League Play-Off

NowyjRosdil
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Valentyn Cherniy got the match started through his kick off. If Vladyslav Portyanko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 5 minutes into the match, NowyjRosdil's goal looked a bit too open when Symon Pavlyk came free, but Vasyl Bogun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Perevaljsjk FC Metalurg's Artur Koshelyuk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Perevaljsjk FC Metalurg from getting a goal against them. Artur Koshelyuk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentyn Cherniy in the 15th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Symon Pavlyk in the 17th minute of play forced NowyjRosdil's goalkeeper Vasyl Bogun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 18 minutes, Orest Kostyshyn mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the NowyjRosdil and the Perevaljsjk FC Metalurg players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to NowyjRosdil getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Orest Kostyshyn hit a great ball. Valeriy Kuprienko's late challenge caught a Perevaljsjk FC Metalurg's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valeriy Kuprienko helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to NowyjRosdil getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Valeriy Kuprienko hit a great ball. In the 20th minute, Nazariy Shumeyko sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and NowyjRosdil's Vasyl Bogun didn't even have to move. In the 24th minute Symon Pavlyk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vasyl Bogun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Artur Koshelyuk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentyn Cherniy in the 25th minute of the match. After 27 played minutes Perevaljsjk FC Metalurg got a freekick which was hit by Anton Vovkodav. 28 minutes into the match, Perevaljsjk FC Metalurg's goal looked a bit too open when Valentyn Cherniy came free, but Artur Koshelyuk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st minute Vladyslav Portyanko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vasyl Bogun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vladyslav Portyanko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 34 played minutes NowyjRosdil got a freekick which was hit by Orest Kostyshyn. In the 36th minute, Symon Pavlyk 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. Vladyslav Portyanko hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Vladyslav Portyanko managed to get in a good position for a shot. Perevaljsjk FC Metalurg's supporters rose to their feet, but Vladyslav Portyanko was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vasyl Bogun breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Artur Koshelyuk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentyn Cherniy, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Symon Pavlyk made the kick off in the second half. Symon Pavlyk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vasyl Bogun having to interfere. After having played for 67 minutes, Valentyn Cherniy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. NowyjRosdil's supporters crossed their fingers, but Valentyn Cherniy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 77 minutes into the game, NowyjRosdil's Valentyn Cherniy nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Artur Koshelyuk made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 82nd minute, Orest Kostyshyn hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 88 played minutes NowyjRosdil got a freekick which was hit by Valeriy Kuprienko. After 89 minutes of play, Perevaljsjk FC Metalurg's Symon Pavlyk made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vasyl Bogun was left in no man's land by his defense there! Despite being the better team, Perevaljsjk FC Metalurg failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.