League Play-Off

Khasavyurt
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ilya Semko started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute of the match Igor Yaremchuk shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Artem Dolgih showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 8th match minute, Glazov was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stepan Shashkiy to maneuver through the defense. Mikhail Alekseev was a little too slow when Rustam Dobychin got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 11th minute. The score was now 1-0. Anatoliy Muhin kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Khasavyurt defense, Vitaliy Shulzhevskiy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Artem Dolgih. The Khasavyurt fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Artem Dolgih should have stopped the shot. Igor Kerzhakov hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. 25 minutes into the match, Ilya Semko notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Khasavyurt's Artem Dolgih. Artem Dolgih was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The crowd rose to their feet as Boris Vershinin kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mikhail Alekseev. That made the score 2-2 in the 30 minute of play. Boris Vershinin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpected shot in the 34th minute by Rustam Dobychin got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Artem Dolgih stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vitaliy Shulzhevskiy's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Boris Vershinin made a kick off. After 54 played minutes Khasavyurt got a freekick which was hit by Veniamin Evdokimov. Stepan Shashkiy kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Khasavyurt's Artem Dolgih proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Khasavyurt from getting a goal against them. Mikhail Alekseev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boris Vershinin in the 64th minute of the match. Stepan Shashkiy kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Khasavyurt's Vasiliy Gorbachevskiy tried to score from far away in the 67th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Vitaliy Shulzhevskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 70 played minutes Khasavyurt got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Kultyavov. When Veniamin Evdokimov was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 72 minutes had been played. In the 78th minute, Rustam Dobychin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mikhail Alekseev was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Ilya Semko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Artem Dolgih tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mikhail Alekseev came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Khasavyurt's Rustam Dobychin. But to his dismay, Rustam Dobychin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. After a defensive mix-up in Glazov's zone, Rustam Dobychin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mikhail Alekseev came out of the goal and Rustam Dobychin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 91st minute, Nikolay Nemtsov 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. Vitaliy Shulzhevskiys short, quick shot in the 94thth minute got Artem Dolgih to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Anatoliy Muhin kicked well hit freekick during the 99th minute of the match. There was no doubt that Khasavyurt were the better team. Khasavyurt's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.