League Play-Off

Old Bexley Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After 9 minutes, Ivan Korotkevich mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Old Bexley FC and the Ware FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 9th minute, Ivan Korotkevich hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 14th minute, Nikolay Livchak made a precise shot to the right of Sergey Arshavin. Old Bexley FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Artur Blinov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timur Kulipanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 19th minute Nikolay Livchak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergey Arshavin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikolay Bespalov in the 21st minute of play forced Old Bexley FC's goalkeeper Sergey Arshavin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vladimir Bakhrakh hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Sergey Arshavin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vasiliy Golovin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute, Timur Kulipanov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Old Bexley FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Timur Kulipanov put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Artur Blinov. Vadim Figurovskiy hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. The long shot by Grigoriy Timofeev in the 45th minute really tested Artur Blinov's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 47th minute Nikolay Bespalov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergey Arshavin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emmanuil Irdebenev in the 48th minute of play forced Old Bexley FC's goalkeeper Sergey Arshavin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When Ware FC's Vasiliy Golovin in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Old Bexley FC's goalie prevented a goal. If Evdokim Blinov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 59th minute, Timur Kulipanov 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. Evdokim Blinov struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Artur Blinov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Old Bexley FC. The supporters of Old Bexley FC booed when Ware FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nikolay Livchak didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 68th match minute, Ware FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikolay Livchak to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vasiliy Golovin in the 70th minute of play forced Old Bexley FC's goalkeeper Sergey Arshavin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Sergey Krivopolenov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 72 minutes into the game, Vadim Figurovskiy was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ware FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Old Bexley FC the free kick. Vadim Figurovskiy hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Old Bexley FC's Sergey Arshavin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Old Bexley FC from getting a goal against them. 82 minutes into the game, Zinoviy Krasnokutskiy was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ware FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Old Bexley FC the free kick. A collision led to Ware FC getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Zinoviy Krasnokutskiy hit a great ball. After 83 played minutes Ware FC got a freekick which was hit by Nikolay Livchak. Old Bexley FC's Sergey Arshavin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Old Bexley FC from getting a goal against them. 87 minutes into the game, Emmanuil Irdebenev recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Sergey Arshavin. Emmanuil Irdebenev showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-3. Nikolay Bespalov kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Evdokim Blinov struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Artur Blinov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Old Bexley FC. With his leg Sergey Arshavin managed to avoid a goal in the 95thth minute, when Ware FC's Nikolay Bespalov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side.