League

Bandera Stadium
Spectators: 9374 (Terracing: 7032, Seating: 2156, VIP seats: 186) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lyubomyr Kutsyaba started the match with the kick off. Mykhaylo Kamenyuka's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 10thth minute, Vasyl Zabransjkyi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When Olexiy Getsko came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Souz3 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 Olexiy Getsko couldn't finish the play. The supporters of CSKA booed when Souz3 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Artur Zalizko didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 20th minute, Lyubomyr Kutsyaba reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vasyl Zabransjkyi. The goal made the score 1-0. Vasyl Zabransjkyi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lyubomyr Kutsyaba in the 28th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Marjan Blyznyuk managed to get in a good position for a shot. Souz3's supporters rose to their feet, but Marjan Blyznyuk was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mykola Olexiyenko breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Leonid Romanyuk kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. When Petro Rybalchenko fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CSKA's protests and gave Petro Rybalchenko a yellow card for diving instead. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marjan Blyznyuk to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marjan Blyznyuk in the 51st minute of play forced CSKA's goalkeeper Mykola Olexiyenko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marjan Blyznyuk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 56th minute, Olexiy Getsko 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Olexiy Getsko got free with Mykola Olexiyenko in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marjan Blyznyuk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mykola Olexiyenko having to interfere. Marjan Blyznyuk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mykola Olexiyenko having to interfere. Lyubomyr Kutsyaba fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vasyl Zabransjkyi having to interfere. Mykola Olexiyenko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Olexiy Getsko in the 77th minute. In the 78th match minute, CSKA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olexandr Deyneka to maneuver through the defense. 79 minutes in the game, Olexiy Getsko fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Mykola Olexiyenko having to interfere. If Marjan Blyznyuk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 85th minute Marjan Blyznyuk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mykola Olexiyenko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 87th minute of the game. One of CSKA:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Souz3:s goal. When the match had been going on for 88 minutes, Souz3's Pavlo Semchuk 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 Mykola Olexiyenko. Olexiy Getsko scored 1-3 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mykola Olexiyenko, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Souz3 supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Souz3 would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.