League Play-Off

Baranovichi
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Prohar Evdokimenko made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Prohar Evdokimenko left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Baranovichi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After having played for 10 minutes, Prohar Evdokimenko managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Baranovichi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Prohar Evdokimenko was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Ivan Ragozin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Prohar Evdokimenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Baranovichi's zone, Ivan Ragozin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marat Makalevich came out of the goal and Ivan Ragozin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Baranovichi defense, Ivan Ragozin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marat Makalevich. The Baranovichi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marat Makalevich should have stopped the shot. When the match clock showed 24 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Prohar Evdokimenko sped through Baranovichi's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marat Makalevich. If Igor Mihalev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vaslav Kachanovich in the 33rd minute of play forced Baranovichi's goalkeeper Marat Makalevich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 34 minutes into the game, Prohar Evdokimenko cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Marat Makalevich was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in Baranovichi's zone, Igor Mihalev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Frol Barodin came out of the goal and Igor Mihalev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With an all-out effort, Baranovichi's Frol Barodin threw himself towards the right post 39 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Mechyslav Mezin, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Frol Barodin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mechyslav Mezin in the 43rd minute of the match. Prohar Evdokimenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mechyslav Mezin to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Baranovichi's Prohar Evdokimenko slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Marat Makalevich. That made the score 0-5 after 55 minutes of play. Ivan Ragozin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Marat Makalevich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marat Makalevich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Prohar Evdokimenko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The long shot by Svetapolk Gorbatenko in the 69th minute really tested Marat Makalevich's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Baranovichi's goalkeeper Marat Makalevich, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 75th minute, Baranovichi's Prohar Evdokimenko ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marat Makalevich. Marat Makalevich yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-6. Marat Makalevich was out of position in the 79 minute of play, and Ivan Ragozin capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ivan Ragozin really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7. In the 88th match minute, Baranovichi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nester Vlasov to maneuver through the defense. In the 92nd minute, Nester Vlasov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Prohar Evdokimenko came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Baranovichi 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 Prohar Evdokimenko couldn't finish the play. Ivan Ragozin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marat Makalevich having to make a save. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Baranovichi had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.