League Play-Off

Hinckley Park
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Denis Lazovenko started the match with the kick off. Arkadiy Reshetin came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Studley United's Yaromir Lukirskiy. But to his dismay, Yaromir Lukirskiy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to Hinckley getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Mikhail Fedorenko hit a great ball. If Denis Lazovenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rustam Begun was out of position in the 18 minute of play, and Denis Lazovenko capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Denis Lazovenko really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Denis Lazovenko took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rustam Begun. Rustam Begun dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Rustam Begun was out of position in the 25 minute of play, and Denis Lazovenko capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Denis Lazovenko really showed his touch with that goal: 4-1. In the 29th minute, Studley United's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Denis Lazovenko fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Rudolf Kalashnikov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Rustam Begun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arkadiy Reshetin came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Studley United's Zinoviy Hoinatskiy. But to his dismay, Zinoviy Hoinatskiy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. Rustam Begun made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Rudolf Kalashnikov sent off a good shot on target. Andrey Demidovskiy hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. When Yuriy Yakushev fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Hinckley's protests and gave Yuriy Yakushev a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Studley United booed when Hinckley was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yuriy Yakushev didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 41st minute Zinoviy Hoinatskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arkadiy Reshetin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 43rd minute of the match Studley United got a corner. Hinckley's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pavel Gen ran over to the corner to take the kick. Pavel Gen made a great header on Studley United's corner, it was just that Hinckley's Arkadiy Reshetin managed to reach the ball for a save. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zinoviy Hoinatskiy to make the kick off. Arkadiy Reshetin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zinoviy Hoinatskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Studley United's Rustam Begun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yuriy Yakushev in the 54th minute of play. Yuriy Yakushev scored 5-2 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rustam Begun, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 59th minute, Yuriy Yakushev 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Lazovenko in the 63rd minute of play forced Studley United's goalkeeper Rustam Begun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rudolf Kalashnikov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Rustam Begun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pavel Kapralov struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Rustam Begun didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hinckley. Studley United's Rustam Begun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yuriy Yakushev in the 80th minute of play. In the 81st minute Rudolf Kalashnikov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rustam Begun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arkadiy Reshetin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Oleg Tveritin in the 82nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pavel Kapralov in the 84th minute of play forced Studley United's goalkeeper Rustam Begun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rudolf Kalashnikov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Rustam Begun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Yuriy Yakushev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuriy Yakushev in the 88th minute of play forced Studley United's goalkeeper Rustam Begun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hinckley's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.