First League. "Metalist 1925" rushes to the elite, and "Cobra" can go from a distance…

12.08.2018 23:03

In the Dnepr-1 - Metalist 1925 duel, the success of Kharkiv was enshrined by Dmitry Sula, who protected the Dnieper colors last season. Photo by metalist1925.com

The central match of the 4th round took place in Dnipro, where the local sports club hosted Metalist 1925.

These teams do not hide their ambitious plans to rise in the class this season, and therefore their confrontation aroused great interest: 7 spectators gathered in the stands of Dnipro-Arena, including a large support group from Kharkiv.

And although most experts preferred the owners, they only dictated the conditions in the debut. But it was worth the stopper of Kharkiv Dmytro Pospelov in the 38th minute after the corner kick to jump over everyone and hit his head accurately, as in the actions of Dmytro Mykhaylenko's wards the creative disappeared somewhere. In addition, for some reason they slowed down, and in the second half the guests looked better. The second goal scored by Dmytro Sula, who defended the colors of Dnipro-1 last season, gave them confidence in their abilities. The people of Kharkiv were even closer to bringing the case to ruin than the hosts to escaping defeat.

At the post-match press conference, Dnipro's head coach Dmytro Mykhaylenko admitted that it was a very sad failure for his wards. This was exactly the case when the coach had complaints against each player, because defenders often made mistakes, and attackers made wrong decisions. The specialist also drew attention to another problem of Dnipro-1 - the inability to play back after a missed ball…

But his Kharkiv colleague Serhiy Valyaev paid tribute to the wards, who fully completed the installation for the game, because this time the homemade preparations worked. He was also intrigued by the news that he would most likely write a statement about his departure from Metalist 1925. According to him, he was going to do it before the previous away match in Lutsk, but decided to take a break. However, unfortunately, he was convinced that he still did not have adequate support, so the question arose: is he needed in Kharkiv?

By the way, not everything is fine in another Kharkiv team - "Cobra". At least, the next match with her participation, with "Girnyk-Sport", did not take place, because the club management said that it was not possible to hold it in accordance with the regulations. Now the fate of this confrontation will be decided by the FFU SCC, although it is rumored that everything is going to stop the performances of "Cobra" in the first league tournament.

And finally - about the dramatic outcome in the match "Balkans" - "Movement". By the 86th minute, the guests were ahead after Ivan Bily's free kick in the debut of the match. The game was played on opposing courses, but at the end of the match the hosts still managed to tilt the scales to their side. After a corner Dmytro Bolokan, who came on as a substitute, restored parity, winning an air duel with Igor Duts, and already in stoppage time Rukh goalkeeper Oleksandr Ilyushchenkov did not fix the ball after a shot by Konstantin Goncharenko, and stopper Anatoliy Oprya was the first to finish. . 2: 1. It remains to be recalled that the veteran "Balkan" will soon be 41 years old…

4 round

10.08.2018

Avangard - Volyn - 0: 1

Prykarpattia - Kolos - 0: 1

"Sumy" - "Agribusiness" - 1: 1

11.08.2018

"Cobra" - "Miner-Sport" - did not take place

"Balkans" - "Movement" - 2: 1

Ingulets - Mykolaiv - 2: 0

"Dnipro-1" - "Metalist 1925" - 0: 2

12.08.2018

Obolon-Brovar - Zirka - 1: 0

Standings