League Play-Off

Minsk
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kastus Tikhonov made the kick off which started today's match. Vadim Livanovich made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Genady Lidov sent off a good shot on target. Kastus Tikhonov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oleg Lykov having to interfere. When Orsha's Kastus Tikhonov in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Dreamteam's goalie prevented a goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vitaly Andrievsky during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Orsha booed when FC Dreamteam was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vitaly Andrievsky didn't get a good kick on the ball. 16 minutes into the game, Mscislav Plotnikov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Dreamteam's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Orsha the free kick. After 17 minutes of play FC Dreamteam's Mscislav Plotnikov was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to FC Dreamteam getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Mscislav Plotnikov hit a great ball. Tadeuz Aleksandrov made a great header on Orsha's corner, it was just that FC Dreamteam's Oleg Lykov managed to reach the ball for a save. Oleg Lykov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kastus Tikhonov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 24 minutes into the match, FC Dreamteam's goal looked a bit too open when Arkady Fedotov came free, but Oleg Lykov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Kastus Tikhonov came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Orsha 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 Kastus Tikhonov couldn't finish the play. In the 31st minute Sergey Prokopovich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oleg Lykov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Orsha's Kastus Tikhonov got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Oleg Lykov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kastus Tikhonov in the 36th minute of the match. Kastus Tikhonov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Oleg Lykov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Oleg Lykov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kastus Tikhonov's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute.

In the 52ndth minute of the game Sidor Petrov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Orsha's Vadim Livanovich was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergey Prokopovich in the 54th minute of play forced FC Dreamteam's goalkeeper Oleg Lykov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 57 minutes, Arkady Fedotov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Orsha's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arkady Fedotov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Arkady Fedotov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FC Dreamteam's Oleg Lykov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kastus Tikhonov in the 60th minute of play. Genady Lidov might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vadim Livanovich. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Genady Lidov ran back to his position shaking his head. Vitaly Andrievsky sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 67th minute, Anton Yarmalovich 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. Sidor Petrov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Vadim Livanovich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Anton Yarmalovich fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vadim Livanovich having to interfere. 74 minutes into the game, Sergey Prokopovich was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Orsha's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Dreamteam the free kick. In the 74th match minute, Orsha was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergey Prokopovich to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Orsha defense, Genady Lidov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vadim Livanovich. The Orsha fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vadim Livanovich should have stopped the shot. Oleg Lykov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kastus Tikhonov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, FC Dreamteam's Genady Lidov got a free kick in the 93rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Kastus Tikhonov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Orsha's supporters rose to their feet, but Kastus Tikhonov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oleg Lykov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Oleg Lykov came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by Orsha's Arkady Fedotov. But to his dismay, Arkady Fedotov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.