Premier League: Dynamo defeated Zorya thanks to Shaparenko and Verbich doubles, while Shakhtar deal with Alexandria

25.02.2019 22:51

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The last two matches of the 19th round, which were played on Monday, were attended by clubs that last week defended the country's sporting honor at the European arena.

But if Dynamo successfully played in the 1/16 of the Europa League, having overcome Olympiacos, Shakhtar came down from the European Cup distance, having lost Eintracht. However, today both top clubs won three tournament points without any difficulties.

Kyiv, who started their meeting with Zorya half an hour earlier, made only one change in the starting lineup compared to the matches against Olympiacos: instead of Shepelev, who missed the game due to disqualification, Sidorchuk came on the field.

The advantage of the white and blues, for whom this was the third official match of the year, in the level of readiness was noticeable. The sixth blow of the hosts was effective. Shaparenko and Tsygankov both went through the entire defense of Zorya, Mykola received a pass in return from Viktor and hit the goal. And soon Verbych fooled the defense of Luhansk, ending his solo raid with a powerful blow to the far corner. At the end of the first half, the Slovene also recorded a goal assist, making a pass from the flank, from which Shaparenko made a double, which he had managed only once before, and even then in the U-19 championship.

In the second half, Verbych also scored his second goal, successfully playing on the rebound after Sidorchuk's shot. Sol completed the defeat of Zorya, opening the scoring for his goals in the Ukrainian Premier League.  

The match was attended by players of the national team of Ukraine, who were called to the last national team gathering: Dinamo Boyko, Burda, Mykolenko (goal pass), Tsygankov (goal pass replaced by 70 minutes), Buyalsky (replaced by 76 minutes), Shaparenko (two goals, yellow card) and Lugansk Karavayev.

Shakhtar, which hosted Oleksandriya, did not have big problems with achieving the result. Already in the 14th minute, Tyson and Marlos, playing the company's "wall", brought the Pitmen forward. Then Marlos acted as an assistant, giving a goal pass to the top scorer of the championship Moraes, who scored his 15th goal in the current tournament. Marlos could have become the author of the double, but he lost the duel to Pankiv, performing an 11-meter.  

The team of Vladimir Sharan, who has only one point left in the table to reserve a place in the top six in the second stage, postponed the task until the next round.

The Pitmen played the players whom Andrey Shevchenko summoned to the last Blue and Yellow picks: Pyatov, Bolbat (replaced by 90 + 2 minutes), Kryvtsov (yellow card), Stepanenko, Kovalenko (replaced by 79 minutes), Matvienko ( replaced by 90 + 2 minutes).

Photo by shakhtar.com

19 round 

23.02.2019

Mariupol - Olympic - 2: 1 (1: 1)

Lviv - Chornomorets - 0: 1 (0: 1)

24.02.2019

Arsenal-Kyiv - Desna - 0: 2 (0: 1)

Vorskla - Karpaty - 0: 4 (0: 1)

25.02.2019

Dynamo - Zorya - 5: 0 (3: 0)

Goals: Shaparenko (34, 45), Verbich (38, 53), Salt (73).

Shakhtar vs Alexandria - 2: 0 (2: 0)

Goals: Marlos (14), Moraes (35).

In the 78th minute Marlos missed a a penalty.

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