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Stadion ADIKA
Spectators: 9358 (Terracing: 7020, Seating: 2152, VIP seats: 186) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Filipp Kononenko got the match started through his kick off. Ivan Gerasimov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lian Cai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9th match minute, Ashton-in-Makerfield FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albert Komov to maneuver through the defense. Mark Van De Broeck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Semen Gordeev in the 11th minute of the match. After 12 minutes, Semen Grabovyi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ashton-in-Makerfield FC and the GÓRNIK ZABRZE players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Ashton-in-Makerfield FC getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Semen Grabovyi hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 13 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Márton Irmai sped through Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ivan Gerasimov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filipp Kononenko in the 17th minute of play forced GÓRNIK ZABRZE's goalkeeper Mark Van De Broeck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ivan Gerasimov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Márton Irmai in the 19th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Anatoliy Guschin managed to get in a good position for a shot. GÓRNIK ZABRZE's supporters rose to their feet, but Anatoliy Guschin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ivan Gerasimov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 23 minutes into the match, GÓRNIK ZABRZE's goal looked a bit too open when Semen Grabovyi came free, but Mark Van De Broeck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Filipp Kononenko 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. GÓRNIK ZABRZE's Mark Van De Broeck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filipp Kononenko in the 30th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as GÓRNIK ZABRZE's Márton Irmai slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ivan Gerasimov. That made the score 2-0 after 32 minutes of play. In the last second Ivan Gerasimov throw himself and got hold of the ball when Márton Irmai in the 38thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Semen Grabovyi got his second yellow card in the match during the 39th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 40th minute, Semen Grabovyi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 41st minute Lian Cai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivan Gerasimov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ivan Gerasimov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Katon Feryanto in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 46th minute Márton Irmai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivan Gerasimov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Márton Irmai was the one to do the kick off. After 57 played minutes GÓRNIK ZABRZE got a freekick which was hit by Márton Irmai. Semen Gordeev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Mark Van De Broeck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee felt a red card was in order, 60 minutes into the game, when Vladislav Bystrov put in a rough tackle. Vladislav Bystrov hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Katon Feryanto took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 62nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ivan Gerasimov. Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 67th minute, Anatoliy Guschin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ivan Gerasimov was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. 70 minutes into the match, Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's goal looked a bit too open when Márton Irmai came free, but Ivan Gerasimov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's Ivan Gerasimov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Márton Irmai in the 74th minute of play. In the 79th minute Márton Irmai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivan Gerasimov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 81 minutes into the game, Rafael Morgunov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave GÓRNIK ZABRZE the free kick. In the 81st match minute, Ashton-in-Makerfield FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafael Morgunov to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Filipp Kononenko during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's Filipp Kononenko got a free kick in the 87th minute. Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's Ivan Gerasimov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anatoliy Guschin in the 94th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's Filipp Kononenko got a free kick in the 94th minute. Ashton-in-Makerfield FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.