League

Ely
Spectators: 6850 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1850, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Igor Klyuchnik made the kick off which started today's match. Timofey Kontanistov 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. A collision led to Waterloo AFC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Gleb Vorobiev hit a great ball. Ippolit Antyshev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Afanasiy Senin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 16 minutes, Dmitriy Malyavinskiy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ely United and the Waterloo AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 17th minute, Dmitriy Malyavinskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ely United's Ilya Kamburov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Klyuchnik in the 19th minute of play. If Filimon Rakhmanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 23 minutes, Filimon Rakhmanov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ely United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Filimon Rakhmanov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ilya Kamburov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Klyuchnik in the 26th minute of the match. Ilya Kamburov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Klyuchnik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anton Savranskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. In the 36th minute, Igor Klyuchnik got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 37 minutes of play Ely United's Dmitriy Malyavinskiy was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Dmitriy Malyavinskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. 42 minutes into the game, Ippolit Antyshev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ely United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Waterloo AFC the free kick. The supporters of Waterloo AFC booed when Ely United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ippolit Antyshev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Igor Klyuchnik sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nikolay Mostovoy during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 46th match minute, Ely United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikolay Mostovoy to maneuver through the defense. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Filimon Rakhmanov to strike the kick off in the second half. Sergey Bukrinskiy charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sergey Bukrinskiy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Waterloo AFC's Sergey Bukrinskiy got a free kick in the 51st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filimon Rakhmanov in the 53rd minute of play forced Waterloo AFC's goalkeeper Afanasiy Senin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gleb Vorobiev kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Ippolit Antyshev was shown his second yellow card after 62 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Ippolit Antyshev hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute of the match, Igor Klyuchnik tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ilya Kamburov saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Klyuchnik in the 70th minute of play forced Ely United's goalkeeper Ilya Kamburov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Timofey Kontanistov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Igor Klyuchnik came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Waterloo AFC 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 Igor Klyuchnik couldn't finish the play. Igor Klyuchnik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilya Kamburov having to interfere. 89 minutes into the match, Waterloo AFC's Evgeniy Trofimov broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.