League Play-Off

Nizhny Tagil
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Stanislav Glushenko got the match started through his kick off. Vladislav Dementiev's late challenge caught a Nizhny Tagil FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vladislav Dementiev helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Yakutsk HC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Vladislav Dementiev hit a great ball. 5 minutes into the game, Yakutsk HC's Efim Gurtsevich nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Albert Mihailyuk made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dmitriy Klements in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Albert Mihailyuk prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Efim Gurtsevich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stanislav Glushenko in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Veniamin Petuhov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Georgiy Zuev came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Nizhny Tagil 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 Georgiy Zuev couldn't finish the play. If Efim Gurtsevich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Albert Mihailyuk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Efim Gurtsevich, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Yakutsk HC's Dmitriy Klements got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Yakutsk HC's zone, Georgiy Zuev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Veniamin Petuhov came out of the goal and Georgiy Zuev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 34 played minutes Nizhny Tagil FC got a freekick which was hit by Roman Strelkov. Veniamin Petuhov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislav Glushenko in the 37th minute of the match. Veniamin Petuhov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stanislav Glushenko in the 40th minute of play. If Dmitriy Klements had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dmitriy Klements to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute of the match, Dmitriy Klements tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Albert Mihailyuk saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Stanislav Glushenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dmitriy Klements in the 62nd minute of play forced Nizhny Tagil FC's goalkeeper Albert Mihailyuk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Albert Mihailyuk was out of position in the 65 minute of play, and Dmitriy Klements capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Dmitriy Klements really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. The audience was convinced that Dmitriy Klements's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Albert Mihailyuk was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Veniamin Petuhov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Georgiy Zuev, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Veniamin Petuhov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stanislav Glushenko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dmitriy Klements sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 80th minute of the match Roman Strelkov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Veniamin Petuhov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A collision led to Yakutsk HC getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Sergey Haimi hit a great ball. Georgiy Zuev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Veniamin Petuhov having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Yakutsk HC's zone, Georgiy Zuev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Veniamin Petuhov came out of the goal and Georgiy Zuev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Yakutsk HC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.