League

Cleckheaton
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Cromer AFC's Felix Kuznetsov 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. Egor Evskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Filimon Denisov came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Cleckheaton City fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Filimon Denisov couldn't finish the play. Egor Evskiy blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sergey Aleksandrov having to make a save. Konstantin Zinovev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Kuznetsov in the 16th minute of the match. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Cromer AFC's goalkeeper Sergey Aleksandrov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Egor Evskiy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sergey Aleksandrov was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. 25 minutes in the game, Egor Evskiy fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Sergey Aleksandrov having to interfere. After having played for 30 minutes, Felix Kuznetsov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cromer AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Felix Kuznetsov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Filimon Denisov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vitaliy Boyarintsev's late challenge caught a Cleckheaton City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vitaliy Boyarintsev helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Cromer AFC getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Vitaliy Boyarintsev hit a great ball. Lev Shakhov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 36th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Sergey Aleksandrov. Cromer AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 37 minutes, Sergey Aleksandrov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Felix Kuznetsov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cromer AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Kuznetsov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Konstantin Zinovev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 43rd minute Vsevolod Dubovenko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konstantin Zinovev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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 hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Egor Evskiy to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 59th minute, Egor Evskiy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cleckheaton City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Egor Evskiy in the 74th minute of play forced Cromer AFC's goalkeeper Sergey Aleksandrov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vsevolod Dubovenko hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Felix Kuznetsov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Zinovev having to interfere. If Felix Kuznetsov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sergey Aleksandrov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Egor Evskiy in the 84th minute of play. Konstantin Zinovev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lev Ershov in the 86th minute. 87 minutes into the match, Cleckheaton City's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Kuznetsov came free, but Konstantin Zinovev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 91st minute Felix Kuznetsov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konstantin Zinovev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sergey Aleksandrov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filimon Denisov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 94 minutes of play, Cleckheaton City's Egor Evskiy made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sergey Aleksandrov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cromer AFC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.