Kakhovka 2 - 1 Deportivo (393802500)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Олимпийский saw a crowd turnout of 4148. Manuel Palacios was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juan María Sánchez and Jan Harm Henselmans. Kakhovka started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. Lineup: Danyukin - Stakhiv, Polunin, Tchernyak, Tchizhevskiy, Drogomiretskyi - Lischuk, Malchevskiy, Skish, Baronkin - Pestryakov.

Deportivo decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. Starters: Freyenschlag - Crudo, Soltahuba, Molhoek, Abarbanel, Doroszewski - Weishaupt, Rabauke, Nawo, Gavinelli - Puck.

Today, Kakhovka's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Deportivo immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. After 6 minutes, Deportivo put themselves up 0 - 1, as P. Gavinelli finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. Kakhovka's V. Tchernyak was shown a yellow card after 25 minutes for slicing down an opponent. R. Pestryakov knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 1 after 35 minutes. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Deportivo, with 55 percent of the ball.

After 64 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to Kakhovka's V. Stakhiv being carried off the pitch and replaced by K. Anischenko. R. Molhoek got new instructions from the Deportivo coach after 75 minutes. He changed positions with S. Weishaupt soon after. 75 minutes into the game, a swerving free kick by O. Lischuk almost resulted in the home team taking the lead, but the shot glanced harmlessly off the frame of the goal. Deportivo's counterattack was impressive and was only stopped by a shocking foul. Somehow, the referee's cards remained in his pocket - a terrible decision! A. Doroszewski's resulting free kick was easily saved by the keeper. Kakhovka took the lead after 85 minutes as a result of M. Skish's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 2 - 1. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Deportivo's G. Crudo was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 88 minutes. S. Zhukov was given a chance to change things around. Deportivo needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 89 minutes A. Doroszewski made way for D. Karny. Deportivo had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

Kakhovka's best player was K. Anischenko. On the other hand, M. Skish's play was disheartening. Most important Deportivo player was F. Rabauke. However, R. Puck made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.