League Play-Off

Stadion Lubertsy
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Vadim Vasserman's late challenge caught a Lubertsy HC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vadim Vasserman helped the player get up and apologised. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Boris Kutepov during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Kaluga getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Boris Kutepov hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Konstantin Pashkevich in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Nosul saved Kaluga from getting behind. David Nosul showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantin Pashkevich in the 12th minute of the match. Demyan Kachinskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. David Nosul tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kirill Snazin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Orest Larionov having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kirill Snazin in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Orest Larionov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, Kaluga's Anton Ilyin got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Demyan Kachinskiy succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 27th playminute. 35 minutes into the match, Lubertsy HC's goal looked a bit too open when Boris Kutepov came free, but Orest Larionov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th minute Kirill Snazin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Orest Larionov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lubertsy HC's Demyan Kachinskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 42 minutes into the match, Kaluga's goal looked a bit too open when Dmitriy Lukin came free, but David Nosul reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vadim Vasserman got his second yellow card in the match during the 43rd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 43rd minute, Vadim Vasserman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 48 minutes into the match, Lubertsy HC's goal looked a bit too open when Ilya Garusov came free, but Orest Larionov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ilya Garusov was the one to do the kick off. Kaluga's David Nosul played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Konstantin Pashkevich in the 55th minute of play. 58 minutes into the game, Ilya Garusov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Orest Larionov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Orest Larionov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ilya Garusov went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Konstantin Pashkevich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 74 played minutes, Lubertsy HC's Vitaliy Shevchenko shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper David Nosul came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Lubertsy HC reached it. After some careless play in the Kaluga defense, Konstantin Pashkevich kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Nosul. The Kaluga fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Nosul should have stopped the shot. When Lev Safonov fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kaluga's protests and gave Lev Safonov a yellow card for diving instead. In the 84th minute, Lev Safonov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Demyan Kachinskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. David Nosul showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantin Pashkevich in the 90th minute of the match. Demyan Kachinskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. David Nosul tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.