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Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Svyatoslav Pavlenko started the match with the kick off. Vyacheslav Shpak's late challenge caught a Belarus's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vyacheslav Shpak helped the player get up and apologised. Georgij Dzerzhinsky spun around in front of the goal 6 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Ukraine's goal. In the 8th minute Svyatoslav Pavlenko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radamir Evdokimov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vsevolod Onyschenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oleg Arhipov, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Ukraine's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vyacheslav Shpak in the 17th minute. The corner led Ukraine's Vyacheslav Shpak to fire away a dangerous shot which Radamir Evdokimov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 18th minute Georgij Dzerzhinsky shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vsevolod Onyschenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 23 minutes into the match, Ukraine's goal looked a bit too open when Svetapolk Papanov came free, but Vsevolod Onyschenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Radamir Evdokimov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vadym Vovkodav went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Belarus's goalkeeper Radamir Evdokimov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 31 minutes into the match, Belarus's goal looked a bit too open when Svyatoslav Pavlenko came free, but Radamir Evdokimov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ukraine's Vadym Vovkodav got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Through an outstanding action, after 37 minutes, Radamir Evdokimov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Vadym Vovkodav sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Svyatoslav Pavlenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 43rd minute Svyatoslav Pavlenko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radamir Evdokimov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vsevolod Onyschenko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Georgij Dzerzhinsky in the 45th minute of play. After 47 played minutes Belarus got a freekick which was hit by Vladimir Ramashko. In the 48th minute of the match Vyacheslav Shpak shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Radamir Evdokimov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Oleg Arhipov was the one to do the kick off. Svyatoslav Pavlenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vadym Vovkodav in the 57th minute of play forced Belarus's goalkeeper Radamir Evdokimov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 64 minutes into the match, Belarus's goal looked a bit too open when Vadym Vovkodav came free, but Radamir Evdokimov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Oleg Arhipov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vsevolod Onyschenko was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. In the 67th minute Mateush Lubovich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vsevolod Onyschenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, Belarus's goal looked a bit too open when Vadym Vovkodav came free, but Radamir Evdokimov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th minute Oleg Arhipov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vsevolod Onyschenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Radamir Evdokimov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vadym Vovkodav, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Vyacheslav Shpak kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Ukraine made a substitution. Marko Kastornyi replaced Kostyantyn Zhadanyuk. A collision led to Belarus getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Vladimir Ramashko hit a great ball. Bogdan Guk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Radamir Evdokimov having to interfere. In the 88th minute Mateush Lubovich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vsevolod Onyschenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogdan Guk in the 96th minute of play forced Belarus's goalkeeper Radamir Evdokimov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Belarus players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Ukraine.