Premier League: Dynamo defeated Shakhtar and top the league table

03.08.2018 23:06

Photo by Nicholas Barrel

Today in Kiev within the framework of the 3rd round of the championship of Ukraine the central match of the first round took place. Dynamo hosted Shakhtar and won their main rival thanks to Verbich's goal.

The next face-to-face meeting, which took place in the presence of a solid audience, was carefully started by the two greats of Ukrainian football. In the first half there were only a few threatening situations at the gates of both teams, but both goalkeepers were on top. Pyatov eliminated a sharp exit to his goal Tsygankov, and Boyko coped with a dangerous shot by Tyson, turning the ball into a corner.

The course of events on the field changed in the middle of the second half, after Dynamo opened the scoring. This was done by Verbych, who jumped over all the miners in the penalty area after Tsygankov's pass from the penalty spot. The Slovenian midfielder hit his head in the near corner, and Pyatov failed to cope with this blow.

The remaining time was spent mainly in the attacks of Shakhtar players, but Kyiv residents confidently defended and managed to resist. Thus, Dynamo won the championship for the third time in a row with the same score - 1: 0, which allowed him to lead the table. And given Super Cup match this is the fourth minimal victory of Oleksandr Hatskevich's wards. The White and Blues have always won the last three meetings with Shakhtar in the Premier League, and if we take into account the face-to-face meetings of the grands in all tournaments, this is the fifth victory of Kyiv in seven matches.

The game was attended by 11 performers who were called to the last training camp of the national team of Ukraine - Dynamo Boyko, Burda, Shepelev (replaced in the 62nd minute), Buyalsky (yellow card, replaced in the 84th minute), Tsygankov (goal pass), Besedin and miners Pyatov, Rakitsky, Stepanenko (yellow card, replaced in the 76th minute), Marlos, Kovalenko (replaced in the 89th minute).   

The rest of Round 3 matches will take place on Saturday and Sunday.

3 round

Dynamo - Shakhtar - 1: 0 (0: 0)

Goal: Verbich (64).

Dynamo: Boyko, Morozyuk, Burda, Kadar, Kendzhora, Shepelev (Garmash, 62), Sidorchuk (k) (Andrievsky, 73), Buyalsky (Che Che, 84), Verbich, Tsygankov, Besedin.

Substitutions: Buschan, Sidkley, Shabanov, Rusyn.

Trainer: Alexander Khatskevich.

Shakhtar: Pyatov, Danchenko, Khocholava, Rakitsky, Ismaili, Stepanenko (Fernando, 76), Alan Patrick, Tyson (k) (Totovitsky, 84), Marlos, Kovalenko (Maicon, 89), Moraes.

Substitutions: Shevchenko, Butko, Matvienko, Wellington Nem.

Trainer: Paulo Fonseca.

Referee: Y.Mozharovsky (Lviv).

Booked: Buyalsky (57) - Khocholava (30), Ismaili (51), Stepanenko (56).

August 3. Kiev. NSC Olympic. 46 475 spectators.

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