League Play-Off

Tver
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pavel Afanasev made the kick off which started today's match. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, David Evtushenko managed to get in a good position for a shot. AC Victoria's supporters rose to their feet, but David Evtushenko was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vitold Barzhevskiy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. AC Victoria's Vadim Gutev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pavel Afanasev in the 5th minute of play. Pavel Afanasev came free with the goalkeeper in the 6th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Vadim Gutev could save by the left post. The throw-in from Igor Evsikov in the 9th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by AC Victoria's Nicolás Colazo. With a little luck, AC Victoria's Vadim Gutev got control of the ball when Roman Borodyuk tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 14th play minute Pavel Afanasev came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Vadim Gutev. 1-0. In the 16th minute, Pavel Afanasev 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 a rather tough play, Tver's Artem Arhipov got a free kick in the 18th minute. Igor Arkadev struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Vadim Gutev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tver. 24 minutes into the match, Pavel Afanasev notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of AC Victoria's Vadim Gutev. Vadim Gutev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Igor Arkadev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 30th minute, Igor Arkadev reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vadim Gutev. The goal made the score 3-0. With a little luck, AC Victoria's Vadim Gutev got control of the ball when Pavel Afanasev tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 40 played minutes Tver got a freekick which was hit by Artem Arhipov. In the 47th minute, Igor Arkadev reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vadim Gutev. The goal made the score 4-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The wind increased when David Evtushenko made the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the game, Pavel Afanasev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Vadim Gutev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When David Evtushenko came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the AC Victoria 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 David Evtushenko couldn't finish the play. Pavel Afanasev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the AC Victoria defense, Pavel Afanasev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vadim Gutev. The AC Victoria fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vadim Gutev should have stopped the shot. Miron Kapustin's late challenge caught a Tver's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miron Kapustin helped the player get up and apologised. Miron Kapustin kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. David Evtushenko struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Vitold Barzhevskiy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for AC Victoria. Vadim Gutev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Igor Arkadev went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. Vitold Barzhevskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikita Solomakhin, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when David Evtushenko got free with Vitold Barzhevskiy in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 95 minutes of play, Tver's Pavel Afanasev made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vadim Gutev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Many of AC Victoria's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. AC Victoria may have spent more time on the ball, but Tver were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.