League Play-Off

FC Victoria Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Klement Mnich made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cătălin Mischie in the 4th minute of play forced F.C. VICTORIA's goalkeeper Denis Mascovescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marjan Yatsenko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yaroslav Tistyk in the 5th minute. Klement Mnich scored 0-1 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Denis Mascovescu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 18 minutes into the match, F.C. VICTORIA's goal looked a bit too open when Klement Mnich came free, but Denis Mascovescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Klement Mnich in the 18th minute of play forced F.C. VICTORIA's goalkeeper Denis Mascovescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Klement Mnich left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The F.C. SPERANTZA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 26th minute Xiao Peng Bang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Mascovescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 28th match minute, F.C. VICTORIA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Helvijs Plaks to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes into the match, F.C. VICTORIA's goal looked a bit too open when Lenny Porter came free, but Denis Mascovescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st minute, Vsevolod Melaschenko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 37 minutes into the game, F.C. SPERANTZA's Yevgen Sokolyanskyi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Denis Mascovescu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. In the 43rd minute of the match Lenny Porter sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Denis Mascovescu skillfully saved the ball. When Mykhaylo Stezhkovyi came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the F.C. VICTORIA 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 Mykhaylo Stezhkovyi couldn't finish the play. F.C. VICTORIA's Valeriy Zuyevych was substituted for Mykhaylo Stezhkovyi. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Valeriy Zuyevych made the kick off in the second half. F.C. SPERANTZA's Marjan Yatsenko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valeriy Zuyevych in the 55th minute of play. In the 57th minute Xiao Peng Bang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Mascovescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 66 minutes, Álvaro Dias managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. F.C. VICTORIA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Álvaro Dias was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. F.C. VICTORIA made a substitution. Mefodiy Bidakh replaced Nazariy Kardash. 69 minutes into the match, Klement Mnich notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of F.C. VICTORIA's Denis Mascovescu. Denis Mascovescu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 73rd minute, Xiao Peng Bang reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Denis Mascovescu. The goal made the score 0-6. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xiao Peng Bang got free with Denis Mascovescu in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Yevgen Sokolyanskyi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Denis Mascovescu having to interfere. 81 minutes into the match, Klement Mnich had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Denis Mascovescu. F.C. VICTORIA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Klement Mnich was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xiao Peng Bang in the 84th minute of play forced F.C. VICTORIA's goalkeeper Denis Mascovescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Denis Mascovescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xiao Peng Bang, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After 93 minutes of play, F.C. SPERANTZA's Xiao Peng Bang made it 0-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Denis Mascovescu was left in no man's land by his defense there!