Premier League: Benefit of Tsygankov in Zaporozhye and Shakhtar's next "dry" success

03.04.2019 23:20

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Three matches of the 23rd round of the Ukrainian Premier League Championship were played today. The teams of the first six, which are vying for prizes and European Cup tickets, have joined the fight.

The opening match of the second part of the championship in the top six took place in Alexandria. Shakhtar quickly secured an advantage in the score: Tsurikov knocked down Wellington Nem, who unexpectedly found himself in the Pitmen's "start", and the top scorer of the championship Moraes scored his 17th goal in the tournament (by the way, the first of 11- meter).

The hosts managed to transfer the game to the champion's goal, created several moments, in particular, the same Tsurikov scored in the crossbar. But the zeal of the Alexandrians was short-lived. In the second half, Shakhtar controlled the game and calmly brought the match to a victorious conclusion. Paulo Fonseca's charges have not missed the championship since December 2 last year - six consecutive victories with a "dry" score.

Shakhtar players who were called up to the last training camp of the national team of Ukraine took part in the match: Pyatov, Bolbat, Kryvtsov, Stepanenko (yellow card), Kovalenko (replaced in the 86th minute, yellow card), Moraes (goal, yellow card) .

In the short distance of the second stage of the championship, Dynamo has no right to lose points if it intends to catch up with Shakhtar. But the task of Kyiv was almost complicated from the first match of the decisive stage of the tournament. Zorya, which suffered a crushing defeat in Dynamo Kyiv a little over a month ago (0:5), this time it was close to stopping the favorite.

In the first half, the attacking game in the white and blue did not stick, they never hit the plane of the opponent's goal. The hosts upset Boyko, who played his 150th match in the Premier League - Karavaev scored after the corner. But after the break the situation on the field changed dramatically. First, the Hungarian Dynamo defender Kadar was sent off for the second yellow card, and then Zorya consolidated their advantage - White successfully played in the finish after Silas' strike.

But Oleksandr Khatskevich's wards were able to change the course of the game. Buyalsky accurately scored in the bottom corner from the middle distance from Tsygankov's pass, and then Victor himself effectively fulfilled two standards, a penalty and a penalty. The winning goal was scored by the guests in equal teams - White was sent off for a foul of "last hope". 3: 2 - super-strong victory of Kyiv!

Ukrainian national teams traditionally made up the majority of the white and blues' personnel potential: Boyko, Mykolenko, Shabanov, Buyalsky (goal, yellow card, substituted in the 90th + 4th minute), Tsygankov (two goals and a goal pass), Shepelev (yellow card, replaced) on the 46th minute), Shaparenko. Zorya's only representative in the national team, Karavaev, played a full match and scored a goal.

In another match on Wednesday, Lviv lost to Mariupol at home, although they won the first half. And this match did not go without an 11-meter penalty - the referee punished the hosts for a foul in the penalty area, which ultimately led to their defeat.

Tournament for 1-6 places

23 round

03.04.2019

Alexandria - Shakhtar - 0: 1 (0: 1)

Goal: Moraes (12, penalty kick).

Zorya - Dynamo - 2: 3 (0: 1)

Goals: Karavaev (32), White (54) - Buyalsky (58), Tsygankov (63, 81, from the penalty spot).

Removed: White (69) - Kadar (53).

Lviv - Mariupol - 2: 3 (1: 0)

Goals: Lipe (22), Priymak (78) - Zubkov (55, from the penalty spot, 77), Boryachuk (70).

Sent off: Marton (54).

Standings

Tournament for 7-12 places

23 round

02.04.2019                               

Karpaty - Vorskla - 4: 0 (2: 0)

06.04.2019

Standings