League Play-Off

Ampthill
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zahar Suprovich started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Ampthill City's goal looked a bit too open when Gleb Pechurkin came free, but Andrey Bychenok reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ampthill City's Andrey Bychenok played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zahar Suprovich in the 4th minute of play. Andrey Bychenok showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gleb Pechurkin in the 5th minute of the match. In the 6th minute, Vyacheslav Surovtsov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Frol Zavodkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Evgeny Rubanenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Vladislav Abramov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 19th minute, Vladislav Abramov fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Andrey Bychenok made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gleb Pechurkin in the 21st minute of play. Nazar Mihalovich took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 23rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Evgeny Rubanenko. Polotsk's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Frol Zavodkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Evgeny Rubanenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Apanas Kardashevich kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Ampthill City's zone, Gleb Pechurkin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Andrey Bychenok came out of the goal and Gleb Pechurkin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 36th minute, Gleb Pechurkin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Polotsk fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 39 minutes into the game, Boris Oreshnikov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ampthill City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Polotsk the free kick. A collision led to Ampthill City getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Boris Oreshnikov hit a great ball. Ampthill City's Andrey Bychenok played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zahar Suprovich in the 43rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Zahar Suprovich managed to get in a good position for a shot. Polotsk's supporters rose to their feet, but Zahar Suprovich was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Andrey Bychenok breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gleb Pechurkin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After the first half Polotsk were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frol Zavodkin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Zahar Suprovich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Andrey Bychenok tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Zahar Suprovich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 82nd minute, one of Ampthill City:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Ampthill City. The referee gave Polotsk a penalty, 84 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Bogdan Mezin, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Ampthill City's Andrey Bychenok. 0-3. A collision led to Ampthill City getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Nazar Mihalovich hit a great ball. A nice corner shot did that Bogdan Mezin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Andrey Bychenok quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Zahar Suprovich fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andrey Bychenok having to interfere. Zahar Suprovich fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andrey Bychenok having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zahar Suprovich in the 96th minute of play forced Ampthill City's goalkeeper Andrey Bychenok to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Polotsk's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.