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 Nikanor Dmitriev got the match started through his kick off. Yaroslav Rybchyk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artyom Eroshevich in the 5th minute of the match. Yaroslav Rybchyk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuriy Plitkin, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. After a rather tough play, Postavi's Nazar Savizky got a free kick in the 15th minute. Vadim Antropov, 15 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Nikanor Dmitriev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Vadim Melnikov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artyom Eroshevich in the 20th minute of play forced Pinsk's goalkeeper Yaroslav Rybchyk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vadim Antropov's late challenge caught a Postavi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vadim Antropov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 24th minute, one of Pinsk:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Pinsk. The referee gave Postavi a penalty, 27 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Zenon Kandrukevich, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Pinsk's Yaroslav Rybchyk. 0-1. 34 minutes into the match, Petr Halinsky notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Postavi's Vadim Melnikov. Vadim Melnikov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Pinsk's Miron Tarashkevich got a free kick in the 47th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Artyom Eroshevich made the kick off in the second half. Nikanor Dmitriev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vadim Melnikov having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Postavi's Nazar Savizky got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 60th minute Petr Halinsky shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vadim Melnikov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 68th minute, Petr Halinsky ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vadim Melnikov was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Vadim Melnikov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikanor Dmitriev in the 72nd minute of the match. Petr Halinsky sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 77th minute, Yuriy Plitkin fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Artyom Eroshevich received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Yaroslav Rybchyk came out and tried to block the shot, but Artyom Eroshevich slotted it home off the left post making it 3-2 in the 84th minute. Nikanor Dmitriev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 93rd minute Nikanor Dmitriev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vadim Melnikov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nikanor Dmitriev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. For all the effort they put into the match, the Postavi players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Pinsk.