FC Pskov defeated the St. Petersburg “Star” and reached the final of the Third League

At the stadium "Machinobuilder" the return play-off for reaching the final tournament of the Third League was held. FC Pskov won a confident victory over St. Petersburg Zvezda with a score of 4: 0, guaranteeing itself participation in the final stage of the competition.

The first half was in equal struggle, the teams could not hit each other's goal (0: 0). However, after the break, the field hosts seized the initiative and significantly increased the pressure. In the 54th minute, Anton Paranin opened the scoring. In the second half of the match, the main character of the match was Sergey Molchanov, who scored a hat-trick (72′, 87′ and 90+ minutes from a penalty) and finally removed questions about the winner.

Match result:

FC Pskov – Zvezda (St. Petersburg) – 4:0 (0:0)

Goals: Paranin (54'), Molchanov (72', 87', 90'+ pen.).

October 17, 2026. Stadium "Mechanical builder", Pskov.

FC Pskov received the right to participate in play-off matches as the winner of the North-West OFF Cup. The rival of Pskov was the winner of the St. Petersburg Cup FC “Zvezda”. In the first meeting, held on October 5 at the Arena FC Tosno, FC Pskov won a minimal victory with the score 1: 0 thanks to the goal of Mikhail Vasiliev. By the sum of two matches, the Pskov team confidently passed to the final tournament of the All-Russian competitions.