League

Vitebsk
Spectators: 7852 (Terracing: 5890, Seating: 1806, VIP seats: 156) Szklow's Egor Skabelko started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of Vitebsk booed when Szklow was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jakov Antonenko didn't get a good kick on the ball. Frol Targovich made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Naum Pytalev sent off a good shot on target. Szklow's Frol Targovich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vaslav Loginov in the 10th minute of play. Naum Pytalev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Frol Targovich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vaslav Loginov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Frol Targovich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 23 minutes of play, Szklow's Svetamir Raitchuk made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yuriy Magrovich was left in no man's land by his defense there! Egor Skabelko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Vitebsk's goalkeeper Yuriy Magrovich, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Frol Targovich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vaslav Loginov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yuriy Magrovich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Svetamir Raitchuk in the 35th minute of the match. After 41 minutes of play, Szklow's Svetamir Raitchuk made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yuriy Magrovich was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 46th match minute, Szklow was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patap Labeiko to maneuver through the defense. If Vaslav Loginov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vaslav Loginov to strike the kick off in the second half. Frol Targovich stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vaslav Loginov's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. Naum Pytalev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frol Targovich having to interfere. In the 59th minute, Egor Skabelko reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Yuriy Magrovich. The goal made the score 0-3. With a little luck, Vitebsk's Yuriy Magrovich got control of the ball when Svetamir Raitchuk tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Vitebsk's Kirill Chekan got a free kick in the 76th minute. Yuriy Magrovich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Egor Skabelko in the 86th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Naum Pytalev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vitebsk's supporters rose to their feet, but Naum Pytalev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Frol Targovich breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 91st minute Vaslav Loginov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frol Targovich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jakov Antonenko's late challenge caught a Vitebsk's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jakov Antonenko helped the player get up and apologised. Jakov Antonenko kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Apanas Garkusha, 93 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Szklow's zone, Naum Pytalev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Frol Targovich 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.