League Play-Off

Minsk Arena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Aleksandr Eroshevich kicked off to start the match. After 8 minutes, Arseny Azarenko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Orsha and the FC OldSchool Minsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. Arseny Azarenko hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Vasily Antropov hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Orsha's Trafim Urbanchyk got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Liavon Lapeiko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cheslav Siamashkevich, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to FC OldSchool Minsk getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Naum Levashenko hit a great ball. When Orsha's Trafim Urbanchyk in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC OldSchool Minsk's goalie prevented a goal. Aleksandr Eroshevich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 30 played minutes Orsha got a freekick which was hit by Liavon Platonov. Boris Livanovich hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Orsha's Trafim Urbanchyk got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cheslav Siamashkevich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Liavon Lapeiko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Trafim Urbanchyk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cheslav Siamashkevich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Liavon Lapeiko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With 43 minutes on the clock, Stanislav Evsuk commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 42nd minute of the game. One of Orsha:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC OldSchool Minsk:s goal. The referee gave FC OldSchool Minsk a penalty, 46 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Naum Levashenko, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Orsha's Matvey Fatikov. 1-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Trafim Urbanchyk to make the kick off. Ignat Galuza hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. After having played for 61 minutes, Aleksandr Eroshevich managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC OldSchool Minsk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aleksandr Eroshevich was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aleksandr Eroshevich in the 66th minute of play forced Orsha's goalkeeper Matvey Fatikov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Trafim Urbanchyk got free with Liavon Lapeiko in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 71st minute, Trafim Urbanchyk reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Liavon Lapeiko. The goal made the score 1-1. Trafim Urbanchyk recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Trafim Urbanchyk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.