Second League: Minaj made a wonderful gift for Uzhgorod Day

16.09.2018 21:03

The Transcarpathian captain Mikhail Kopolovets made a significant contribution to the victory of Minaya over Bukovina. Photo by ffz.org.ua

At the finish of the first round, Veres scored, losing its unbeaten streak to four matches in a row. On Saturday, Rivne footballers won a decisive victory over one of the leaders of Group "A", "Cherkasy-Academy". The guests were not knocked out of the track by a goal missed in the debut, they restored parity before the break, and in the middle of the second half Maxim Salamakha set the final score.

"We only thought about winning," said Oleg Shandruk, acting head coach of Veres, after the match. - Of course, it was difficult to switch from natural to artificial turf, in addition, it rained, the ball began to move even faster. But although there was a technical shortage in our actions, the main thing is that we return home with the coveted three points. Now for us every match is decisive, the wards have gradually found their game, and I am convinced that we are out of place in the standings. "

In turn, Shandruk's colleague from Cherkasy-Academy Oleksandr Kyryliuk noted: “Impressions are negative. We analyzed the game of "Heather", but did not draw the right conclusions. The opponent punished us: he created two goal moments and realized both. Unfortunately, we did not succeed much in the final stage, we probably need more skill to defeat the opponent, who acts on defense.

The three-match winless streak was interrupted by the Minaya players. In the match against Bukovyna, Ihor Kharkovshchenko, the leader of Zakarpattia, entrusted the team leader Vasyl Kobin with a place not in the support zone, but on the right flank of the midfield, and he and Mykhailo Kopolovets, who acted on the opposite side, often put the visitors' defense in a difficult position.

The Minaya captain first assisted Robert Hegedos, who opened the scoring, and then started the combination, which ended with a well-placed shot by Kobin. And in the 68th minute Kopolovets himself completed the defeat of "Bukovyna" - 3: 0. Footballers from the suburbs of the regional center won a bright victory on the Day of Uzhgorod and became established among the leaders.

On the eve of the central match in Group B between Crystal and Metalurh, acting head coach of Kherson Oleksandr Ovchynnikov was dismissed. The team was prepared for an important confrontation with Zaporizhzhya by FC director Serhiy Shevtsov, who was already the manager of Krystal from 2013 to 2016.

These changes on the coaching bridge have benefited. The hosts acted in unison, each player clearly knew his maneuver, and after the blows of Vladislav Ignatiev (twice) and Ivan Glyvy, they were ahead - 3: 0. At the end of the match, the rivals exchanged goals, and "Crystal" won a convincing victory, which allowed him to overtake "Metallurg" and move to third place in his group.

9 round

Group A

15.09. 2018

"Chaika" - "Niva" B - 2: 2

"Cherkasy-Academy" - "Heather" - 1: 2

"Minai" - "Bukovina" - 3: 0

16.09.2018

"Kalush" - "Podillya" - 0: 0

"Niva" T - "Polissya" - 0: 1

Standings

Group B

15.09.2018

"Flint" - "Peace" - 2: 0

"Nikopol" - "Miner" - 0: 2

"Tavria Simferopol" - "Real Pharma" - 1: 1

16.09.2018

"Crystal" - "Metallurg" - 4: 1

"Nikolaev-2" - "Energy" - 4: 3

Standings