First League: the tour was remembered by the first victory of "Movement" and the next successes of the leaders

01.10.2018 23:25

It was worthwhile for Yuri Virta, who proved himself well at the head of Veres last season, who was playing in the elite division at the time, to stand at the helm of Rukh a few days ago, as the Vinnytsia team finally managed to record its first victory.

And they did it in the battle of outsiders with the "Star", where at stake were six points. However, for the sake of fairness, it should be reminded that on September 26, Kropyvnytskyi players lost to Donetsk Olympic only in a series of post-match penalties, and it is possible that they simply lacked the strength to give the fight to a much better staffed Rukh. After the break, the Galicians added momentum and still tilted the scales to their side after the blows of Andriy Busk and Artur Zagorulko.

After the final whistle, Yuriy Wirt said that the victory in Kropyvnytskyi should help his new wards get out of the psychological pit faster.

Ingulets footballers were also involved in the cup match, but their manager Serhiy Lavrynenko set up an experimental squad in Hornostaivka, in particular, attack leader Oleksandr Akimenko was on vacation. And the mentor did not lose: yesterday the famous scorer performed a large amount of work, pleased with the focus on the gates of "Sumy", and it was his accurate shot was the winner. This goal, no doubt, will be remembered by Akimenko for a long time also because it became the jubilee, the hundredth during his performances in the first division. Scored three points allowed the team from Petrov to gain a foothold in the top group, although its competitors in the struggle for promotion in the class also did not slow down.

Like Ingulets, Kolos celebrated its away victory, taking advantage of the extraction of Agribusiness captain Igor Kuril in the 30th minute. At the end of the match, Kovalivka brought the case to defeat after a blow by Oleksandr Pozdeyev and a double by Denis Kostyshyn. It seems that in Volochysk they overestimated the capabilities of those players who got a ticket to the first league without taking care of proper staffing. And if "Agribusiness" does not seriously strengthen during the winter break, it can not avoid relegation.

After the cup fiasco in Kalush, Metalist 1925 players now have the opportunity to focus only on their performance in the first league championship and compete for one of the passes to the strongest class. In a calendar match with "Nikolaev" they to some extent rehabilitated before fans, having opened the account already in a debut after Sergey Davydov's accurate blow which didn't score for a long time. And although the opponent turned out to be unyielding, Slobozhans managed to keep the winning result. It should be noted that 7378 spectators were present at the match. Agree, such an audience can now be envied by most Premier League clubs…

But "Dnipro-1" removed from the agenda the question of the winner in the match with "Balkans" in the first half. First, a curious goal was scored by Alexander Nazarenko, and then Igor Kohut once again forced the guests to start from the center of the field. After the break, the hosts were less active, and yet after a shot by Igor Zagalsky, the ball was once again in the net "Balkan". After the final whistle, Dnipro captain Serhiy Kravchenko said that the density in the leading group is very high, and this can not but please the fans.

11 round

30.09. 2018

"Miner-Sport" - "Vanguard" - 1: 1

Sumy - Ingulets - 0: 1

"Zirka" - "Rukh" - 0: 2

"Metalist 1925" - "Nikolaev" - 1: 0

"Agribusiness" - "Kolos" - 0: 3

"Dnipro-1" - "Balkans" - 3: 0

01.10. 2018

"Volyn" - "Prykarpattia" - 1: 0

Standings

Note: according to the decision of the FFU SCC of August 23, FC Cobra (Kharkiv) was excluded from the PFL competitions