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Whitwell Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Artem Habibullin kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Valeriy Degtyarevskiy 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. Hunslet's Afanasiy Aziatskov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Hunslet from getting a goal against them. 8 minutes into the game, Whitwell's Vasiliy Kukushin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Afanasiy Aziatskov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Afanasiy Aziatskov made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Vasiliy Kukushin sent off a good shot on target. Anton Dizhbak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afanasiy Aziatskov having to interfere. In the 17th play minute Vasiliy Kukushin came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Afanasiy Aziatskov. 2-0. In the 24th minute, Valeriy Degtyarevskiy 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 Lagutenko hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Vadim Simonyan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Afanasiy Aziatskov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 31 minutes, Roman Dobradin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hunslet and the Whitwell players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 31st minute, Roman Dobradin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Afanasiy Aziatskov made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Vasiliy Kukushin sent off a good shot on target. 35 minutes into the match, Hunslet's goalkeeper Afanasiy Aziatskov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vadim Simonyan. Afanasiy Aziatskov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vasiliy Kukushin in the 40th minute. Stanislav Globa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artem Habibullin in the 45th minute of play. Hunslet's Afanasiy Aziatskov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 48th minute of the match, managed to save Hunslet from getting a goal against them. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anton Dizhbak to make the kick off. After 52 minutes, Leonard Hvatov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hunslet and the Whitwell players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Whitwell booed when Hunslet was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonard Hvatov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Afanasiy Aziatskov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anton Dizhbak's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. Anton Dizhbak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afanasiy Aziatskov having to interfere. Afanasiy Aziatskov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Dizhbak in the 61st minute of the match. Valeriy Degtyarevskiy's late challenge caught a Whitwell's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valeriy Degtyarevskiy helped the player get up and apologised. Afanasiy Aziatskov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vasiliy Kukushin, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Hunslet's zone, Anton Dizhbak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Afanasiy Aziatskov came out of the goal and Anton Dizhbak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Artem Habibullin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stanislav Globa having to interfere. Afanasiy Aziatskov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anton Dizhbak in the 76th minute of the match. Demyan Neverovskiy hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Afanasiy Aziatskov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Dizhbak, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Valeriy Degtyarevskiy who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 84thth minute tested the skills of Stanislav Globa when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Artem Habibullin's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 85thth minute, Stanislav Globa skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Artem Habibullin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stanislav Globa having to interfere. Vasiliy Kukushin scored 4-0 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Afanasiy Aziatskov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Whitwell were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Hunslet for a fine match.