League

Uttoxeter Park
Spectators: 7000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 0) Yaroslav Kunyaev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Andrey Chichin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Aleksandr Prudkovskiy came out and tried to block the shot, but Andrey Chichin slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 6th minute. Nikolay Shestakov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 13 minutes into the match, Uttoxeter AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Mark Grishkevich came free, but Vasiliy Kanbekov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Mark Grishkevich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yaroslav Kunyaev who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 24thth minute tested the skills of Aleksandr Prudkovskiy when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Ruslan Blinov's late challenge caught a Uttoxeter AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ruslan Blinov helped the player get up and apologised. Ruslan Blinov hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. If Nikolay Shestakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Uttoxeter AFC getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Yaroslav Kunyaev hit a great ball. Mark Grishkevich fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vasiliy Kanbekov having to interfere. Nikolay Shestakov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Vasiliy Kanbekov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mark Grishkevich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Yaroslav Kunyaev was the one to do the kick off. Sevastyan Erofeev kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Yaroslav Kunyaev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Nikolay Shestakov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Huyton AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Nikolay Shestakov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vasiliy Kanbekov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Huyton AFC's Mark Grishkevich got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 72 minutes into the game, Uttoxeter AFC's Yaroslav Kunyaev nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aleksandr Prudkovskiy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. The supporters of Huyton AFC booed when Uttoxeter AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sevastyan Erofeev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nikolay Shestakov struck a weak shot in the 81st minute. Vasiliy Kanbekov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Huyton AFC. When Mark Grishkevich came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Huyton AFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mark Grishkevich couldn't finish the play. In the 86th minute Mark Grishkevich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vasiliy Kanbekov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Uttoxeter AFC's Vasiliy Kanbekov got control of the ball when Nikolay Shestakov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Andrey Chichin hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. Huyton AFC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.