League Play-Off

Zhlobin
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Astap Utehin got the match started through his kick off. Matvey Brovko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marat Busel, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 11thth minute of the game Marat Busel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rechitsa's Matvey Brovko was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Aleksey Liasnikov's late challenge caught a Rechitsa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aleksey Liasnikov helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Rechitsa booed when Zhlobin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksey Liasnikov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Astap Utehin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Vladislav Antonenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 29th match minute, Rechitsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pakhom Labashov to maneuver through the defense. When Astap Utehin came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Rechitsa 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 Astap Utehin couldn't finish the play. In the 36th minute, Egor Liamaev 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. After a defensive mix-up in Rechitsa's zone, Egor Liamaev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Matvey Brovko came out of the goal and Egor Liamaev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 47 minutes into the match, Sergey Balaychuk had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vladislav Antonenko. Zhlobin's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sergey Balaychuk was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marat Busel to make the kick off. Marat Busel succeeded in the game's 55th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. 63 minutes into the match, Sergey Balaychuk had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vladislav Antonenko. Zhlobin's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sergey Balaychuk was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. If Marat Busel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Egor Liamaev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zhlobin's supporters rose to their feet, but Egor Liamaev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Matvey Brovko breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 86 played minutes Rechitsa got a freekick which was hit by Pakhom Labashov. In the 91st minute of the match Pakhom Sizy sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Matvey Brovko skillfully saved the ball. Marat Busel took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Matvey Brovko. Matvey Brovko dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Zhlobin fans cheered their team off the field, for while Rechitsa had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.