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Welwyn Garden City P
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) 4 minutes into the match, Daniil Dubnitskiy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of German Butuzov. Welwyn Garden City City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniil Dubnitskiy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Skipton AFC's Vladimir Fundaminskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eldar Sharonov in the 10th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, Skipton AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Innokentiy Pashin came free, but Vladimir Fundaminskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Aleksandr Karyaka had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of German Butuzov. Welwyn Garden City City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aleksandr Karyaka was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Innokentiy Pashin kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Gennadiy Kirillov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Vladimir Fundaminskiy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Skipton AFC booed when Welwyn Garden City City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Artem Grishin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gennadiy Kirillov's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 29thth minute, Vladimir Fundaminskiy skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Vladimir Fundaminskiy was a little too slow when Artem Grishin got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 30th minute. The score was now 1-2. After 35 minutes of play, Welwyn Garden City City's Artem Grishin made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vladimir Fundaminskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Artem Grishin came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the Welwyn Garden City City 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 Artem Grishin couldn't finish the play. In the 43rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Skipton AFC's goalkeeper Vladimir Fundaminskiy, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a little luck, Skipton AFC's Vladimir Fundaminskiy got control of the ball when Artem Grishin tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 46 minutes of play, Welwyn Garden City City's Gennadiy Kirillov made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vladimir Fundaminskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vadim Romashihin to strike the kick off in the second half. Vladimir Fundaminskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Innokentiy Pashin in the 55th minute of play. In the 56th match minute, Skipton AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mark Berloga to maneuver through the defense. Skipton AFC's Vadim Romashihin got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Welwyn Garden City City's Artem Grishin suffered a concussion after 64 minutes and had to leave the field. Welwyn Garden City City made a substitution. Igor Fedotev replaced Artem Grishin. In the 65th match minute, Skipton AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aleksandr Karyaka to maneuver through the defense. If Innokentiy Pashin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vladimir Fundaminskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikifor Kovalev in the 68th minute of the match. After 72 minutes, Gennadiy Kirillov made it 4-2 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. After a rather tough play, Skipton AFC's David Lebedev got a free kick in the 79th minute. Skipton AFC's Vladimir Fundaminskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Innokentiy Pashin in the 80th minute of play. Vladimir Fundaminskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gennadiy Kirillov in the 85th minute of play. Innokentiy Pashin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 90 minutes into the match, Gennadiy Kirillov notched a goal, 6-2, to the right of Skipton AFC's Vladimir Fundaminskiy. Vladimir Fundaminskiy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Igor Fedotev blasted a shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vladimir Fundaminskiy having to make a save. Vladimir Fundaminskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Fedotev in the 96th minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Welwyn Garden City City had played much better football throughout.