League

Polotsk
Spectators: 6792 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1792, VIP seats: 0) Sergey Abramov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Svetlogorsk United's goalkeeper Ignat Gavrilenko, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Timur Shilov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Evgeny Hershanovich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 13 minutes into the match, Polotsk's goal looked a bit too open when Yaroslav Yachmenev came free, but Evgeny Hershanovich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Timur Shilov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Evgeny Hershanovich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Timur Shilov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kirill Barsukov got free with Ignat Gavrilenko in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With an all-out effort, Polotsk's Ignat Gavrilenko threw himself towards the right post 28 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sergey Abramov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Arseny Rybakov charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arseny Rybakov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 32nd match minute, FC Svetlogorsk United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patap Vinogradov to maneuver through the defense. Ignat Gavrilenko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergey Abramov in the 37th minute of the match. In the 39th minute, Vladislav Esoulov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 40 minutes into the match, FC Svetlogorsk United's goal looked a bit too open when Pavel Slipchanko came free, but Ignat Gavrilenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kirill Barsukov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Ignat Gavrilenko made a huge save. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Timur Shilov to make the kick off. Sergey Abramov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ignat Gavrilenko having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timur Shilov in the 56th minute of play forced Polotsk's goalkeeper Evgeny Hershanovich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute, Sergey Abramov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ignat Gavrilenko was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. After 65 minutes, Sergey Abramov made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. FC Svetlogorsk United's Ignat Gavrilenko tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Polotsk's Kirill Barsukov in the 76th minute got a chance for a shot 76th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Svetlogorsk United's goalie prevented a goal. Polotsk's Evgeny Hershanovich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arseny Rybakov in the 80th minute of play. Kirill Barsukov took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ignat Gavrilenko. Ignat Gavrilenko dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kirill Barsukov in the 90th minute of play forced FC Svetlogorsk United's goalkeeper Ignat Gavrilenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 96 minutes into the match, Polotsk's goal looked a bit too open when Timur Shilov came free, but Evgeny Hershanovich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Svetlogorsk United's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.