League Play-Off

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Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fedir Goretskyi made the kick off which started today's match. Gavrylo Petryshyn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. donbass's Marjan Yegorov got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dragan Velchevski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gavrylo Petryshyn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 22nd minute, Mykhaylo Rozlach hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marjan Yegorov struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Nazar Romanchuk didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for donbass. Marjan Yegorov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Otschakiw FC Shakhtar's goalkeeper Nazar Romanchuk, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Roman Bogach made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fedir Goretskyi in the 32nd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Maxym Sulimko during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Marjan Yegorov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nazar Romanchuk having to interfere. If Gavrylo Petryshyn had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 49th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marjan Yegorov was the one to do the kick off. Sergiy Panchuk hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Dobromir Pincoski, 55 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Marjan Yegorov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nazar Romanchuk read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 57th minute of play. Dragan Velchevski struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Nazar Romanchuk didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for donbass. After 64 played minutes Otschakiw FC Shakhtar got a freekick which was hit by Fedir Goretskyi. Otschakiw FC Shakhtar's Nazar Romanchuk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gavrylo Petryshyn in the 64th minute of play. Gennadiy Bochkur hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Gavrylo Petryshyn struck a weak shot in the 73rd minute. Nazar Romanchuk didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for donbass. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Marjan Yegorov managed to get in a good position for a shot. donbass's supporters rose to their feet, but Marjan Yegorov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nazar Romanchuk breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nazar Romanchuk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marjan Yegorov in the 77th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Marjan Yegorov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nazar Romanchuk was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. After having played for 80 minutes, Marjan Yegorov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. donbass's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marjan Yegorov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 89 minutes into the match, Otschakiw FC Shakhtar's goal looked a bit too open when Gavrylo Petryshyn came free, but Nazar Romanchuk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marjan Yegorov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nazar Romanchuk having to interfere. After 96 minutes of play, donbass's Dobromir Pincoski made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nazar Romanchuk was left in no man's land by his defense there! donbass walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.