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St Helens Park
Spectators: 9372 (Terracing: 7031, Seating: 2155, VIP seats: 186) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nikita Bykov started the match with the kick off. Grigoriy Bryzgalov kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. After having played for 11 minutes, Nereo Estavan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. St Helens's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nereo Estavan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 12th minute, Iván Sotomayor 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. Iván Sotomayor could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Efim Priyatkin made a huge save. When Nikita Bykov fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Stanway AFC's protests and gave Nikita Bykov a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of St Helens booed when Stanway AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nikita Bykov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 34 played minutes Stanway AFC got a freekick which was hit by Yulian Belozerov. In the 41st minute of the match, Iván Sotomayor got a very nice opportunity to score, but Efim Priyatkin was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Efim Priyatkin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iván Sotomayor in the 42nd minute of play. Efim Priyatkin was out of position in the 45 minute of play, and Iván Sotomayor capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Iván Sotomayor really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Iván Sotomayor to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Iván Sotomayor's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Efim Priyatkin was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Efim Priyatkin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iván Sotomayor in the 53rd minute of the match. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Stanway AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Christian Grabiel was slow to take the kick. During this time St Helens's players had a chance to rest. 58 minutes into the match, Stanway AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Nereo Estavan came free, but Efim Priyatkin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikita Bykov hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Vladimir Dikarev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nereo Estavan took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Efim Priyatkin. Efim Priyatkin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. 82 minutes into the match, Nereo Estavan notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Stanway AFC's Efim Priyatkin. Efim Priyatkin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 86 minutes into the match, Iván Sotomayor notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Stanway AFC's Efim Priyatkin. Efim Priyatkin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Miroslav Pristavkin hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. If Nereo Estavan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. St Helens walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.