League Play-Off

Dniprodzerzhynsjk St
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Anatoliy Pitsur got the match started through his kick off. Anatoliy Pitsur did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Yuriy Golubenko 5 minutes into the match. Grygoriy Bogush received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Yuriy Golubenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Viktor Levchenko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zakhar Ilyuk in the 12th minute of the match. Viktor Levchenko didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marko Korotkyi went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 17th minute, Ostap Skomorokha 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. Dniprodzerzhynsjk's Viktor Levchenko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zakhar Ilyuk in the 19th minute of play. Anatoliy Pitsur received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Yuriy Golubenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sergiy Bagnyuk was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 25th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Pavlohrad's Yuriy Golubenko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anatoliy Pitsur in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anatoliy Pitsur in the 31st minute of play forced Pavlohrad's goalkeeper Yuriy Golubenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute Anatoliy Pitsur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yuriy Golubenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 36 minutes into the game, Ostap Skomorokha cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Viktor Levchenko was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 40th minute of the match Myroslav Poterukha shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Viktor Levchenko showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Anatoliy Pitsur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 49th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yuriy Golubenko having to interfere. The Dniprodzerzhynsjk players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Pavlohrad were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zakhar Ilyuk to make the kick off. The supporters of Pavlohrad booed when Dniprodzerzhynsjk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Grygoriy Vasyliv didn't get a good kick on the ball. Viktor Levchenko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zakhar Ilyuk in the 59th minute of play. Pavlohrad's Yuriy Golubenko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grygoriy Bogush in the 62nd minute of play. Yuriy Golubenko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anatoliy Pitsur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Grygoriy Bogush had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 69 minutes into the match, Pavlohrad's goal looked a bit too open when Anatoliy Pitsur came free, but Yuriy Golubenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zakhar Ilyuk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Viktor Levchenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Petro Ovramenko kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anatoliy Pitsur in the 75th minute of play forced Pavlohrad's goalkeeper Yuriy Golubenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Viktor Levchenko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ostap Skomorokha in the 77th minute. After 79 played minutes Dniprodzerzhynsjk got a freekick which was hit by Maxym Shlyk. Ostap Skomorokha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Viktor Levchenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Anatoliy Pitsur received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Yuriy Golubenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 88th match minute, Pavlohrad was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Petro Ovramenko to maneuver through the defense. If Grygoriy Bogush had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 91 minutes into the match, Pavlohrad's goal looked a bit too open when Grygoriy Bogush came free, but Yuriy Golubenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 92 minutes into the match, Dniprodzerzhynsjk's Anatoliy Pitsur sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yuriy Golubenko narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Grygoriy Bogush received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Yuriy Golubenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yuriy Golubenko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matviy Polyanskyi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Pavlohrad players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.