League Play-Off

Alay Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kapiton Bozhev got the match started through his kick off. Vasiliy Kovalchuk's late challenge caught a Alay City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vasiliy Kovalchuk helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Lutterworth United's Vasiliy Kovalchuk got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Lutterworth United's defense didn't have a chance, in the 5th minute, when Innokentiy Dyuzhev scored to the left of an out of position Rudolf Yakovenko, making the score, 1-0. Kapiton Bozhev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksey Holodnyi having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Konovalov in the 15th minute of play forced Lutterworth United's goalkeeper Rudolf Yakovenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kapiton Bozhev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Aleksey Holodnyi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Kapiton Bozhev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lutterworth United's supporters rose to their feet, but Kapiton Bozhev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aleksey Holodnyi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 23rd minute, Kapiton Bozhev 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. A collision led to Alay City getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Petr Belenko hit a great ball. Aleksey Holodnyi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artur Kulishov in the 28th minute of the match. Leonid Gorbachev missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 30 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Rudolf Yakovenko right hand side. Lutterworth United's Kapiton Bozhev got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nikolay Fundukleev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Aleksey Holodnyi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kapiton Bozhev in the 37th minute of play forced Alay City's goalkeeper Aleksey Holodnyi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Konstantin Lukin fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Alay City's protests and gave Konstantin Lukin a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Alay City's Konstantin Lukin got a free kick in the 38th minute. Aleksey Holodnyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kapiton Bozhev, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. If Felix Konovalov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kapiton Bozhev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 50th minute. Aleksey Holodnyi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Innokentiy Dyuzhev stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Rudolf Yakovenko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Innokentiy Dyuzhev in the 56th minute of play. 64 minutes into the match, Nikolay Fundukleev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aleksey Holodnyi. Alay City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nikolay Fundukleev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Aleksey Holodnyi made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Nikolay Fundukleev sent off a good shot on target. If Kapiton Bozhev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 80th minute Innokentiy Dyuzhev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rudolf Yakovenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ippolit Tsvetkov charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ippolit Tsvetkov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 80 played minutes Lutterworth United got a freekick which was hit by Ippolit Tsvetkov. Aleksey Holodnyi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nikolay Fundukleev in the 89th minute. 96 minutes into the match, Lutterworth United's goal looked a bit too open when Innokentiy Dyuzhev came free, but Rudolf Yakovenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Lutterworth United had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.