The Premier League. Shakhtar conceded to Dynamo in a farewell match of Oleg Gusev

19.05.2018 23:25

Photo by Nicholas Barrel

The match between the two best teams of the country, which took place in the last round of the national championship, this time had no tournament significance, as the miners guaranteed themselves the championship a week ago. However, the game turned out to be interesting and intense.

In the first quarter of an hour, Shakhtar's players struck three shots on goal, the most dangerous of which was Marlos, but Boyko acted surprisingly reliably. And then Kyiv took the lead - Verbych beat the Pitmen's defenders in the air after a corner and hit his head accurately. The return goal also came after the standard - 11-meter, earned by Kayode (violated Kadar's rules), was scored by Marlos. Shortly before the break, the teams exchanged dangerous moments - Kayode lost the duel to Boyko, coming out with him alone, and Besedin after another corner in the performance of Tsygankov hit the crossbar.   

In the second half, the speed slowed down a bit, but one of the flashes of "Dynamo" brought him success. Tsygankov dispersed the attack, Kenjora shot from the bottom, and Khocholava cut the ball into his own net.   

And in the 75th minute there was a significant event for Dynamo and all national football. Oleg Gusev came on as a substitute. As it was announced on the eve of the game, this match was the last for the white and blues for the veteran, who has played 98 matches for the national team of Ukraine (13 goals).

Players summoned by Andriy Shevchenko to the next training camp of the Ukrainian national team took part in the match. These are Dynamo's Boyko, Burda, Tsygankov (goal pass), Buyalsky (replaced in the 58th minute, yellow card), Shaparenko (replaced in the 75th minute), Besedin and Pitmen Pyatov, Rakitsky (yellow card), Stepanenko, Kovalenko (substituted in the 64th minute), Marlos (goal), Matvienko (substituted in the 46th minute).  

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19.05.2018

Dynamo - Shakhtar - 2: 1 (1: 1)

Goals: Verbych (16), Khocholava (55, own goal) - Marlos (23, from the penalty spot).

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