League Play-Off

Sokalj
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rodion Omelyanchuk started the match with the kick off. Rodion Omelyanchuk's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Yuriy Biskup read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. Vadym Nitsetskyi kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. If Rodion Omelyanchuk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dmytro Davydovych hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. 12 minutes into the match, Debaljtseve's goal looked a bit too open when Myroslav Rakovytsja came free, but Stanislav Pyvovarenko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 13th minute, but Stanislav Pyvovarenko got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Debaljtseve hanging dry this time. In the 18th minute, Rodion Omelyanchuk left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Debaljtseve fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 21st match minute, Debaljtseve was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vitaliy Sobko to maneuver through the defense. In the 22nd minute, Fedir Lazarchuk 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. Stanislav Pyvovarenko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Myroslav Rakovytsja, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute, Viktor Lobanovsjkyi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sokalj's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vladyslav Rudyka in the 29th minute. Yuriy Biskup took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodion Omelyanchuk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fedir Lazarchuk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Stanislav Pyvovarenko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fedir Lazarchuk's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 37thth minute, Stanislav Pyvovarenko skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Yuriy Biskup showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maxym Kovtun in the 40th minute of the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Myroslav Rakovytsja stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Myroslav Rakovytsja recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Maxym Kovtun put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Yuriy Biskup. After having played for 59 minutes, Volodymyr Doroshenko managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Debaljtseve's supporters crossed their fingers, but Volodymyr Doroshenko was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 65th match minute, Debaljtseve was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Volodymyr Doroshenko to maneuver through the defense. Debaljtseve's Stanislav Pyvovarenko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Myroslav Rakovytsja in the 67th minute of play. In the 72nd play minute Volodymyr Doroshenko came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Yuriy Biskup. 0-4. When Vladyslav Petrunya fell near the penalty area in the 75th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Debaljtseve's protests and gave Vladyslav Petrunya a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Debaljtseve's Vladyslav Petrunya got a free kick in the 76th minute. In the 81st minute Rodion Omelyanchuk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yuriy Biskup saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 86th play minutes Maxym Kovtun shot 0-5, a short shot which went by Yuriy Biskup and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 92ndth minute of the game Rodion Omelyanchuk who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sokalj's Yuriy Biskup was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 95 minutes, Myroslav Rakovytsja managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sokalj's supporters crossed their fingers, but Myroslav Rakovytsja was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the final whistle sounded Debaljtseve left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Sokalj.