League Play-Off

Zaporizhzhija
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Apolo Gonsalve started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With his leg Viktor Blyakharsjkyi managed to avoid a goal in the 4thth minute, when Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk's Apolo Gonsalve fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Myroslav Kusliy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Viktor Blyakharsjkyi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Anton Mynka 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. Apolo Gonsalve's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 15thth minute, Viktor Blyakharsjkyi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Nazariy Tsapiy charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nazariy Tsapiy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nazariy Tsapiy kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. In the 20th match minute, Trushewychi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tykhon Volodjko to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute, Apolo Gonsalve hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 24th minute of the match Kostyantyn Spivak sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nazariy Datsenko skillfully saved the ball. Apolo Gonsalve struck a weak shot in the 26th minute. Viktor Blyakharsjkyi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Apolo Gonsalve in the 30thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Viktor Blyakharsjkyi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Yaroslav Kolomiets struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Viktor Blyakharsjkyi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. 38 minutes into the match, Apolo Gonsalve notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Trushewychi's Viktor Blyakharsjkyi. Viktor Blyakharsjkyi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nazariy Datsenko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyrylo Gorodchanin in the 46th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Anton Mynka made a kick off. In the 55th minute Anton Mynka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nazariy Datsenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 56th match minute, Trushewychi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tykhon Volodjko to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Apolo Gonsalve put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Viktor Blyakharsjkyi. Yaroslav Kolomiets fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Viktor Blyakharsjkyi having to interfere. In the 66th minute Anton Mynka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nazariy Datsenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot by Kostyantyn Spivak from long distance, 72 minutes into the match, got Nazariy Datsenko's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Kyrylo Gorodchanin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Apolo Gonsalve in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Viktor Blyakharsjkyi saved Trushewychi from getting behind. After having played for 91 minutes, Kyrylo Gorodchanin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Trushewychi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kyrylo Gorodchanin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Apolo Gonsalve's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Viktor Blyakharsjkyi was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. The supporters of Trushewychi booed when Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gencal Şahbey didn't get a good kick on the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk fully deserved thier win.