League

Mykolaïv Stadion
Spectators: 6726 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 0) Igor Maxymyuk had great luck who in the 4thth minute grab hold of the ball when Vladyslav Dutchak from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Vladyslav Dutchak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Igor Maxymyuk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Mykola Sokyrka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mykola Sokyrka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 21 minutes into the match, Mykolaïv's goal looked a bit too open when Mykola Sokyrka came free, but Ivan Konovalov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd minute, Artur Kazanyuk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladyslav Dutchak in the 24th minute of play forced Antratsyt's goalkeeper Igor Maxymyuk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vladyslav Dutchak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Igor Maxymyuk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ivan Konovalov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viktor Denyak, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Vitaliy Beletskyi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Igor Maxymyuk stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vladyslav Dutchak's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. If Mykola Sokyrka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Viktor Denyak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After having played for 39 minutes, Mykola Sokyrka managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Antratsyt's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mykola Sokyrka was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Mykola Sokyrka's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ivan Konovalov was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 44 minutes, Vladyslav Dutchak took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Igor Maxymyuk to make any attempt to save it. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Viktor Denyak stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 54 minutes Mykolaïv's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Stepan Svitlychnyi who took care of the corner kick. A collision led to Mykolaïv getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Mykyta Ushakov hit a great ball. Vitaliy Beletskyi might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Igor Maxymyuk. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vitaliy Beletskyi ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 68th minute of the match, Viktor Denyak tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ivan Konovalov saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 69 minutes of play, Antratsyt's Mykola Sokyrka made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ivan Konovalov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Artur Kazanyuk kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Antratsyt's zone, Vladyslav Dutchak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Igor Maxymyuk came out of the goal and Vladyslav Dutchak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Igor Maxymyuk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladyslav Dutchak in the 77th minute of play. The supporters of Mykolaïv booed when Antratsyt was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roman Kashuba didn't get a good kick on the ball. Igor Maxymyuk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vladyslav Dutchak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81st minute, Mykola Sokyrka 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. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.