Second league: appointment in Bukovina, seriousness of Kremlin intentions

12.02.2019 14:01

Minaya football players finished the first stage of preparation for the spring part of the championship by sparring in Slovakia with the first-ranked Partizan (Bardiyev). Photo by partizanbj.sk

At the meeting of the League Council, which took place last week, it was also about changes in the calendar of competitions of the teams of the second division. Thus, the 18th round was postponed from March 31 to April 6, the 19th round - from the 6th to the 13th of April, the 20th round - from the 13th to the 18th of April and the 21st round - from April 21 to the 15th. May.

The vast majority of participants have already completed the first stage of preparation for new tests. In particular, the leader of group "A", "Minay", even went to sparring in neighboring Slovakia, where he played with the first-league "Partizan" from Bardiiv. The hosts were in the best condition, because the second part of the season in Slovakia starts in mid-March, and confidently won - 3: 0. However, the leader of the Transcarpathians Igor Kharkovshchenko did not criticize his wards, noting that this was only their first control match this year.

The second training camp "Minay" will be held in Ivano-Frankivsk, where in mid-February will take part in the tournament for the prizes of the local mayor. The team of Transcarpathian football Yuriy Putrash, who can be called a football pilgrim, joined the ranks of the team, because he had to play for a number of clubs not only from Ukraine but also from Kazakhstan.

Meanwhile, a general meeting of members of the Bukovyna Football and Sports Club took place in Chernivtsi last week. Vadim Zaits, a well-known football player in the past, who, by the way, was the head coach of Bukovina for four years, was elected the new president of the FGC. And another well-known striker in the past, Valery Korolyanchuk, became the general director of the club.

At one time, Vadym Zayats was one of the leading players in Bukovyna, then successfully worked as a head coach, and last week he was elected president of the football club. Photo by www.fcbukovyna.com

So far, Chernivtsi players have been tasked with maintaining their residence permit in the second league, and by the way, they are confidently sparring, beating Prykarpattia 5: 3 and Kalush 3: 2.

The leader of group "B" - "Flint" demonstrates the seriousness of his intentions to rise in the class. Igor Stolovytsky's wards after the defeat of "Dnipro-1" - 0: 1 twice defeated the first-league "Star" from Kropyvnytskyi - 3: 1 and 1: 0. According to the helmsman, he has already decided on the main lineup. During the second stage of training, the team from Kremenchuk plans to play five sparring matches, the next - on February 13, with the "youth" of "Alexandria".

The only second-league team that has not yet resumed training is Tavriya-Simferopol, based in Berislav. Recently, all the leading performers left her, but the chairman of the district council Volodymyr Konovalov, who takes care of the team, assured that there can be no question of withdrawal from the competition.