League Play-Off

Poltava Palats Sport
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yarema Lykholat started the match with the kick off. Vladyslav Kutas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tymur Lisovyi having to interfere. Bachchysaraj Trudovi Rezervy's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Kyrylo Holovko 6 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. Oleg Draniv showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vyacheslav Sylych in the 15th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Bachchysaraj Trudovi Rezervy's Lyubomyr Rakytskyi got a free kick in the 16th minute. Vladyslav Kutas got in the 17th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Tymur Lisovyi handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Maxym Babenko hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Vladyslav Kutas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Tymur Lisovyi made a huge save. Tymur Lisovyi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyrylo Holovko in the 24th minute of the match. Tymur Lisovyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kyrylo Holovko, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After some careless play in the Bachchysaraj Trudovi Rezervy defense, Vladyslav Kutas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tymur Lisovyi. The Bachchysaraj Trudovi Rezervy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tymur Lisovyi should have stopped the shot. Vyacheslav Sylych sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yarema Lykholat in the 43rd minute of play forced Poltava FC Stalj's goalkeeper Oleg Draniv to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Kyrylo Holovko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 48th minute, Kyrylo Holovko managed to get in a good position for a shot. Poltava FC Stalj's supporters rose to their feet, but Kyrylo Holovko was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tymur Lisovyi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kyrylo Holovko was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Vladyslav Kutas notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Bachchysaraj Trudovi Rezervy's Tymur Lisovyi. Tymur Lisovyi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Poltava FC Stalj's Oleg Draniv played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yarema Lykholat in the 57th minute of play. Dmytro Kramar kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. After 68 played minutes Poltava FC Stalj got a freekick which was hit by Mykhaylo Yarovyi. In the 77th minute, Lev Bondarenko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Maxym Babenko's late challenge caught a Poltava FC Stalj's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Maxym Babenko helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Bachchysaraj Trudovi Rezervy's Maxym Babenko got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Yarema Lykholat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Yarema Lykholat's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oleg Draniv was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. Oleg Draniv showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yarema Lykholat in the 90th minute of the match. Tymur Lisovyi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyrylo Holovko in the 94th minute of the match. Poltava FC Stalj's Oleg Draniv played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yarema Lykholat in the 95th minute of play. Tymur Lisovyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladyslav Kutas, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. For all the effort they put into the match, the Bachchysaraj Trudovi Rezervy players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Poltava FC Stalj.