League Play-Off

Kozjatyn Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd minute, Stepan Semenjaka made a precise shot to the right of Arkhyp Yevtushenko. Kozjatyn's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 8th minute, Anton Zaynchkovskyi 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 corner led Kozjatyn's Ostap Karyaka to fire away a dangerous shot which Oleg Lelyuk despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Stepan Semenjaka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Arkhyp Yevtushenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Stepan Semenjaka came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Khorol Kolos fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Stepan Semenjaka couldn't finish the play. Anton Zaynchkovskyi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arkhyp Yevtushenko having to interfere. After 26 minutes, Grygoriy Rybka mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kozjatyn and the Khorol Kolos players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Khorol Kolos booed when Kozjatyn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Grygoriy Rybka didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Khorol Kolos getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Zakhar Ratiy hit a great ball. Khorol Kolos's Oleg Lelyuk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Borys Chekhovskyi in the 32nd minute of play. If Anton Zaynchkovskyi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 36th minute, Anton Zaynchkovskyi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Khorol Kolos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Arkhyp Yevtushenko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stepan Semenjaka in the 41st minute of play. In the 47th match minute, Khorol Kolos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zakhar Ratiy to maneuver through the defense. Borys Chekhovskyi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 49th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oleg Lelyuk having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stepan Semenjaka to make the kick off. When Maxym Kozhedub fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kozjatyn's protests and gave Maxym Kozhedub a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Kozjatyn getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Maxym Kozhedub hit a great ball. After 63 minutes of play, Kozjatyn's Borys Chekhovskyi made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oleg Lelyuk was left in no man's land by his defense there! 67 minutes into the match, Borys Chekhovskyi notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Khorol Kolos's Oleg Lelyuk. Oleg Lelyuk was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Anton Zaynchkovskyi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stepan Semenjaka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Borys Chekhovskyi in the 79th minute of play forced Khorol Kolos's goalkeeper Oleg Lelyuk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 80 minutes, the score became 3-2 when Grygoriy Denyak sped through Khorol Kolos's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Oleg Lelyuk. When the match had been going on for 87 minutes, Khorol Kolos's Vladyslav Nazaruk got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Arkhyp Yevtushenko. When Borys Chekhovskyi came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Kozjatyn fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Borys Chekhovskyi couldn't finish the play. In the 95th minute, Grygoriy Denyak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kozjatyn fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-3.