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Timperley Stadium
Spectators: 6848 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1848, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emmanuil Atapin started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, Nikita Dorohin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Marat Verhoturov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Ashton-in-Makerfield United getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Vsevolod Avdeev hit a great ball. Timperley's Emmanuil Atapin got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Felix Shtolz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emmanuil Atapin, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. A collision led to Ashton-in-Makerfield United getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Donat Kurilenko hit a great ball. Marat Verhoturov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Felix Shtolz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Ashton-in-Makerfield United's Felix Shtolz got control of the ball when Marat Verhoturov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emmanuil Atapin in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Felix Shtolz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With 28 minutes on the clock, Petr Kiselev commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Timperley fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 27th minute. Penalty! Denis Kireenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Ashton-in-Makerfield United's Mark Gorshkov got a free kick in the 38th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gleb Shumikhin got free with Felix Shtolz in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Nikolay Konev came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Ashton-in-Makerfield United 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 Nikolay Konev couldn't finish the play. Nikolay Konev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nikolay Konev to make the kick off. If Marat Verhoturov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Denis Kireenko could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Vsevolod Sachenkov made a huge save. A collision led to Timperley getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Evgeniy Kuvshinov hit a great ball. Timperley's Vsevolod Sachenkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikolay Konev in the 59th minute of play. Vsevolod Sachenkov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nikolay Konev's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Vsevolod Sachenkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolay Konev in the 67th minute of the match. Marat Verhoturov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Felix Shtolz having to make a save. If Sergey Pashkin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 78th minute, Marat Verhoturov 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. Felix Shtolz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergey Pashkin, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. 93 minutes into the match, Ashton-in-Makerfield United's goal looked a bit too open when Marat Verhoturov came free, but Felix Shtolz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ashton-in-Makerfield United's goalkeeper Felix Shtolz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The Ashton-in-Makerfield United players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Timperley from taking control. The game ends in a draw.