League Play-Off

Hrebinka Palats Spor
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vyacheslav Babiychuk took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd minute, Symon Son hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Hrebinka's zone, Vyacheslav Babiychuk stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Artur Maxymyuk came out of the goal and Vyacheslav Babiychuk tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Artur Maxymyuk came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Volodymyr-Volynsjkyj's Vyacheslav Babiychuk. But to his dismay, Vyacheslav Babiychuk quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Gennadiy Danchenko charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gennadiy Danchenko the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 11th minute, Gennadiy Danchenko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 14th play minute Tykhon Verteletskyi came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko. 1-1. When Vyacheslav Babiychuk came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Volodymyr-Volynsjkyj 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 Vyacheslav Babiychuk couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rostyslav Sapuga in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Artur Maxymyuk prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a little luck, Volodymyr-Volynsjkyj's Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko got control of the ball when Tykhon Verteletskyi tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Hrebinka booed when Volodymyr-Volynsjkyj was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Panas Babiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Volodymyr-Volynsjkyj's goal looked a bit too open when Symon Luchkevych came free, but Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Gennadiy Danchenko was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 33 minutes had been played. Gennadiy Danchenko hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tykhon Verteletskyi in the 38th minute. After having played for 40 minutes, Tykhon Verteletskyi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hrebinka's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tykhon Verteletskyi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 41 minutes into the game, Panas Babiy was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Volodymyr-Volynsjkyj's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hrebinka the free kick. In the 45th minute, Symon Luchkevych reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko. The goal made the score 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Symon Luchkevych to strike the kick off in the second half. 59 minutes into the match, Tykhon Verteletskyi notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Volodymyr-Volynsjkyj's Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko. Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 64 minutes into the match, Volodymyr-Volynsjkyj's goal looked a bit too open when Symon Luchkevych came free, but Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 66 minutes, Rostyslav Sapuga managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Volodymyr-Volynsjkyj's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rostyslav Sapuga was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Vyacheslav Babiychuk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 72 minutes into the match, Volodymyr-Volynsjkyj's goal looked a bit too open when Symon Luchkevych came free, but Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hrebinka's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Artem Chupryna in the 74th minute. Artem Chupryna made a great header on Hrebinka's corner, it was just that Volodymyr-Volynsjkyj's Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko managed to reach the ball for a save. 81 minutes into the match, Hrebinka's Symon Luchkevych sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 89th minute Symon Luchkevych shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tykhon Verteletskyi, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Svyatoslav Pavlyuchenko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Symon Luchkevych in the 94th minute of play. Hrebinka's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.