League Play-Off

Stadion Balakovo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Vitaliy Vodyagin made the kick off and thus started the match. Through an outstanding action, after 3 minutes, Vladimir Anyukov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. A collision led to Bratsk FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Innokentiy Panasenko hit a great ball. Efim Adrianov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Vitaliy Vodyagin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aleksandr Yakushev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Efim Adrianov, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Sevastyan Mau received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Vladimir Anyukov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Efim Adrianov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksandr Yakushev having to interfere. Sevastyan Mau received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Vladimir Anyukov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Ivan Yakovlev kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Vladimir Anyukov. That made the score 1-0 in the 22 minute of play. Bratsk FC's Vladimir Anyukov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Yakovlev in the 26th minute of play. Ivan Yakovlev might have been able to make a better finish in the 29th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vladimir Anyukov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ivan Yakovlev ran back to his position shaking his head. Aleksandr Yakushev came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Bratsk FC's Vitaliy Vodyagin. But to his dismay, Vitaliy Vodyagin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. In the 37th match minute, Balakovo HC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konstantin Emelyanov to maneuver through the defense. Aleksey Sokolov kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Bratsk FC's Innokentiy Panasenko got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Efim Adrianov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksandr Yakushev having to interfere. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ivan Yakovlev made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Vitaliy Vodyagin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksandr Yakushev was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Vitaliy Vodyagin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aleksandr Yakushev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. Ivan Yakovlev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Vladimir Anyukov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 65 played minutes Bratsk FC got a freekick which was hit by Vitaliy Vodyagin. Sevastyan Mau fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Anyukov having to interfere. If Vitaliy Vodyagin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 80th match minute, Bratsk FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentin Kurashov to maneuver through the defense. After 83 played minutes Balakovo HC got a freekick which was hit by Aleksandr Rassadkin. In the 86th minute Bratsk FC were awarded a corner. Evgeniy Nesmachko went to the cornerflag to take it. The supporters of Balakovo HC booed when Bratsk FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Efim Adrianov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Egor Tihonovich hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. It was beautiful to see Balakovo HC's Aleksandr Rassadkin in action when he in the 90th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Sevastyan Mau recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Efim Adrianov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksandr Yakushev having to interfere. 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.