League

Crediton Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Emmanuil Sadyrin started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Emmanuil Sadyrin took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Efim Degtyarenko. Efim Degtyarenko dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Emmanuil Cherushov's late challenge caught a Sunderland's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emmanuil Cherushov helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Crediton City getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Emmanuil Cherushov hit a great ball. After 8 played minutes Sunderland got a freekick which was hit by Vasiliy Buznikin. In the 14th minute Stepan Churzin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oleg Knyazevskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 17 minutes in the game, Stepan Churzin fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Oleg Knyazevskiy having to interfere. The Crediton City fans' excitement grew in the 18th match minute when Crediton City's Evgeniy Kazenin looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 21 minutes into the match, Anton Agafonov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Efim Degtyarenko. Crediton City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anton Agafonov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. If Stepan Churzin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Efim Degtyarenko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emmanuil Sadyrin in the 28th minute of the match. Evgeniy Kazenin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Oleg Knyazevskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stepan Churzin in the 33rd minute of play. Anton Agafonov charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anton Agafonov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Sunderland getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Anton Agafonov hit a great ball. After having played for 36 minutes, Emmanuil Sadyrin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sunderland's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emmanuil Sadyrin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Stepan Churzin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Oleg Knyazevskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sunderland's Oleg Knyazevskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stepan Churzin in the 45th minute of play. Efim Degtyarenko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emmanuil Sadyrin in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half Sunderland were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stepan Churzin to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Stepan Churzin notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Sunderland's Oleg Knyazevskiy. Oleg Knyazevskiy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Crediton City booed when Sunderland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anton Agafonov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 57 minutes of play, Crediton City's Stepan Churzin made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oleg Knyazevskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! Stepan Churzin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Oleg Knyazevskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Oleg Knyazevskiy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stepan Churzin's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. Efim Degtyarenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emmanuil Sadyrin, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Evgeniy Kazenin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oleg Knyazevskiy having to interfere. Emmanuil Sadyrin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 69th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Oleg Knyazevskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stepan Churzin in the 72nd minute of the match. Emmanuil Sadyrin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Efim Degtyarenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emmanuil Sadyrin succeeded in the game's 83rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-3. Sunderland's Anton Agafonov got his second yellow card of the match in the 86th minute. The referee ordered Anton Agafonov off the ground. A collision led to Sunderland getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Anton Agafonov hit a great ball. Konstantin Kamyshanskiy might have been able to make a better finish in the 92nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Efim Degtyarenko. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Konstantin Kamyshanskiy ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, Crediton City's Kirill Golubkin got a free kick in the 94th minute. Mikhail Smolkin was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 95th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal.