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Ashton Under Hill
Spectators: 7000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arkadiy Arshenevskiy made the kick off which started today's match. Aleksey Khokhlov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Petr Chervitskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Pavel Volochkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Aleksey Khokhlov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aleksey Khokhlov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Volochkov in the 7th minute of the match. Pavel Volochkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Oleg Ermakov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Moreton United's supporters rose to their feet, but Oleg Ermakov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aleksey Khokhlov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 16th minute of the game, Ashton Under Hill United got a penalty. The shot went straight in by the left post. In the 18th minute Petr Chervitskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksey Khokhlov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stanislav Migulin made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Arkadiy Arshenevskiy sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Pavel Volochkov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksey Khokhlov was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Vasiliy Maltsev scored 1-2 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aleksey Khokhlov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Aleksey Khokhlov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantin Eroshkin in the 39th minute of the match. Pavel Volochkov struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. Aleksey Khokhlov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Moreton United. 43 minutes into the match, Ashton Under Hill United's goal looked a bit too open when Pavel Volochkov came free, but Aleksey Khokhlov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aleksey Khokhlov came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by Moreton United's Petr Chervitskiy. But to his dismay, Petr Chervitskiy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. The Ashton Under Hill United players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Moreton United were winning 1-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pavel Volochkov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Moreton United's Stanislav Migulin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arkadiy Arshenevskiy in the 53rd minute of play. In the 56th minute Pavel Volochkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksey Khokhlov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute, Pavel Volochkov fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Petr Chervitskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Pavel Volochkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 70 minutes into the match, Moreton United's Vasiliy Maltsev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aleksey Khokhlov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Oleg Ermakov charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Oleg Ermakov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Stanislav Migulin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arkadiy Arshenevskiy went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. In the 81st minute, Nikita Chelkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vladimir Belousov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 82nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Stanislav Migulin. Moreton United's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 84th minute, Ashton Under Hill United's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Vasiliy Maltsev fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Konstantin Eroshkin got free with Aleksey Khokhlov in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vasiliy Maltsev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Konstantin Eroshkin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 95 minutes into the match, Ashton Under Hill United's goalkeeper Aleksey Khokhlov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pavel Volochkov. In the 97th minute Arkadiy Arshenevskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stanislav Migulin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Ashton Under Hill United fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Moreton United were clearly better and deserved to take the win.