League Play-Off

Cleckheaton
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Streatham's Lev Vyun 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. 3 minutes into the match, Cleckheaton City's goal looked a bit too open when Lev Vyun came free, but Konstantin Zinovev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arseniy Efimenkov hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Oleg Fomin took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 9th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Konstantin Zinovev. Cleckheaton City's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Konstantin Zinovev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lev Vyun in the 10th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Lev Vyun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Konstantin Zinovev was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lev Vyun in the 17th minute of play forced Cleckheaton City's goalkeeper Konstantin Zinovev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 18 minutes, Roman Samonov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Streatham's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roman Samonov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lev Vyun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Cleckheaton City's Arseniy Efimenkov got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Konstantin Zinovev came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Streatham's Lev Vyun. But to his dismay, Lev Vyun quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Konstantin Zinovev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roman Samonov in the 32nd minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, Roman Samonov notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Cleckheaton City's Konstantin Zinovev. Konstantin Zinovev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Lev Vyun put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Konstantin Zinovev. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind Streatham's goalkeeper Nikolay Baranchikov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Streatham's Ilya Goryachiy got a free kick in the 40th minute. With a little luck, Streatham's Nikolay Baranchikov got control of the ball when Filimon Denisov tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Filimon Denisov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cleckheaton City's supporters rose to their feet, but Filimon Denisov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nikolay Baranchikov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Konstantin Zinovev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Roman Samonov's shot from short distance in the 48th minute. The Cleckheaton City players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Streatham were winning 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Egor Evskiy made a kick off. 57 minutes into the match, Streatham's goal looked a bit too open when Viktor Kryukov came free, but Nikolay Baranchikov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikolay Baranchikov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filimon Denisov in the 64th minute of the match. Lev Vyun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantin Zinovev having to interfere. After 74 minutes, Lev Vyun made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. Cleckheaton City's Konstantin Zinovev tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 78th minute, Lev Vyun fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Roman Samonov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nikolay Baranchikov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Filimon Denisov's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. Filimon Denisov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Lev Vyun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Filimon Denisov came up free with the goalie in the 92nd 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. In the 94th 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: 1-5. Streatham's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.