League

Whickham
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Valentin Lyubomirov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Nil Sharov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Aleksandr Chaikovskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fedor Kudryavtsev having to interfere. Timofey Krylov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Fedor Kudryavtsev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 13th minute Timofey Krylov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fedor Kudryavtsev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ruslan Kenbaev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fedor Kudryavtsev having to interfere. Denis Efentev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Fedor Kudryavtsev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fedor Kudryavtsev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timofey Krylov in the 22nd minute of play. Boris Kudryavtsev's late challenge caught a Chingford's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Boris Kudryavtsev helped the player get up and apologised. Boris Kudryavtsev kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Aleksandr Chaikovskiy charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aleksandr Chaikovskiy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Timofey Krylov took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fedor Kudryavtsev. Fedor Kudryavtsev 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. If Denis Efentev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Viktor Bogoslovskiy hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Chingford's Stepan Chuikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentin Lyubomirov in the 53rd minute of play. Chingford's Nil Sharov got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in FC Irtysh Pavlodar's zone, Denis Efentev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fedor Kudryavtsev came out of the goal and Denis Efentev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Aleksandr Chaikovskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Chingford's Nil Sharov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fedor Kudryavtsev. That made the score 0-2 after 62 minutes of play. Aleksandr Chaikovskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fedor Kudryavtsev having to interfere. Denis Efentev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stepan Chuikov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viktor Bogoslovskiy in the 83rd minute of the match. After 88 played minutes FC Irtysh Pavlodar got a freekick which was hit by David Gosse. Chingford's Stepan Chuikov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Boris Kudryavtsev in the 90th minute of play. When the match was over Chingford could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC Irtysh Pavlodar throughout the match.