League Play-Off

Alfonso López
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Borislav Politseimako made the kick off which started today's match. Georgiy Vekshin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Nikolay Bukrinskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 11 minutes into the match, Kazajistán Youngs Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Vsevolod Suhanov came free, but Jon Cardeño reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 13 minutes, Vsevolod Suhanov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Petersfield's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vsevolod Suhanov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Kazajistán Youngs Boys booed when Petersfield was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oleg Erdyakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Nikolay Bukrinskiy managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when Kazajistán Youngs Boys's Ippolit Novikov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ippolit Novikov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nikolay Bukrinskiy having to make a save. Ippolit Novikov struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Nikolay Bukrinskiy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Kazajistán Youngs Boys. After a rather tough play, Petersfield's Evgeniy Rodov got a free kick in the 28th minute. An unexpected shot in the 36th minute by Ippolit Novikov got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 42nd minute, Oleg Erdyakov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th match minute, Petersfield was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mikhail Buznikin to maneuver through the defense. After 47 played minutes, Petersfield's Konstantin Drachev shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jon Cardeño came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Petersfield reached it. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Georgiy Vekshin made a kick off. Jon Cardeño took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Borislav Politseimako, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Petersfield's Borislav Politseimako in the 59th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Jon Cardeño was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Kazajistán Youngs Boys through an amazing save. Vsevolod Suhanov struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Jon Cardeño didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Petersfield. In the 62nd minute, Artur Aleksandrov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elisey Shabrov's late challenge caught a Petersfield's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Elisey Shabrov helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Kazajistán Youngs Boys's Elisey Shabrov got a free kick in the 63rd minute. In the 66th minute of the match Petersfield got a corner. Kazajistán Youngs Boys's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Konstantin Drachev ran over to the corner to take the kick. Elisey Shabrov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Nikolay Bukrinskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Georgiy Vekshin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 88th minute, Ippolit Novikov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kazajistán Youngs Boys fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Kazajistán Youngs Boys's Jon Cardeño proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save Kazajistán Youngs Boys from getting a goal against them. Mikhail Byvalov hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Petersfield's Konstantin Drachev couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 95th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Kazajistán Youngs Boys. Petersfield's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.