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Kotovsjk Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Andriy Tytarenko took the kick off in the first half of the match. Yaroslav Shalin charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yaroslav Shalin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Kotovsjk getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Yaroslav Shalin hit a great ball. 7 minutes into the match, Yakiv Radevych notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Kotovsjk's Kyrylo Chopyk. Kyrylo Chopyk was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Artur Venglynskyi was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Valeriy Motuz. Matviy Kozachenko hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Kyrylo Chopyk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andriy Tytarenko in the 14th minute of play. When Fedir Mazepa fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kotovsjk's protests and gave Fedir Mazepa a yellow card for diving instead. Fedir Mazepa hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Marjan Shukhevych hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Andriy Tytarenko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kyrylo Chopyk having to interfere. Denys Rylskyi charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Denys Rylskyi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When the match had been going on for 26 minutes, Kotovsjk's Yaroslav Shalin got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Artur Venglynskyi. If Rodion Vaseruk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yevgen Kulyk was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 37th minute. Kotovsjk's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After having played for 43 minutes, Yevgen Kulyk managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kotovsjk's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yevgen Kulyk was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Kotovsjk booed when Dymytrov Stal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Symon Vakula didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Yevgen Kulyk managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kotovsjk's supporters rose to their feet, but Yevgen Kulyk was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Artur Venglynskyi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yevgen Kulyk stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Yevgen Kulyk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artur Venglynskyi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 56 minutes of play, Kotovsjk's Rodion Vaseruk made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Artur Venglynskyi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dymytrov Stal's Artur Venglynskyi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodion Vaseruk in the 60th minute of play. Rodion Vaseruk recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Yevgen Kulyk in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Artur Venglynskyi saved Dymytrov Stal from getting behind. In the 69th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dymytrov Stal's goalkeeper Artur Venglynskyi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 75th minute, Yevgen Kulyk 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. Artur Venglynskyi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yevgen Ostapenko's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. Kyrylo Chopyk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Panas Davydovych in the 83rd minute. After some careless play in the Kotovsjk defense, Panas Davydovych kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kyrylo Chopyk. The Kotovsjk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kyrylo Chopyk should have stopped the shot. If Yevgen Kulyk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 92 minutes, Andriy Tytarenko managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dymytrov Stal's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andriy Tytarenko was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 94 minutes into the match, Kotovsjk's goalkeeper Kyrylo Chopyk had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Panas Davydovych.