League Play-Off

Krywyij-Rih
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Lev Bryl made the kick off and thus started the match. 9 minutes into the match, Gennadiy Buryi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Taras Galun. Krywyij-Rih's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gennadiy Buryi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Lev Bryl managed to get in a good position for a shot. Krywyij-Rih's supporters rose to their feet, but Lev Bryl was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tymofiy Mochulyak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 18th minute Mykyta Mykhayliv shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Taras Galun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tymofiy Mochulyak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Artur Panchuk in the 23rd minute. Taras Galun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mykyta Mykhayliv, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Taras Galun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gennadiy Buryi in the 27th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Alchevsjk's zone, Artur Panchuk stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tymofiy Mochulyak came out of the goal and Artur Panchuk tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Alchevsjk booed when Krywyij-Rih was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yaroslav Trusevych didn't get a good kick on the ball. Taras Galun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mykyta Mykhayliv, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mykyta Mykhayliv to strike the kick off in the second half. Tymofiy Mochulyak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lev Bryl went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Taras Galun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mykyta Mykhayliv in the 57th minute of the match. Taras Galun stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mykyta Mykhayliv's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Krywyij-Rih's Taras Galun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mykyta Mykhayliv in the 61st minute of play. The corner ended in Leonid Stoyanov almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Krywyij-Rih's Taras Galun did a great save. Tymofiy Mochulyak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lev Bryl, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. In the 70th minute, Mykyta Mykhayliv 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. Gennadiy Buryi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Taras Galun made a huge save. Mykyta Mykhayliv succeeded in the game's 74th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-2. Olexandr Budnyk's late challenge caught a Alchevsjk's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Olexandr Budnyk helped the player get up and apologised. Gennadiy Buryi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 81 minutes into the match, Mykyta Mykhayliv dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Taras Galun, 1-3. Vitaliy Nesteruk hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Krywyij-Rih's Taras Galun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Krywyij-Rih from getting a goal against them. Mykyta Mykhayliv fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Taras Galun having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Lev Bryl's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tymofiy Mochulyak was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. Tymofiy Mochulyak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lev Bryl in the 96th minute of play. The Krywyij-Rih fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Alchevsjk were clearly better and deserved to take the win.