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Spectators: 5946 (Terracing: 4200, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 20) When Malyn's Orest Zagorodniy in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ФК Патріот's goalie prevented a goal. After 6 minutes, Vasyl Androschuk mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Malyn and the ФК Патріот players grew even worse after the yellow card. The goalkeeper, Demjan Kordyuk, was totally fooled by ФК Патріот's Vsevolod Stasovskyi, who 7 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 12th minute Kyrylo Sachko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yakiv Babiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yakiv Babiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orest Zagorodniy in the 18th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Kyrylo Sachko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yakiv Babiy was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Kyrylo Sachko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yakiv Babiy having to interfere. The supporters of Malyn booed when ФК Патріот was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mykhaylo Moldovan didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Kyrylo Sachko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mykhaylo Moldovan during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Mykhaylo Moldovan hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the ФК Патріот defense, Orest Zagorodniy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yakiv Babiy. The ФК Патріот fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yakiv Babiy should have stopped the shot. Malyn's Illja Didyk got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kyrylo Sachko made a kick off. Orest Zagorodniy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yakiv Babiy having to interfere. The supporters of Malyn booed when ФК Патріот was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Grygoriy Zapoyasko didn't get a good kick on the ball. 59 minutes into the game, Malyn's Orest Zagorodniy nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yakiv Babiy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. After a defensive mix-up in ФК Патріот's zone, Kyrylo Sachko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yakiv Babiy came out of the goal and Kyrylo Sachko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Illja Didyk hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 70th minute of the match Vsevolod Stasovskyi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Demjan Kordyuk showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. ФК Патріот's Gennadiy Kaznyukha got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Malyn's Demjan Kordyuk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gennadiy Kaznyukha in the 73rd minute of play. Yakiv Babiy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kyrylo Sachko's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. When Kyrylo Sachko came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Malyn 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 Kyrylo Sachko couldn't finish the play. After 84 played minutes, Malyn's Mykola Zgura shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Yakiv Babiy came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Malyn reached it. The audience was convinced that Kyrylo Sachko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yakiv Babiy was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. With a little luck, ФК Патріот's Yakiv Babiy got control of the ball when Orest Zagorodniy tried to sneak it across the goal line.