League

Crediton Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Pavel Dymov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Rafael Akinfeev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stepan Churzin, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Cowley's Rafael Akinfeev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Cowley from getting a goal against them. If Stepan Churzin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ruslan Sidorov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 14th minute, Vsevolod Vasin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 20th minute, Mark Koshevoy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stepan Churzin in the 22nd minute of play forced Cowley's goalkeeper Rafael Akinfeev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Efim Degtyarenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruslan Sidorov, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Efim Degtyarenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruslan Sidorov, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Stepan Churzin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Rafael Akinfeev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Crediton City's zone, Pavel Dymov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Efim Degtyarenko came out of the goal and Pavel Dymov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Stepan Churzin to strike the kick off in the second half. Stepan Churzin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafael Akinfeev having to interfere. Ruslan Sidorov struck a weak shot in the 67th minute. Efim Degtyarenko didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cowley. Pavel Dymov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Efim Degtyarenko having to make a save. In the 72nd minute, Ruslan Sidorov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Efim Degtyarenko was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 77th minute of the match Ernest Angileev sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Efim Degtyarenko skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stepan Churzin in the 81st minute of play forced Cowley's goalkeeper Rafael Akinfeev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Efim Degtyarenko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruslan Sidorov in the 85th minute of the match. Pavel Dymov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 89 played minutes Cowley got a freekick which was hit by Vitaliy Kirichkov. After 93 played minutes Cowley got a freekick which was hit by Mark Koshevoy. In the 97th minute Emmanuil Cherushov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafael Akinfeev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Cowley had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.