First League. Kostyshyn's replacements, Kovalec's pleasure and Sumy's home field in Lutsk

In the 20th round of the first league championship, two matches aroused great interest. In Kramatorsk, rivals did not have the opportunity to use combat formations: due to a series of warnings, Avangard coaches could not count on Vladislav Yemets and Oleksandr Sukharov, and their Kolos colleagues could not count on Yevhen Zada.

Footballers from Kovalivka have once again proved that they are uncomfortable rivals for Kramatorsk. For the third time in the history of confrontations between these teams, Kolos wins with the same score - 1: 0. This time everything was decided by a very spectacular shot by Volodymyr Lysenko in the "nine" after a multi-pass combination.

It is interesting that Lysenko, as well as the author of the effective transfer, Arsentiy Doroshenko, appeared on the field only after the break, and therefore we should pay tribute to the coaching sense of Ruslan Kostyshyn, who made substitutions in time. This victory allowed Kolos to move to second place.

And in the capital, the relationship was clarified by the "Brewers", for whom this was the first official match of the year, and their competitor in the struggle for promotion - "Metalist 1925". The hosts were pleased, first of all, with coordinated team actions in defense, not allowing Slobozhan to find free zones for the offensive. After repelling the rather chaotic attacks of the guests in their debut, Kyiv took up long passes to the forward-looking chubby striker, Oleksandr Derebchynsky, who skillfully covered the ball with his body and skillfully played to his partners. In the 36th minute, it was he who passed to Maksym Pokotyliuk, who made a long-range pass to Yevhen Shevchenko, who adjusted the ball's flight to the net. 1: 0.

For the second time this season, Obolon-Brovar footballers won over Metalist 1925. Photo by fcbrovar.obolon.ua

And although after the break the guests had more possession of the ball, the capital's footballers controlled the course of events on the field and were closer to scoring a second time than Kharkiv to escape defeat. In particular, Artem Kovbasa did not visit the opponent's goalkeeper. As in the first round, Obolon-Brovar again defeated Metalist 1925 and confirmed the seriousness of its intentions in the fight for a place on the podium.

"I am very pleased with my wards, who played from the heart, showing a great desire to win," said the head coach of Obolon-Brovar Serhiy Kovalets after the final whistle. "This victory is all the more pleasant because it was won in the fight against a worthy opponent."

"I think that the fans liked our confrontation," said Oleksandr Goryainov, the manager of Metalist 1925. - My wards tried to dictate the conditions, but unfortunately failed to score the ball. Although I liked the picture of the game "Metalist 1925", the way the players moved, gave themselves to the fight… "

Two more contenders for a place under the sun held their fights on March 28. The favorite, Dnipro-1, hosted Agribusiness, which lost to Kyiv last year in an additional match for the title of the strongest team in the second league. This time Dmytro Mykhaylenko's wards defeated the Podolians in the class, who are fighting for the extension of their residence permit in the first division. In the 14th minute Sergei Loginov opened the scoring. At the end of the first half, Stanislav Kulish forced the goalkeeper of "Agribusiness" to capitulate once again, practically removing the question of the winner from the agenda. And after the break, Orest Kuzyk and Ihor Kohut brought the case to defeat. 4: 0.

But Sumy footballers were forced to play their home match against Volyn due to organizational problems on the opponent's field - in Lutsk. Volyn took advantage of their home walls to the maximum, inflicting a devastating defeat on the renewed Sumy - 7: 0. Savash Hagnazari and Rostyslav Voloshinovych scored two goals each.

20 round

27.03. 2019

"Balkans" - "Miner-Sport" - 2: 0

Ingulets - Rukh - 0: 0

Avangard - Kolos - 0: 1

"Prykarpattya" - "Mykolaiv" - 1: 2

Obolon-Brovar - Metalist 1925 - 1: 0

28.03.2019

Dnipro-1 - Agribusiness - 4: 0

Sumy - Volyn - 0: 7

Standings

 

 

G

W

D

L

GD

P

 1.

Dnipro-1

19

16

1

2

52-11

49

 2.

Kolos

18

10

8

0

31-8

38

 3.

Metalist 1925

19

12

2

5

28-11

38

 4.

Obolon-Brovar

18

10

5

3

22-12

35

 5.

Volyn

19

12

3

4

38-20

33

 6.

Avanhard

19

9

5

5

33-18

32

 7.

Inhulets

19

8

4

7

20-23

28

 8.

Balkany

18

6

5

7

19-22

23

 9.

Mykolayiv

17

6

4

7

16-19

22

10.

Prykarpattya

19

5

2

12

23-25

17

11.

Rukh

18

3

6

9

13-27

15

12.

Sumy

17

3

6

8

18-39

15

13.

Hirnyk Sport

18

3

5

10

19-38

14

14.

Ahrobiznes

18

1

7

10

10-23

10

15.

Star

17

1

1

15

10-49

4

According to the decision of the FFU SCC dated August 18, 2018, FC Cobra (Kharkiv) was excluded from the list of PFL participants. Six tournament points were withdrawn from FC Volyn (Lutsk) for non-compliance with the decision of the FIFA SC of September 18, 2017.

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