First League. The latest news from the quarterfinalist camps of Ukraine Cup

21.02.2019 12:34

The players from Kropyvnytskyi were stubbornly preparing for new trials, sparring, but the club owner unexpectedly decided to suspend the performance of the Stars in the first league championship. Photo by fco.com.ua

In one of the previous reviews, we noted that the most problematic first-league team is "Sumy". But last week, the owners of Kropyvnytskyi's Zirka literally shocked the fans, who decided to suspend the club's performances on the all-Ukrainian arena.

Although nothing foretold such a sad final, because the players of "Zirka" had no salary arrears, they persistently prepared for new tests, held sparring matches and tried to get out of the relegation zone «

Add a headache to the leadership of the PFL and "Sumy". It is still unknown whether the "citizens" will overcome organizational obstacles and whether they will also withdraw from the tournament distance.

Meanwhile, the rest of the first-league teams are functioning normally and are looking forward to the resumption of the season. Some of them are training in Turkey these days, following the example of elite domestic teams - in particular, the leader of the championship and the quarterfinalist of the Ukrainian Cup "Dnipro-1". After the defeat of the Austrian "Reed" (1: 2) Dmytro Mykhaylenko's wards lost to Donetsk "Olympic" - 0: 1, although they deserved the best, defeated Georgian "Dila" - 1: 0, Chernihiv "Desna" - 2: 0 and parted ways peace with the Belarusian "Gorodeya" - 1: 1.

The captain of the team Serhiy Kravchenko is satisfied with this stage of preparation, he notes the progress of the recruits, who with each control match fit better into the game style of Dnipro-1. By the way, the Dnipro residents will also hold the next training camp in Turkey.

But another quarterfinalist of the cup tournament, Ingulets, is still preparing to hold the first sparring matches in Turkey: on February 22 Serhiy Lavrynenko's wards will compete with Kolding (Denmark) and on the 24th with Turkmen Shagadam.

Kolos footballers parted ways with Romanian Farul. Photo by koloskovalivka.com

Kolos, which does not hide its intentions to rise in the class, also holds control matches in Turkey with varying degrees of success. Kovalivtsi drew with Romanian Farul - 1: 1, lost to Serbian "Jedinstvo" - 1: 2 and won with the same score, 1: 0, Slovak "Poprad" and "Zion" from Georgia. Ruslan Kostyshyn, the head of Kolos, emphasizes that he expects more from his strikers.