League Play-Off

Bedford Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Irakliy Adamovskiy made the kick off which started today's match. Ernest Akim charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ernest Akim the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 7th minute Samuil Kanavskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Zykov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Filipp Pereletov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Zykov having to interfere. After some careless play in the Bedford defense, Samuil Kanavskiy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roman Zykov. The Bedford fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roman Zykov should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Irakliy Adamovskiy in the 18th minute of play forced Westcliff on Sea's goalkeeper Irakliy Ozhogin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the game, Albert Schedenkov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bedford's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Westcliff on Sea the free kick. Roman Zykov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filipp Pereletov in the 22nd minute of the match. Filipp Pereletov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Stanislav Kondratiev lost his temper 29 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee gave Westcliff on Sea a penalty, 31 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Valentin Lepihin, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Bedford's Roman Zykov. 0-2. In the 38th minute, Filipp Pereletov made a precise shot to the right of Roman Zykov. Bedford's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Westcliff on Sea's Filipp Pereletov got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Albert Schedenkov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Irakliy Ozhogin made a huge save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Samuil Kanavskiy to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, German Bulavchik left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bedford fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vitaliy Subbotin during the 57th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Filipp Pereletov might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Roman Zykov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Filipp Pereletov ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 68th minute, Albert Schedenkov 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. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bedford's goalkeeper Roman Zykov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Samuil Kanavskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 73rd match minute, Bedford was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boris Zasyadko to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot 74 in the game by Filipp Pereletov from a close distance when the talented Roman Zykov managed to make a qualified save. Bedford's players were relieved. Roman Zykov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filipp Pereletov in the 79th minute of play. Samuil Kanavskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Zykov having to interfere. Filipp Pereletov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Zykov having to interfere. 91 minutes into the match, Bedford's goal looked a bit too open when Samuil Kanavskiy came free, but Roman Zykov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Filipp Pereletov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Westcliff on Sea's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.