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Match Report
Pinsk
Spectators: 6818 (Terracing: 5000,
Seating: 1814, VIP seats: 4) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Matvey Rybakov made the kick off which started today's match. Vaslav Loginov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Ivan Popov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ivan Popov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Naum Pytalev, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Matvey Rybakov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yuriy Magrovich having to interfere. 11 minutes into the match, Pinsk's goal looked a bit too open when Vaslav Loginov came free, but Ivan Popov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ivan Popov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vaslav Loginov in the 15th minute of play. Ivan Popov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Naum Pytalev in the 16th minute of the match. In the 18th minute, Pinsk's Ivan Taganovich seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ivan Taganovich the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Pinsk protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ivan Taganovich had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 17th minute of the game. One of Pinsk:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Vitebsk:s goal. Ivan Popov had in the 20thth minute some difficulties stopping Apanas Garkusha's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Ivan Popov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vaslav Loginov in the 28th minute of play. Naum Pytalev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Popov having to interfere. In the 33rd minute, Prohar Minakov 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. After a defensive mix-up in Pinsk's zone, Naum Pytalev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ivan Popov came out of the goal and Naum Pytalev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Vaslav Loginov came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Vitebsk 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 Vaslav Loginov couldn't finish the play. Pinsk's Ivan Popov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Naum Pytalev in the 41st minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.
After a defensive mix-up in Vitebsk's zone, Prohar Minakov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yuriy Magrovich came out of the goal and Prohar Minakov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Yuriy Magrovich didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Prohar Minakov went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Vitebsk's zone, Sergey Eremeev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yuriy Magrovich came out of the goal and Sergey Eremeev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 61stth minute of the game Prohar Minakov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vitebsk's Yuriy Magrovich was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Naum Pytalev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pinsk's Prohar Minakov got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Astap Nikitin kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Ivan Popov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vaslav Loginov in the 71st minute of the match. 87 minutes into the match, Vitebsk's goal looked a bit too open when Prohar Minakov came free, but Yuriy Magrovich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Prohar Minakov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Yuriy Magrovich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Prohar Minakov in the 89th minute of play. Pinsk's Ivan Popov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vaslav Loginov in the 96th minute of play.
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