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Khortytsia Arena
Spectators: 7540 (Terracing: 5656, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Yevgen Savanchuk kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Danylo Yatchuk in the 6th minute of play forced Ukrainian Cossacks's goalkeeper Gennadiy Kozhedub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yevgen Savanchuk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anatoliy Kundenok having to interfere. In the 10th match minute, F.C. OLIMPIK Kirovograd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roman Sydorenko to maneuver through the defense. Kostyantyn Shalata, 11 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. Dmytro Piddubnyi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Anatoliy Kundenok tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Anatoliy Kundenok showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yevgen Savanchuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Gennadiy Kozhedub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tymur Syzon in the 21st minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Yevgen Savanchuk 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. In the 32nd minute, Yevgen Savanchuk 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 referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Artem Kravchuk during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to F.C. OLIMPIK Kirovograd getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Artem Kravchuk hit a great ball. In the 36th match minute Kostyantyn Shalata ran free in the middle of the field and shot a long shot which scored behind a totally surprised Anatoliy Kundenok. 1-0. Anatoliy Kundenok was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Yevgen Savanchuk showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 40 minute of play. Anatoliy Kundenok showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yevgen Savanchuk in the 46th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Danylo Yatchuk made a kick off. Gennadiy Kozhedub stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Danylo Yatchuk's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Gennadiy Kozhedub was a little too slow when Tymur Syzon got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 60th minute. The score was now 2-1. Dmytro Piddubnyi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anatoliy Kundenok having to interfere. In the 71st minute, Rostyslav Kosyrin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Ukrainian Cossacks's Kostyantyn Shalata tried to score from far away in the 72nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. F.C. OLIMPIK Kirovograd's Tymur Syzon got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gennadiy Kozhedub made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Tymur Syzon sent off a good shot on target. Gennadiy Kozhedub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danylo Yatchuk in the 82nd minute of play. 2-2 became the score in the 86th minute when Danylo Yatchuk elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Tymur Syzon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The F.C. OLIMPIK Kirovograd players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Ukrainian Cossacks from taking control. The game ends in a draw.