Kobrin
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nikanor Nikiforov got the match started through his kick off. Andrey Alehnovich's late challenge caught a Kobrin's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andrey Alehnovich helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Mogilev getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Andrey Alehnovich hit a great ball. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kobrin's goalkeeper Oles Liameshik, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mogilev's goalkeeper Leonid Yakubovsky, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 10th minute of the match Egor Hmyl sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Leonid Yakubovsky skillfully saved the ball. Nikanor Nikiforov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Leonid Yakubovsky tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th minute Nikanor Nikiforov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonid Yakubovsky saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mikita Dyba could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Leonid Yakubovsky made a huge save. Mikita Dyba fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonid Yakubovsky having to interfere. When Kobrin's Nikanor Nikiforov, in the 23rd minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Kobrin. Leonid Yakubovsky showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikanor Nikiforov, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Mikita Dyba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 29 minutes, Rastislav Drozdov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mogilev and the Kobrin players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rastislav Drozdov hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Mikita Dyba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Mogilev's goalkeeper Leonid Yakubovsky, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Vadim Malafeev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Leonid Yakubovsky tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 41 minutes into the match, Mogilev's goal looked a bit too open when Nikanor Nikiforov came free, but Leonid Yakubovsky reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leonid Yakubovsky was out of position in the 45 minute of play, and Mikita Dyba capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Mikita Dyba really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Denis Bykov was the one to do the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Mogilev's zone, Nikanor Nikiforov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leonid Yakubovsky came out of the goal and Nikanor Nikiforov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 54th match minute, Mogilev was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vladimir Piskun to maneuver through the defense. Nikanor Nikiforov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Leonid Yakubovsky tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Bykov in the 59th minute of play forced Kobrin's goalkeeper Oles Liameshik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valentin Zhdanov hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Kobrin defense, Leonid Urdamovich kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Oles Liameshik. The Kobrin fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Oles Liameshik should have stopped the shot. After 74 played minutes Mogilev got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Alehnovich. When Leonid Urdamovich came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Mogilev 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 Leonid Urdamovich couldn't finish the play. In the 82nd minute, Nikanor Nikiforov made a precise shot to the right of Leonid Yakubovsky. Mogilev's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. In the 89thth minute of the game Denis Bykov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kobrin's Oles Liameshik was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 93 minutes into the game, Stanislav Novikov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kobrin's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mogilev the free kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 93rd minute of the game. One of Kobrin:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Mogilev:s goal. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.
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