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Szklow
Spectators: 7400 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 125) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Aristides Gipuzkoa made the kick off which started today's match. The crowd rose to their feet as Mihas Valuj kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jakim Fedotov. That made the score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. Mihas Valuj fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jakim Fedotov having to interfere. After 7 played minutes Szklow got a freekick which was hit by Arkady Kalashnikov. Matvey Morozov's late challenge caught a Rechitsa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matvey Morozov helped the player get up and apologised. Aristides Gipuzkoa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jakim Fedotov having to interfere. In the 14th minute Andrey Melnikovich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Timur Meleshko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Rechitsa's Andrey Melnikovich got a free kick in the 21st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aristides Gipuzkoa got free with Jakim Fedotov in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Timur Meleshko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tadeuz Hauryk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Timur Meleshko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tadeuz Hauryk in the 31st minute of the match. The supporters of Rechitsa booed when Szklow was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pilip Sevidov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 39thth minute of the game Aristides Gipuzkoa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rechitsa's Jakim Fedotov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrey Melnikovich in the 42nd minute of play forced Szklow's goalkeeper Timur Meleshko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matvey Morozov was shown his second yellow card after 45 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 45th match minute, Szklow was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matvey Morozov to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Andrey Melnikovich made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Aristides Gipuzkoa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jakim Fedotov was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. Jakim Fedotov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aristides Gipuzkoa's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. 53 minutes into the game, Pilip Leshkevich was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rechitsa's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Szklow the free kick. After 54 played minutes Rechitsa got a freekick which was hit by Pilip Leshkevich. Mihas Valuj received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Jakim Fedotov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 59 minutes into the game, Aristides Gipuzkoa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Jakim Fedotov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Rechitsa getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Tadeuz Hauryk hit a great ball. Jakim Fedotov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aristides Gipuzkoa in the 71st minute of play. Szklow were furious when Patap Malafeev was red carded, 73 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 72 minutes into the game, one of Szklow:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 75 minutes, Rechitsa's Anatoly Dementiev 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 Timur Meleshko. In the 80th minute, Tadeuz Hauryk made a precise shot to the right of Timur Meleshko. Szklow's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Pilip Leshkevich scored 2-3 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Timur Meleshko, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Aristides Gipuzkoa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 95th minute Aristides Gipuzkoa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakim Fedotov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Although Szklow had been in control for most of the match, Rechitsa still came away with the win.