League Play-Off

Stadion Moscow
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Andrey Burchalkin started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Nikita Davydov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrey Burchalkin in the 5th minute of the match. Denis Ivanov scored 1-0 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nikita Davydov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Oleg Andreev charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Oleg Andreev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After having played for 12 minutes, Andrey Burchalkin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Moscow's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andrey Burchalkin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aleksandr Arutyunov kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Aleksandr Arutyunov kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Andrey Burchalkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Nikita Davydov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 24 minutes into the game, Moscow's Denis Ivanov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nikita Davydov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. In the 31st minute, Yaroslav Sytnikov 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. Roman Lyashuk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Andrey Burchalkin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Roman Lyashuk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Naum Kokosov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The wind increased when Yaroslav Sytnikov made the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Moscow booed when Velikiy Novgorod was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksandr Arutyunov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 58th minute, Roman Lyashuk fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Naum Kokosov, passed just outside the right post. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 61st minute of the game. One of Moscow:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Velikiy Novgorod:s goal. When the match had been going on for 63 minutes, Velikiy Novgorod's Grigoriy Akinfeev got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Naum Kokosov. Moscow's defense didn't have a chance, in the 68th minute, when Yaroslav Sytnikov scored to the left of an out of position Naum Kokosov, making the score, 2-2. Roman Lyashuk blasted a shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Naum Kokosov having to make a save. In the 77th minute Yaroslav Sytnikov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Naum Kokosov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Roman Lyashuk got free with Naum Kokosov in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 81 minutes into the match, Moscow's goalkeeper Naum Kokosov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roman Lyashuk. Yaroslav Orlov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Naum Kokosov came out and tried to block the shot, but Yaroslav Orlov slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 83rd minute. Denis Ivanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Velikiy Novgorod's German Balaban shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 97th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Naum Kokosov but with some difficulty. The Velikiy Novgorod players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.