League

Great Ayton` Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) 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. Gleb Kudryavtsev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikita Bykov in the 4th minute of the match. Gleb Kudryavtsev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikita Bykov in the 6th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Vadim Rozhkov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Efim Priyatkin was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Vladimir Dikarev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 20 minutes, Vadim Rozhkov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Great Ayton AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vadim Rozhkov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gleb Kudryavtsev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikita Bykov, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Efim Priyatkin made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Kapiton Mironov sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Nikita Bykov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gleb Kudryavtsev was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Vadim Rozhkov took the ball and in the 34 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 1-1. After 39 played minutes Great Ayton AFC got a freekick which was hit by Klim Mamay. If Vadim Rozhkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gerasim Atamanyuk during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 46th match minute, Stanway AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerasim Atamanyuk to maneuver through the defense.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vadim Rozhkov was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute of the match Great Ayton AFC got a corner. Stanway AFC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Leonid Kazachkov ran over to the corner to take the kick. If Vladimir Dikarev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Stanway AFC's Nikita Bykov suffered a sore thigh after 57 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Klim Mamay charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Klim Mamay the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 58th minute, Klim Mamay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gleb Kudryavtsev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Igor Zaitsev in the 59th minute. Gennadiy Azovskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 72 minutes, Kapiton Mironov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Great Ayton AFC and the Stanway AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kapiton Mironov kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Vladimir Dikarev received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gleb Kudryavtsev came out and tried to block the shot, but Vladimir Dikarev slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 73rd minute. If Leonid Kazachkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Great Ayton AFC's Andrey Udaltsov got a free kick in the 87th minute. When Great Ayton AFC's Leonid Kazachkov in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stanway AFC's goalie prevented a goal. Efim Priyatkin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leonid Kazachkov's shot from short distance in the 96th minute. When the final whistle sounded Stanway AFC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Great Ayton AFC.