League Play-Off

Brest
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sidor Lutkevich made the kick off which started today's match. FC LonsDale's Jan Masarnovsky played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yuriy Ovchinnikov in the 11th minute of play. In the 12th minute, Jakov Drabatovich left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC LonsDale fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Jakov Drabatovich took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kastus Dobrovolsky. Kastus Dobrovolsky dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Pinsk's Aleksey Gusev suffered a sore foot after 20 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Yuriy Ovchinnikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Nazar Tranovich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The attack was good, but when Yuriy Ovchinnikov in the 27th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Jan Masarnovsky showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuriy Ovchinnikov in the 30th minute of the match. Jakov Drabatovich fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kastus Dobrovolsky having to interfere. In the 37th minute, Sidor Lutkevich ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kastus Dobrovolsky was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. In the 41st minute, Sidor Lutkevich 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. After a rather tough play, Pinsk's Platon Samoilenko got a free kick in the 47th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yuriy Ovchinnikov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jan Masarnovsky didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Pinsk's Yuriy Ovchinnikov shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Pinsk's Yuriy Ovchinnikov got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Nazar Tranovich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jan Masarnovsky made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yuriy Ovchinnikov in the 78th minute. Sidor Lutkevich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Kastus Dobrovolsky tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. During the 85th minute of the match Arseny Kalach completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Arseny Kalach a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. If Jakov Drabatovich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yuriy Ovchinnikov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Jan Masarnovsky made a huge save. When Denis Antropov came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Pinsk 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 Denis Antropov couldn't finish the play. Kastus Dobrovolsky showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jakov Drabatovich, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. FC LonsDale were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Pinsk for a fine match.