League Play-Off

Stadion Engels
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Maksim Sabanov made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maksim Sabanov in the 8th minute of play forced Velikiy Novgorod's goalkeeper Grigoriy Bragovskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15th minute, Maksim Sabanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aleksey Sidorov, 17 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. A collision led to Engels getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Filimon Grinevich hit a great ball. If Emmanuil Lapidus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emmanuil Lapidus received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Irakliy Korsakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Irakliy Korsakov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Magidovich in the 31st minute of play. Filimon Smurov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Grigoriy Bragovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vasiliy Gulyaev lost his temper 42 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 42nd minute, one of Velikiy Novgorod:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Velikiy Novgorod. Anton Kadochnikov scored 1-0 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Grigoriy Bragovskiy, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The wind increased when Emmanuil Lapidus made the kick off in the second half. If Emmanuil Lapidus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emmanuil Lapidus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 57 minutes into the match, Engels's goal looked a bit too open when Artur Skazytkin came free, but Irakliy Korsakov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Grigoriy Bragovskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maksim Sabanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emmanuil Lapidus in the 66th minute of play forced Engels's goalkeeper Irakliy Korsakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Velikiy Novgorod's Emmanuil Lapidus got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 70 played minutes Engels got a freekick which was hit by Mikhail Terentiev. Emmanuil Lapidus charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emmanuil Lapidus the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Filimon Smurov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Grigoriy Bragovskiy having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Velikiy Novgorod's zone, Maksim Sabanov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Grigoriy Bragovskiy came out of the goal and Maksim Sabanov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Engels's Maksim Sabanov got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Filimon Smurov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Grigoriy Bragovskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.