League Play-Off

Antratsyt Arena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kostyantyn Matyuk got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th match minute, Horodok was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arsen Lubenets to maneuver through the defense. 9 minutes into the game, Antratsyt's Viktor Denyak nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rodion Khrienko made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Viktor Denyak succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 12th playminute. Igor Maxymyuk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentyn Brotskyi, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Viktor Denyak's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rodion Khrienko read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. After having played for 23 minutes, Symon Novak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Horodok's supporters crossed their fingers, but Symon Novak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Igor Maxymyuk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentyn Brotskyi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kostyantyn Matyuk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodion Khrienko having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viktor Denyak in the 28th minute of play forced Horodok's goalkeeper Rodion Khrienko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Igor Maxymyuk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentyn Brotskyi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentyn Brotskyi in the 33rd minute of play forced Antratsyt's goalkeeper Igor Maxymyuk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Igor Maxymyuk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentyn Brotskyi in the 39th minute of the match. Zakhar Zabransjkyi's late challenge caught a Horodok's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zakhar Zabransjkyi helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Antratsyt's Zakhar Zabransjkyi got a free kick in the 40th minute. In the 48th minute, Valentyn Brotskyi 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.

The wind increased when Valentyn Brotskyi made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Antratsyt was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lev Shatalin to maneuver through the defense. In the 53rd minute, Arsen Lubenets sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Antratsyt's Igor Maxymyuk didn't even have to move. 2-2 became the score in the 55th minute when Symon Novak elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Valentyn Brotskyi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Maxymyuk having to interfere. Symon Novak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Maxymyuk having to interfere. In the 68th minute, Valentyn Brotskyi 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. Symon Novak's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 69thth minute, Igor Maxymyuk skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. A collision led to Antratsyt getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Kyrylo Ukrainets hit a great ball. Symon Novak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Igor Maxymyuk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Igor Maxymyuk stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valentyn Brotskyi's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. In the 91st minute, Vsevolod Ponomar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roman Kashuba kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. In the 94th minute, Kostyantyn Matyuk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Horodok players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Antratsyt from taking control. The game ends in a draw.