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Ashton-in-Makerfield
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Semen Grabovyi who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 4thth minute tested the skills of Egor Akbulatov when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With 10 minutes on the clock, Nikolay Savinskiy commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 9th minute, one of Cottingham City:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Cottingham City. Semen Gordeev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Egor Akbulatov made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Sergey Solomonov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ivan Gerasimov was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Semen Grabovyi kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. The supporters of Ashton-in-Makerfield FC booed when Cottingham City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ruslan Strelkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Semen Grabovyi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Egor Akbulatov. That made the score 3-0 in the 31 minute of play. Semen Gordeev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Egor Akbulatov made a huge save. A collision led to Cottingham City getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Aleksey Belozerov hit a great ball. In the 35th minute of the match Aleksandr Efimov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Egor Akbulatov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 39th match minute, Ashton-in-Makerfield FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafael Morgunov to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 42 minutes, Sergey Solomonov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cottingham City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sergey Solomonov 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 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's goalkeeper Ivan Gerasimov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Andrey Abramtsev stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Cottingham City getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Ruslan Strelkov hit a great ball. Semen Grabovyi scored 4-0 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Egor Akbulatov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sergey Solomonov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Semen Grabovyi fell near the penalty area in the 64th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's protests and gave Semen Grabovyi a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's Semen Grabovyi got a free kick in the 65th minute. Ivan Gerasimov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruslan Strelkov in the 67th minute of the match. Cottingham City's Andrey Abramtsev got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Filipp Kononenko 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. Egor Akbulatov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Semen Gordeev, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. In the 72nd minute, Ruslan Strelkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sergey Solomonov kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. In the 81st minute Rafael Morgunov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egor Akbulatov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 82 played minutes Cottingham City got a freekick which was hit by Aleksey Belozerov. Andrey Abramtsev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Ivan Gerasimov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 90 minutes into the game, Rafael Morgunov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cottingham City the free kick. Rafael Morgunov kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, Vladimir Zabegalin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 94th minute, Semen Grabovyi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Egor Akbulatov was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0.