyanov took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Arkadiy Valov to make any attempt to save it. Fedor Lobok showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artur Gerasimov in the 48th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Artur Gerasimov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Taganrog's supporters rose to their feet, but Artur Gerasimov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fedor Lobok breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Georgiy Yakovlev came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Taganrog 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 Georgiy Yakovlev couldn't finish the play. Georgiy Yakovlev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Fedor Lobok tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Georgiy Yakovlev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Fedor Lobok made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Artur Gerasimov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Taganrog's supporters rose to their feet, but Artur Gerasimov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fedor Lobok breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Georgiy Yakovlev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Fedor Lobok tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vadim Benediktov in the 81st minute of play forced Taganrog's goalkeeper Arkadiy Valov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute, Andrey Sitnikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 83 minutes into the match, Novorossiysk FC's Evgeniy Adriyanov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arkadiy Valov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 89th match minute, Novorossiysk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrey Emelyanov to maneuver through the defense. If Evgeniy Adriyanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 95th minute Vadim Benediktov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arkadiy Valov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.