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Bury St Edmunds Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Cottingham City's Vladimir Zabegalin started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Bury St Edmunds's Filimon Evel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergey Solomonov in the 5th minute of play. Filimon Evel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrey Abramtsev, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. After 9 played minutes Bury St Edmunds got a freekick which was hit by Gleb Gorskiy. Andrey Abramtsev's late challenge caught a Bury St Edmunds's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andrey Abramtsev helped the player get up and apologised. Andrey Abramtsev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Bury St Edmunds getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Boris Moiseev hit a great ball. 14 minutes into the match, Cottingham City's Vladimir Zabegalin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Filimon Evel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cottingham City's Egor Akbulatov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Cottingham City from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vladimir Zabegalin during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Andrey Abramtsev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 26thth minute of the game Sergey Solomonov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bury St Edmunds's Filimon Evel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Filimon Evel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrey Abramtsev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dmitriy Knyazev in the 31st minute of play forced Cottingham City's goalkeeper Egor Akbulatov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Sergey Solomonov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Filimon Evel was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Egor Akbulatov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dmitriy Knyazev, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 36thth minute of the game Sergey Solomonov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bury St Edmunds's Filimon Evel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dmitriy Knyazev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cottingham City's Egor Akbulatov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kirill Mamontov in the 40th minute of play. Egor Akbulatov didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 44th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. Gleb Gorskiy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Egor Akbulatov made a huge save. Ruslan Strelkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 49th minute. Filimon Evel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dmitriy Knyazev was the one to do the kick off. Ruslan Strelkov struck a weak shot in the 53rd minute. Filimon Evel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cottingham City. When Cottingham City's Vladimir Zabegalin 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 Bury St Edmunds's goalie prevented a goal. Andrey Abramtsev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Filimon Evel made a huge save. Filimon Evel made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Andrey Abramtsev sent off a good shot on target. In the 61st minute, Cottingham City's Vladimir Zabegalin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Cottingham City's Egor Akbulatov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dmitriy Knyazev in the 69th minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, Cottingham City's goal looked a bit too open when Denis Bolotov came free, but Egor Akbulatov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vladimir Zabegalin took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Filimon Evel. Filimon Evel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Cottingham City's Vladimir Zabegalin was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 75th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Vladimir Zabegalin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filimon Evel having to interfere. Filimon Evel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vladimir Zabegalin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 83 minutes, Dmitriy Knyazev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bury St Edmunds's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dmitriy Knyazev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Egor Akbulatov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denis Bolotov, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Filimon Evel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vladimir Zabegalin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A hard shot 89 in the game by Andrey Abramtsev from a close distance when the talented Filimon Evel managed to make a qualified save. Bury St Edmunds's players were relieved. Gleb Gorskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. A collision led to Cottingham City getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Gleb Yagudin hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Cottingham City's zone, Denis Bolotov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Egor Akbulatov came out of the goal and Denis Bolotov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vladimir Zabegalin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to Bury St Edmunds getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Trofim Borkin hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dmitriy Knyazev in the 95th minute of play forced Cottingham City's goalkeeper Egor Akbulatov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Bury St Edmunds fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Cottingham City were clearly better and deserved to take the win.