Offseason in UPL: Shakhtar return home, nine Dynamo goals

17.07.2018 14:07

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Premier League clubs are finishing preparations for the start of the new season.

Shakhtar Donetsk, which played the final sparring match against Besiktas on July 12 in Austria, was one of the first foreign teams to return, and then headed for Kyiv. Paulo Fonseca's wards will be preparing in the capital for the match in Odessa for the Super Cup against Dynamo (July 21).

After Shakhtar, Zorya returned to their home penates. Yuri Vernidub's team competed with Croatian Hajduk in the last game of the training camp. Luhansk lost - 1: 3 (Artem Gordienko, who was assisted by the midfielder of the national team of Ukraine Oleksandr Karavayev, distinguished himself in their composition). Newcomers played for Zorya - goalkeeper Zauri Maharadze, defender Vitaliy Vernydub, midfielders Levan Arveladze and Dmytro Khomchenovsky, as well as forward Rafael Ratau.

Dynamo Kyiv again played two matches in Austria in two days. In the fifth sparring of the offseason, Kyiv defeated the Austrian "Telfs" (9: 0), and the next day defeated the Czech "Victoria" (Plzen) - 2: 0. It should be noted that one of the balls was sent to the Czech goal by the midfielder of the national team of Ukraine Vitaliy Buyalsky.

A few days after the training camp, Poltava's Vorskla players are at home in Slovenia. On July 14, the team received last season's bronze medals from FFU First Vice President Oleg Protasov.

FC Mariupol ended the draw with the fourth team of FUS Rabat (1: 1) following the results of the last championship of Morocco.

"Olympic" at the training camp in Kharkov won over "Metalist 1925" (2: 0).

Chernihiv's Desna played twice in a row again. Alexander Ryabokon's team at training camp in Poltava drew with "Nikolaev" (2: 2) and beat PFC "Sumy" (3: 1)

"Nikolaev" also managed to play with "Chernomorets" (2: 2).