League Play-Off

Oxford Stadium
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vyacheslav Nikonov got the match started through his kick off. Innokentiy Musiy hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Evgeniy Zaleev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mikhail Fominyh went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Evgeniy Zaleev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timofey Chuguevskiy in the 16th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vyacheslav Nikonov in the 18th minute of play forced Oxford's goalkeeper Evgeniy Zaleev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Evgeniy Zaleev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mikhail Fominyh's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. Evgeniy Zaleev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timofey Chuguevskiy in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 24th match minute, Oxford was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ignat Obushenkov to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Mikhail Fominyh managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hadleigh's supporters rose to their feet, but Mikhail Fominyh was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Evgeniy Zaleev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 28thth minute of the game Albert Granovskiy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Oxford's Evgeniy Zaleev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Hadleigh's Timofey Chuguevskiy got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 36th minute Vyacheslav Nikonov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evgeniy Zaleev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Timofey Chuguevskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Evgeniy Zaleev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Timofey Chuguevskiy recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Albert Granovskiy charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Albert Granovskiy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Hadleigh getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Timofey Chuguevskiy hit a great ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Ivan Seledkin who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 52ndth minute tested the skills of Evgeniy Zaleev when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Hadleigh's Vyacheslav Nikonov has a good shot, but didn't show it this time. The shot went over the crossbar in the 53rd minute. Timofey Chuguevskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Evgeniy Zaleev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Evgeniy Zaleev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mikhail Fominyh went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Mikhail Fominyh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evgeniy Zaleev having to interfere. Evgeniy Zaleev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vyacheslav Nikonov in the 64th minute of play. After some careless play in the Hadleigh defense, Dmitriy Grishkevich kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luka Galkin. The Hadleigh fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luka Galkin should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Vyacheslav Nikonov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Evgeniy Zaleev was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. If Timofey Chuguevskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 73 minutes into the game, Danil Korotchik was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Oxford's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hadleigh the free kick. The supporters of Hadleigh booed when Oxford was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Danil Korotchik didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vyacheslav Nikonov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 73rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Evgeniy Zaleev. Oxford's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikhail Fominyh got free with Evgeniy Zaleev in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Valeriy Fomichev during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Hadleigh's Valeriy Fomichev got a free kick in the 77th minute. In the 85th minute, Timofey Chuguevskiy 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 86th minute Innokentiy Musiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luka Galkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Evgeniy Zaleev made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Mikhail Fominyh sent off a good shot on target. In the 96th minute, Timofey Chuguevskiy reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Evgeniy Zaleev. The goal made the score 1-6. Hadleigh played a much better game than Oxford and deserved their victory. The Oxford players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.