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Welwyn Garden City P
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Orpington United's Yakov Tarasov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Through an outstanding action, after 5 minutes, Arkadiy Kuzmin successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 7 minutes into the match, Innokentiy Pashin dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Arkadiy Kuzmin, 1-0. Orpington United's Timur Bezukhov got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 12 minutes of play, Orpington United's Timur Bezukhov made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. German Butuzov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Timur Bezukhov kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Innokentiy Pashin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artem Grishin in the 22nd minute of play forced Orpington United's goalkeeper Arkadiy Kuzmin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Welwyn Garden City City's Innokentiy Pashin got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Orpington United's Arkadiy Kuzmin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Orpington United from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Vasiliev in the 28th minute of play forced Welwyn Garden City City's goalkeeper German Butuzov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Innokentiy Pashin in the 30th minute of play forced Orpington United's goalkeeper Arkadiy Kuzmin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the game, Timur Bezukhov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. German Butuzov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Artur Vasiliev during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 36 played minutes Orpington United got a freekick which was hit by Artur Vasiliev. German Butuzov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yakov Tarasov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute, Spiridon Filonenko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute Artem Grishin suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. The Welwyn Garden City City players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Orpington United were winning 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Innokentiy Pashin to strike the kick off in the second half. Igor Fedotev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Arkadiy Kuzmin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eldar Sharonov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 62 minutes, Valeriy Alshevskiy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Welwyn Garden City City and the Orpington United players grew even worse after the yellow card. Valeriy Alshevskiy hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Innokentiy Pashin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Welwyn Garden City City's supporters rose to their feet, but Innokentiy Pashin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arkadiy Kuzmin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Orpington United's Valentin Akinfeev got a free kick in the 68th minute. Eldar Sharonov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arkadiy Kuzmin having to make a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gennadiy Kirillov in the 71st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arkadiy Kuzmin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After having played for 82 minutes, Gennadiy Kirillov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Welwyn Garden City City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gennadiy Kirillov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arkadiy Kuzmin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gennadiy Kirillov went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. After 90 minutes of play, Welwyn Garden City City's Gennadiy Kirillov made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arkadiy Kuzmin was left in no man's land by his defense there! 96 minutes into the match, Welwyn Garden City City's goal looked a bit too open when Sergey Klyauzov came free, but German Butuzov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Welwyn Garden City City's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.