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Борисов Арена
Spectators: 7787 (Terracing: 5845, Seating: 1792, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arhip Razuvanov started the match with the kick off. A collision led to MANCHESTER UNITED getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Timur Malashevich hit a great ball. In the 6th minute, Aleksey Rusinovich sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and MANCHESTER UNITED's Timur Rabushko didn't even have to move. Timur Malashevich charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Timur Malashevich the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Timur Malashevich kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Arhip Razuvanov managed to get in a good position for a shot. ФК БАТЕ Борисов's supporters rose to their feet, but Arhip Razuvanov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Timur Rabushko breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rastislav Zakrevsky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miron Virych in the 25th minute of play. Dmitry Novikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Arhip Razuvanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Miron Virych blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rastislav Zakrevsky having to make a save. If Miron Virych had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 46 minutes into the match, Dmitry Novikov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rastislav Zakrevsky. ФК БАТЕ Борисов's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dmitry Novikov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dmitry Novikov to make the kick off. Rastislav Zakrevsky was a little too slow when Dmitry Novikov got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 53rd minute. The score was now 0-2. Rastislav Zakrevsky made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Miron Virych sent off a good shot on target. Dmitry Novikov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rastislav Zakrevsky having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Timur Bychkov managed to get in a good position for a shot. ФК БАТЕ Борисов's supporters rose to their feet, but Timur Bychkov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Timur Rabushko breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, MANCHESTER UNITED's Anton Nalimov got a free kick in the 70th minute. Timur Rabushko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arhip Razuvanov in the 73rd minute of play. Miron Virych fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rastislav Zakrevsky having to interfere. Rastislav Zakrevsky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dmitry Novikov in the 77th minute of play. Timur Rabushko stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sidor Ignatovich's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. Timur Rabushko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arhip Razuvanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sidor Ignatovich blasted a shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Timur Rabushko having to make a save. The MANCHESTER UNITED supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing MANCHESTER UNITED would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.