League Play-Off

Borisov
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jakim Levashkevich got the match started through his kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jakim Levashkevich in the 4th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Viktor Levashkevich prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jakim Levashkevich in the 9th minute of play forced Vitebsk's goalkeeper Viktor Levashkevich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th match minute, Borisov was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radislav Rekun to maneuver through the defense. Kazimir Eremeev scored 0-1 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vladimir Milinkevich, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 15th minute, Marat Raskazov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jakim Levashkevich in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Viktor Levashkevich saved Vitebsk from getting behind. Vitebsk's Mikita Ramanovich suffered a concussion after 18 minutes and had to leave the field. After 18 minutes, Vadim Lisovsky mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Borisov and the Vitebsk players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Borisov getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Vadim Lisovsky hit a great ball. After 20 played minutes, Vitebsk's Sergey Azarenko shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Vladimir Milinkevich came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Vitebsk reached it. In the 22nd minute, Vasily Ermak 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. In the 25th minute, Vasily Ermak made a precise shot to the right of Vladimir Milinkevich. Borisov's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Vasily Ermak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Vladimir Milinkevich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pavel Davydov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience was convinced that Jakim Levashkevich's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Viktor Levashkevich was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. When Pavel Davydov came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Borisov 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 Pavel Davydov couldn't finish the play. Marat Raskazov's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Vladimir Milinkevich - 0-3 was put on the score board in the 39th minute. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vasily Ermak was the one to do the kick off. Vasily Ermak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Milinkevich having to interfere. Vasily Ermak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Milinkevich having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Vasily Ermak 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pavel Davydov in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Viktor Levashkevich saved Vitebsk from getting behind. Radislav Rekun kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Jakim Levashkevich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Vitebsk's zone, Jakim Levashkevich stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Viktor Levashkevich came out of the goal and Jakim Levashkevich tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vitebsk's Viktor Levashkevich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pavel Davydov in the 78th minute of play. After some careless play in the Vitebsk defense, Jakim Levashkevich kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Viktor Levashkevich. The Vitebsk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Viktor Levashkevich should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Vitebsk booed when Borisov was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Radislav Rekun didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vasily Ermak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Milinkevich having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Vitebsk eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.