League

Skipton
Spectators: 7000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vadim Romashihin took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 6 minutes, Timofey Korolev made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Skipton AFC's Vladimir Fundaminskiy tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Andrey Shubin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniil Dubnitskiy in the 15th minute. Oleg Abramson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Aleksandr Karyaka kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. A collision led to Skipton AFC getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Kirill Fomichev hit a great ball. Ullesthorpe FC's Timofey Korolev got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 32nd minute, Kirill Fomichev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 35 minutes into the match, Ullesthorpe FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vadim Romashihin came free, but Andrey Shubin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Arkadiy Frolovskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vladimir Fundaminskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timofey Korolev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute, Kirill Fomichev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arkadiy Frolovskiy in the 41st minute of play forced Skipton AFC's goalkeeper Vladimir Fundaminskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vladimir Fundaminskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timofey Korolev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vladimir Fundaminskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arkadiy Frolovskiy in the 43rd minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

If Arkadiy Frolovskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Timofey Korolev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vladimir Fundaminskiy read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. Kirill Fomichev kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Arkadiy Frolovskiy's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Vladimir Fundaminskiy firmly grabbed it by the left post. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by Skipton AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vladimir Baksheev was slow to take the kick. During this time Ullesthorpe FC's players had a chance to rest. Albert Nizovkin tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Vladimir Fundaminskiy. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-2 in the 59th minute. Vladimir Fundaminskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timofey Korolev in the 67th minute of play. Andrey Shubin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniil Dubnitskiy went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. After 74 played minutes Ullesthorpe FC got a freekick which was hit by Oleg Abramson. Through an outstanding action, after 81 minutes, Vladimir Fundaminskiy successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Arkadiy Frolovskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Timofey Korolev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 93rd minute, Timofey Korolev 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. Vladimir Fundaminskiy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Timofey Korolev's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. After 97 played minutes Skipton AFC got a freekick which was hit by Vadim Romashihin.