League Play-Off

Zhlobin
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sidor Porshnev took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Zhlobin's Vladimir Lameiko dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Oles Svistunov charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Oles Svistunov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 7th match minute, Gorki was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oles Svistunov to maneuver through the defense. Juras Davidovich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liavon Labeiko in the 13th minute of play. Sidor Porshnev took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Juras Davidovich. Juras Davidovich dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 17th match minute, Gorki was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sidor Porshnev to maneuver through the defense. Juras Davidovich came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Gorki's Erofey Timofeev. But to his dismay, Erofey Timofeev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Juras Davidovich stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Liavon Labeiko's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. In the 28th minute of the match Oles Svistunov sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Juras Davidovich skillfully saved the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Gorki's Sidor Porshnev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Juras Davidovich narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Zhlobin getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Anatoly Tretyakov hit a great ball. Liavon Labeiko scored 1-3 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Juras Davidovich, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, Gorki's Yuriy Chaikovsky got control of the ball when Vladimir Takushevich tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zhlobin's Juras Davidovich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Semen Galushko in the 46th minute of play. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Juras Davidovich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sidor Porshnev, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Maksim Labanenok hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Gorki's Sidor Porshnev got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vladimir Takushevich recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 61 minutes into the match, Vladimir Lameiko had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yuriy Chaikovsky. Gorki's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vladimir Lameiko was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Juras Davidovich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sidor Porshnev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maksim Labanenok in the 74th minute of play forced Gorki's goalkeeper Yuriy Chaikovsky to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the match, Gorki's goal looked a bit too open when Vladimir Lameiko came free, but Yuriy Chaikovsky reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erofey Timofeev kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Vladimir Lameiko managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zhlobin's supporters rose to their feet, but Vladimir Lameiko was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yuriy Chaikovsky breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Semen Galushko's late challenge caught a Zhlobin's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Semen Galushko helped the player get up and apologised. Sidor Porshnev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 84 played minutes Sidor Porshnev rounded Zhlobin's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-4. Liavon Labeiko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Juras Davidovich having to make a save. Liavon Labeiko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juras Davidovich having to interfere. The Zhlobin supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Gorki's performance. The match ended with a win for Gorki.