League Play-Off

Pinsk
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Patap Demidov got the match started through his kick off. Radislav Semaga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patap Demidov in the 3rd minute of the match. Pinsk's Vitaly Ivanov shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 10th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Radislav Semaga but with some difficulty. Patap Demidov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Radislav Semaga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patap Demidov in the 24th minute of play forced MOTOR-73 MINSK's goalkeeper Radislav Semaga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sergey Sergeev during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aleksandr Lisitsky got free with Radislav Semaga in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Genady Fedin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Vyacheslav Parfenovich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Vyacheslav Parfenovich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Genady Fedin struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Taras Marunkevich didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for MOTOR-73 MINSK. In the 45th minute Genady Fedin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Taras Marunkevich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Genady Fedin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Taras Marunkevich having to interfere. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vyacheslav Parfenovich to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Genady Fedin got free with Taras Marunkevich in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Genady Fedin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Taras Marunkevich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Vyacheslav Parfenovich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 64 minutes into the match, Pinsk's goal looked a bit too open when Vyacheslav Parfenovich came free, but Taras Marunkevich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Aleksandr Lisitsky had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Pinsk's Sergey Alekseev got a free kick in the 69th minute. The audience was convinced that Vyacheslav Parfenovich's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Taras Marunkevich was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. With a little luck, Pinsk's Taras Marunkevich got control of the ball when Genady Fedin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Radislav Semaga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patap Demidov in the 89th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vyacheslav Parfenovich in the 92nd minute of play forced Pinsk's goalkeeper Taras Marunkevich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 92 minutes, Jakim Yudin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pinsk and the MOTOR-73 MINSK players grew even worse after the yellow card.