Second League. The excitement in Ternopil, the lifting of the curse by Polissya players

29.07.2018 22:03

Mynah celebrated his debut on the professional level in Khmelnitsky. Photo by fcpodillya.com.ua

After a rather long break, because due to serious problems with the lawn of the local stadium "Niva" was forced to hold home matches in Vyshnivka last season, big football returned to Ternopil.

But on Saturday, Vitaliy Shumsky's wards disappointed the 4 fans who came to support them in the confrontation with Bukovyna. The hosts dictated the conditions only in the debut, but in several episodes the goalkeeper of the guests Bohdan Stepanenko appeared at the height. After a crushing defeat in the first round by Chaika, Bukovyna's manager Viktor Mglynets entrusted a place in the start to Roman Kuziv, and he lived up to expectations. In the 500th minute after drawing a standard position, he opened the scoring. The excessive desire of Niva players to show spectacular football played a cruel joke on them: the hosts often made mistakes in simple situations, and before the break they were let down by captain Konstantin Pikul, who was removed from the field.

Bukovyna has once again proved that it is an inconvenient rival for Niva. In the second half, the guests dominated, excelled for the second time and to some extent rehabilitated for the infamous home defeat by the "Seagull".

So far, the native walls and Veres footballers are not helping in any way. Due to the neglect of the stadium in Rivne, they are forced to host rivals in Mlyniv. But despite the fact that several experienced performers joined the ranks of "Veres" before the match with "Polissya", he lost again. But the players of "Polissya" finally lifted the curse from breaking 11-meter shots. We will remind, at first they lost in a series of post-match penalties in Lebedyn in drawing of the Cup of Ukraine, then didn't realize blow from "point" in a duel with "Cherkasy-Academy" and didn't manage to win, and only in Mill Evgeny Nemtinov didn't make a mistake, punching 11 -meter. "Polissya" returns home with the coveted three points.

The Minaya footballers also stood in honor of the guests, who in Khmelnytsky, despite the support of the hosts by 3 fans, celebrated the victory thanks to accurate shots by Anatoliy Nuriev and Robert Hegedosh. The advantage of the guests was especially noticeable during the positional offensive, when they managed to find vulnerabilities in the defensive redoubts of "Podillya" on the flanks.

But the football players of Cherkasy Region-Academy can't count on the help of their fans yet. The fact is that due to the unworthy behavior of Cherkasy Dnipro fans, whose successors they became, they are forced to play three home matches without spectators. But even without the 12th player, Oleksandr Kyryliuk's wards do not feel bad and quite unexpectedly turned out to be stronger than Vinnytsia's Niva. The fate of the confrontation was decided by a well-aimed shot by Andriy Storchous immediately after the break. Ambitious Vinnytsia players slowed down at the start and together with Ternopil teammates and Veres found themselves at the bottom of the standings in Group A.

As for the rivalry in Group B, the central match took place in Beryslav, where Tavriya Simferopol hosted Gornostaev's Mir. It should be noted that the hosts have won 10 home matches in a row, and in the last six, moreover, have not missed. However, with Mir they did not keep their goal intact after Oleksiy Boyko's shot. But this did not affect the mood of Serhiy Shevchenko's wards, who again combined a lot and won after the shots of Vadym Voronchenko and Anatoliy Masalov. By the way, this is Voronchenko's fourth goal in the current second league championship of Ukraine.

It is gratifying that in Zaporizhia they started talking about Metalurh again. After the appearance at the helm of the IFC of the famous coach, Oleg Taran, and the invitation of a whole group of famous players, there was hope for the restoration of the glorious traditions of Zaporozhye football. At least, at a match with "Nikolaev-2" 3 fans who passionately welcomed a convincing victory of owners - 700: 4 were present. And the defeat began with a penalty kick taken by the newly-appointed captain of the Metallurgists, 0-year-old Eduard Sarapiy, who opened an account and made a birthday present for his father. However, for the sake of justice, it should be said that the main tests for Oleg Taran's wards are still ahead, because the next counterparts will be stronger.

2 round

Group A

28.07.2018

"Niva" T - "Bukovina" - 0: 2

"Cherkasy-Academy" - "Niva" B - 1: 0

"Veres" - "Polissya" - 0: 1

"Chaika" - "Kalush" - 0: 0

Podillya - Minai - 0: 2

Standings

Group B

28.07.2018

"Nikopol" - "Energy" - 0: 1

Real Pharma - Pitman - 3: 1

Tavriya Simferopol - Mir - 2: 1

Metalurh - Mykolaiv-2 - 4: 0

29.07.2018

"Flint" - "Crystal" - 3: 0

Standings