League Play-Off

Krakowez Sportyvnyj
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vadym Kernozenko made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Stereo getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Bogdan Siryi hit a great ball. Bogdan Ksyonz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 13thth minute of the game Bogdan Ksyonz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Stereo's Arkhyp Rakhuba was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Krakowez Stal's Dmytro Lunenko got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dmytro Lunenko recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arkhyp Rakhuba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bogdan Ksyonz in the 18th minute of the match. After 23 minutes, Vyacheslav Ustymchuk mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Stereo and the Krakowez Stal players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 23 played minutes Stereo got a freekick which was hit by Vyacheslav Ustymchuk. 25 minutes into the game, Bogdan Siryi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Stereo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Krakowez Stal the free kick. In the 25th minute, Bogdan Siryi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bogdan Ksyonz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arkhyp Rakhuba having to interfere. 28 minutes into the match, Krakowez Stal's Dmytro Lunenko sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arkhyp Rakhuba narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Yaroslav Rudyuk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kostyantyn Bogush in the 30th minute of play. Stepan Pylypaka hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Kostyantyn Bogush fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yaroslav Rudyuk having to interfere. When Matviy Nalygach fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Krakowez Stal's protests and gave Matviy Nalygach a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Stereo booed when Krakowez Stal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matviy Nalygach didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vadym Kernozenko in the 38th minute of play forced Krakowez Stal's goalkeeper Yaroslav Rudyuk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Krakowez Stal booed when Stereo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mykhaylo Sernetskyi didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Krakowez Stal's Ostap Shulga tried to score from far away in the 42nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Dmytro Lunenko's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arkhyp Rakhuba read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. 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 players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bogdan Ksyonz was the one to do the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Bogdan Ksyonz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Krakowez Stal's supporters rose to their feet, but Bogdan Ksyonz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arkhyp Rakhuba breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Arkhyp Rakhuba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dmytro Lunenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Vadym Kernozenko took a quick shot and it went in 0-1 without a chance for Yaroslav Rudyuk to make any attempt to save it. After having played for 71 minutes, Dmytro Lunenko managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Krakowez Stal's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dmytro Lunenko was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 78th minute there was a penalty for Krakowez Stal. Ostap Shulga stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Arkhyp Rakhuba. 1-1. Arkhyp Rakhuba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dmytro Lunenko in the 81st minute of the match. Kostyantyn Bogush struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Yaroslav Rudyuk didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Stereo. Vadym Kernozenko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yaroslav Rudyuk having to interfere. Bogdan Ksyonz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arkhyp Rakhuba having to interfere. If Leonid Artyukh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.