League Play-Off

Stadion Makhachkala
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ernest Zhendarov got the match started through his kick off. Gerasim Mokritskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernest Zhendarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. When Martyn Petrov fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tomsk's protests and gave Martyn Petrov a yellow card for diving instead. Martyn Petrov hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. A collision led to Makhachkala getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Maksim Lapisov hit a great ball. Stanislav Serchuk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mikhail Gurev having to interfere. Stanislav Serchuk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 18 minutes, Klim Bulatov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Makhachkala and the Tomsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mikhail Gurev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evgeniy Shubin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stanislav Serchuk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Mikhail Gurev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ernest Zhendarov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Gleb Eliseev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Makhachkala's supporters rose to their feet, but Gleb Eliseev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gerasim Mokritskiy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 27th minute Evgeniy Shubin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikhail Gurev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 35 minutes, Gleb Eliseev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Makhachkala's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gleb Eliseev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Ernest Zhendarov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mikhail Gurev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stanislav Serchuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Gleb Eliseev struck a weak shot in the 46th minute. Gerasim Mokritskiy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Makhachkala.

The wind increased when Stanislav Serchuk made the kick off in the second half. Stanislav Serchuk had several of the Makhachkala's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 53 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-1 score and a disappointed Mikhail Gurev as he didn't even see the shot coming. After having played for 56 minutes, Gleb Eliseev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Makhachkala's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gleb Eliseev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mikhail Gurev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stanislav Serchuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After 62 minutes of play, Tomsk's Evgeniy Shubin made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mikhail Gurev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vladislav Afanasenko's late challenge caught a Makhachkala's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vladislav Afanasenko helped the player get up and apologised. Vladislav Afanasenko hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. If Evgeniy Shubin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mikhail Gurev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stanislav Serchuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. If Evgeniy Shubin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 93 minutes into the game, Evgeniy Shubin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Mikhail Gurev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The Tomsk supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Tomsk would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.