League Play-Off

Knapton Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Kirill Medvedev made the kick off and thus started the match. If Arseniy Rodionov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 9 minutes into the match, Sergey Semizorov dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Georgiy Grevtsov, 2-0. Arkadiy Ponomarev's late challenge caught a Knapton United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arkadiy Ponomarev helped the player get up and apologised. In the 19th minute, Arkadiy Ponomarev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ippolit Galaktionov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Georgiy Grevtsov having to interfere. Ruslan Sazonov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kirill Medvedev in the 25th minute of the match. Ippolit Galaktionov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Georgiy Grevtsov made a huge save. In the 28th minute Artur Prankov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruslan Sazonov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Artur Prankov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Ruslan Sazonov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A hard shot 31 in the game by Ippolit Galaktionov from a close distance when the talented Georgiy Grevtsov managed to make a qualified save. Stoke Newington's players were relieved. Georgiy Grevtsov was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Sergey Semizorov showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 33 minute of play. Stoke Newington's Georgiy Grevtsov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Stoke Newington from getting a goal against them. Georgiy Grevtsov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sergey Semizorov in the 43rd minute of play. Georgiy Grevtsov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sergey Semizorov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Stoke Newington's zone, Sergey Semizorov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Georgiy Grevtsov came out of the goal and Sergey Semizorov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sergey Semizorov was the one to do the kick off. Knapton United's Ippolit Galaktionov got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 60th minute, Sergey Semizorov 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 62 minutes of play, Stoke Newington's Artur Prankov made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ruslan Sazonov was left in no man's land by his defense there! 67 minutes into the game, Knapton United's Sergey Semizorov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Georgiy Grevtsov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Ippolit Galaktionov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sergey Semizorov charged in rather forcefully in the 74th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sergey Semizorov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Arkadiy Leonov hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Georgiy Grevtsov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sergey Semizorov in the 81st minute of play. Knapton United's Ruslan Sazonov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kirill Medvedev in the 82nd minute of play. Stoke Newington's Georgiy Grevtsov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ippolit Galaktionov in the 86th minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Ippolit Galaktionov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Georgiy Grevtsov. Stoke Newington's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ippolit Galaktionov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. If Sergey Semizorov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 96 minutes into the match, Artur Prankov notched a goal, 5-2, to the right of Knapton United's Ruslan Sazonov. Ruslan Sazonov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Knapton United had played much better football throughout.