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Alchevsjk Palats Spo
Spectators: 7652 (Terracing: 5741, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arsen Zapyshnyi made the kick off which started today's match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Stepan Korniychuk during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 6th minute, Stepan Korniychuk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alchevsjk's Ostap Medvedev got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alchevsjk's Arsen Zapyshnyi got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Arkhyp Sytnyk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentyn Starodubovskiy in the 11th minute of play. Arsen Zapyshnyi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ostap Medvedev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tymur Kovalyuk having to interfere. After 18 played minutes Nizhyn Dynamo got a freekick which was hit by Valentyn Starodubovskiy. Lev Artemenko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Arkhyp Sytnyk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 22nd minute, Ostap Medvedev fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Tymur Kovalyuk, passed just outside the right post. In the 26thth minute of the game Arsen Zapyshnyi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nizhyn Dynamo's Tymur Kovalyuk was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 28th minute, Valentyn Maxymyuk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mykola Medvid might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arkhyp Sytnyk. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mykola Medvid ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 41st match minute, Nizhyn Dynamo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yaroslav Dorogan to maneuver through the defense. Ostap Medvedev blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tymur Kovalyuk having to make a save. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mykola Medvid stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Arsen Zapyshnyi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Valeriy Kundel kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. After having played for 54 minutes, Lev Artemenko managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nizhyn Dynamo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lev Artemenko was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alchevsjk's Arkhyp Sytnyk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save Alchevsjk from getting a goal against them. 61 minutes into the match, Ostap Medvedev notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Nizhyn Dynamo's Tymur Kovalyuk. Tymur Kovalyuk was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 74 minutes into the match, Nizhyn Dynamo's Mykola Medvid sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arkhyp Sytnyk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Valeriy Kundel hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Arsen Zapyshnyi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tymur Kovalyuk having to make a save. After a rather tough play, Nizhyn Dynamo's Leonid Syrotyuk got a free kick in the 89th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arsen Zapyshnyi in the 96th minute of play forced Nizhyn Dynamo's goalkeeper Tymur Kovalyuk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Alchevsjk had won after a very even match.