League Play-Off

Partington
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Petr Kondratiev took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Irakliy Zapolskiy in the 3rd minute of play forced Partington's goalkeeper German Kristallinskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 5 minutes into the game, Dmitriy Haritonov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. German Kristallinskiy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. German Kristallinskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Bolshakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dmitriy Haritonov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. German Kristallinskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Bolshakov in the 17th minute of play. If Vitaliy Volskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dmitriy Haritonov in the 19th minute of play forced Partington's goalkeeper German Kristallinskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute, Igor Bolshakov made a precise shot to the right of German Kristallinskiy. Partington's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. German Kristallinskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dmitriy Haritonov in the 25th minute of the match. German Kristallinskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Bolshakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute, Irakliy Zapolskiy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Biggin Hill fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After some careless play in the Partington defense, Dmitriy Haritonov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of German Kristallinskiy. The Partington fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that German Kristallinskiy should have stopped the shot. 37 minutes into the match, Partington's goal looked a bit too open when Oleg Kostin came free, but German Kristallinskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Partington's German Kristallinskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oleg Kostin in the 38th minute of play. Nikolay Kochubey struck a weak shot in the 42nd minute. Boris Baklykov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Partington. Nikolay Kochubey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Biggin Hill's Boris Baklykov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Biggin Hill from getting a goal against them.

The wind increased when Dmitriy Haritonov made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Fedor Bolotov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Partington getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Fedor Bolotov hit a great ball. German Kristallinskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dmitriy Haritonov in the 56th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Biggin Hill's German Kristallinskiy threw himself towards the right post 57 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Dmitriy Haritonov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Partington's German Kristallinskiy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Partington from getting a goal against them. Partington's German Kristallinskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Irakliy Zapolskiy in the 61st minute of play. Partington's German Kristallinskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dmitriy Haritonov in the 63rd minute of play. With 64 minutes on the clock, Petr Bal commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After having played for 68 minutes, Petr Kondratiev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Partington's supporters crossed their fingers, but Petr Kondratiev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Boris Baklykov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petr Kondratiev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oleg Kostin kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 75thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Partington's keeper German Kristallinskiy was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Oleg Kostin did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-5 to the left of a surprised German Kristallinskiy 75 minutes into the match. In the 78th match minute, Partington was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentin Akhov to maneuver through the defense. German Kristallinskiy came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Biggin Hill's Oleg Kostin. But to his dismay, Oleg Kostin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. Igor Bolshakov scored 1-7 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of German Kristallinskiy, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the final whistle sounded Biggin Hill left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Partington.