League

Orpington Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Orpington United's Yakov Tarasov 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. Yakov Tarasov was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 5th minute. Orpington United's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timur Bezukhov in the 8th minute of play forced Torpoint's goalkeeper Sergey Balbatun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 23 minutes of play, Orpington United's Timur Bezukhov made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sergey Balbatun was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 25 minutes, Dmitriy Marusin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Torpoint and the Orpington United players grew even worse after the yellow card. Dmitriy Marusin kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Sergey Balbatun made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Timur Bezukhov sent off a good shot on target. Sergey Balbatun made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Timur Bezukhov sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Aleksandr Medvedev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arkadiy Kuzmin was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Artur Vasiliev charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Artur Vasiliev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Orpington United's Artur Vasiliev got a free kick in the 40th minute. Arkadiy Kuzmin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rostislav Tyschenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Orpington United's Yakov Tarasov got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rostislav Tyschenko was the one to do the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Torpoint's zone, Artur Vasiliev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sergey Balbatun came out of the goal and Artur Vasiliev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 56 minutes, Yakov Tarasov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Orpington United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yakov Tarasov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 60th minute Yakov Tarasov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergey Balbatun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 64 minutes, Arkadiy Kuzmin successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Samuil Goncharenko kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. 76 minutes into the match, Orpington United's goal looked a bit too open when Eremey Vasiliev came free, but Arkadiy Kuzmin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aleksandr Medvedev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Arkadiy Kuzmin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Orpington United's defense didn't have a chance, in the 82nd minute, when Rostislav Tyschenko scored to the left of an out of position Arkadiy Kuzmin, making the score, 1-1. A collision led to Orpington United getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Artur Vasiliev hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Torpoint's Boris Garnin tried to score from far away in the 86th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Rostislav Tyschenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Torpoint's goalkeeper Sergey Balbatun, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.