U23 League

Dnipro-Arena
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ivan Lysytsjkyi got the match started through his kick off. After 3 played minutes CSKA-LULIN got a freekick which was hit by Mladen Didov. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tomislav Kalpachki during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 8 played minutes CSKA-LULIN got a freekick which was hit by Tomislav Kalpachki. Avgust Ilkov was out of position in the 10 minute of play, and Ivan Lysytsjkyi capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ivan Lysytsjkyi really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ivan Lysytsjkyi in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Avgust Ilkov saved CSKA-LULIN from getting behind. Mladen Didov might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Artem Gordya. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mladen Didov ran back to his position shaking his head. The referee felt a red card was in order, 21 minutes into the game, when Georgi Paraskevov put in a rough tackle. In the 21st minute, one of CSKA-LULIN:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for CSKA-LULIN. CSKA-LULIN's Avgust Ilkov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save CSKA-LULIN from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Volodymyr Beletskyi got free with Avgust Ilkov in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, CSKA-LULIN's Volodya Feredzhanov got a free kick in the 32nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Vershina ESPN's Ivan Lysytsjkyi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Avgust Ilkov. That made the score 3-0 after 33 minutes of play. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Vershina ESPN's goalkeeper Artem Gordya, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Avgust Ilkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Volodymyr Beletskyi in the 39th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 41 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Tomislav Kalpachki sped through FC Vershina ESPN's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Artem Gordya. Avgust Ilkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Lysytsjkyi, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 52nd minute, Tomislav Kalpachki 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. Tomislav Kalpachki received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Artem Gordya came out and tried to block the shot, but Tomislav Kalpachki slotted it home off the left post making it 3-2 in the 54th minute. 57 minutes into the match, Ivan Lysytsjkyi notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of CSKA-LULIN's Avgust Ilkov. Avgust Ilkov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Danylo Biloshapka kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, CSKA-LULIN's Tomislav Kalpachki got a free kick in the 62nd minute. When Mykhaylo Gladiy came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the FC Vershina ESPN 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 Mykhaylo Gladiy couldn't finish the play. Tomislav Kalpachki who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 70thth minute tested the skills of Artem Gordya when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A collision led to CSKA-LULIN getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Nencho Gyumishev hit a great ball. Avgust Ilkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Volodymyr Beletskyi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the CSKA-LULIN defense, Danylo Biloshapka kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Avgust Ilkov. The CSKA-LULIN fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Avgust Ilkov should have stopped the shot. If Tomislav Kalpachki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 89th minute, FC Vershina ESPN's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Tomislav Kalpachki fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. FC Vershina ESPN walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.