Europa League: Vorskla have suffered an unfortunate home defeat by Sporting

04.10.2018 23:52

Recently, Vasyl Sachko's wards have made a good move in the Premier League, winning four in a row. Today, Vorskla led for a long time in the game against Sporting, but missed two meters.'Yeti under the veil of the meeting, suffered a second defeat in the Europa League group.

Poltava team took a serious look at the famous Portuguese club, aiming to improve the tournament situation after defeats in the first round of the Europa League from Arsenal. Of the main performers of Vorskla, only Kobakhidze was absent, and only because of an injury. Sporting head coach Jose Pezeiro instead replaced six players compared to the starting lineup with Karabakh, putting several reservists in the top 11.

Vorskla actively started the match and managed to score a quick goal. Pinto took the ball out of his penalty area after a flank pass from Sklyar, and Kulach, who was attacking at a second pace, made a great shot in one touch from 20 meters into the far corner. Although Salen reached for the ball with his fingertips, he only managed to move it under the very stand. 1: 0.

In the future, Poltava was able to impose a tough game on the opponent. Although Sporting players often owned the ball, the hosts allowed them to do so mostly in the center of the field. And when the Portuguese still managed to deliver the ball closer to the gate of Shust, Vorskla reliably blocked all potentially dangerous areas of attack.

The first failure in the defense of the hosts occurred only in the time compensated for the first half, when the 2016 European champion in the Portuguese national team Luis Nani was released from custody and struck unhindered from the middle distance. But in this episode, the goalkeeper of "Vorskla" showed a great reaction.

In the second half, "Sporting" continued to attack more, but Poltava just as confidently as before the break, acted in defense. Feeling that it was a loss of points, which he probably did not plan, Jose Pezeiro was released to replace the main attacking players, and in the final part of the match Vorskla had to go through difficult moments.

The first bell was the dangerous blow to the head of Nani, who in the 76th minute broke directly into Shust. Montero first threatened the goal, striking in the fall through himself, and then, using a diagonal pass from deep, technically versed in the penalty area of ​​the home team with an opponent and accurately punched down from the middle distance. 1: 1. And then the Poltava went ahead with great strength and missed the counterattack of opponents, which was completed by Cabral. 1: 2.

Europa League. Group Round. 2 round

Vorskla (Ukraine) - Sporting (Portugal) - 1: 2 (1: 0)

Goals: Kulach (10) - Montero (90), Cabral (90 + 3).

Vorskla: Shust, Perdut, Dalku, Chesnakov (k), Arthur, Sklyar, Kravchenko (Gabelok, 84), Sharpar, Kulach (Sergiychuk, 62), Child, Kolomoets.

Substitutions: Tkachenko, Martynenko, Sakov, Odaryuk, Kareka.

Trainer: Vasily Sachko.

Sporting: Salen, Gaspar, Coates, Pinto, Jefferson, Akunya, Petrovich (Cabral, 70), Fernandes, Nani (k), Diaby (Rafinha, 70), Mane (Montero, 58).

Substitutions: Ribeiro, Ristovsky, Goodel, Miguel.

Trainer: Jose Pezeiro.

Referee: Nikola Dabanovic (Montenegro).

Booked: Arthur (9) - Akunya (73).

October 4. Poltava. Vorskla Stadium O. Butovsky.

Karabakh (Azerbaijan) - Arsenal (England) - 0: 3 (0: 1)

Goals: Papastatopoulos (4), Smith Row (53), Genduzi (80).

Group E. Standings