KHARKIV 2 - 2 Belaz (388007772)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 70268 to FC KHARKIV OLIMPIC STADIUM. Eero Kaario was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ángel Clemente Gaona and Parfait Gerber. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for KHARKIV. They fielded: Holland - Van Iseghem, Wassermayer, Chibante, Papp, Siivinen - Van Dorpe, Couto Mello, Kölle, Deparis - Prisztavok.

Belaz started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Trelc - van den Ham, Maine Sáenz, Niazi - Infanger, Constantin, Kutlagić, Mavrodu, Eugeni - 康金 (Kangjin) , Kudermann.

16 minutes in, the referee awarded KHARKIV a penalty. G. Van Dorpe coolly slotted it home for a 1 - 0 lead. The referee showed KHARKIV's H. Wassermayer the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Coming from the right, M. Prisztavok almost managed to score another goal for KHARKIV, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. B. Kölle unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. KHARKIV claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

Always a threat, 俞. 康金 (Kangjin) tore past his marker and placed the ball right at the feet of the waiting M. Kudermann who should have easily scored for Belaz, but the ball went wide. 61 minutes into the game Belaz's G. Infanger found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1. Priding himself in being an active coach, the KHARKIV manager gave new instructions to his players after 62 minutes. After 62 minutes, the KHARKIV coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. The coach of KHARKIV wanted to try to change things around after 62 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. There was concern in the stands when, at the 63 minute mark, Belaz's G. Infanger hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. 76 minutes into the match, the speedy 俞. 康金 (Kangjin) easily outpaced M. Chibante, chipped the keeper and made the score 1 - 2. No matter how hard he tried, A. Siivinen just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 78 minutes. KHARKIV's C. Papp was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 80 minutes. After 81 minutes of play, M. Deparis evened things up for KHARKIV with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 2 - 2. KHARKIV had a good opportunity to take the lead as R. Couto Mello came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of P. Trelc. KHARKIV had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

Most important KHARKIV player was C. Papp. On the other hand, O. Holland's play was disheartening. M. Kudermann performed admirably for Belaz. G. Infanger on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 2.