First League. Agribusiness, having won in Kharkiv, spoiled the holiday to Metalist 1925

17.08.2019 23:47

After three defeats, Girnyk-Sport celebrated a strong-willed Victoria over Kremen. Photo by fckremen.com

On August 17, FC Metalist 1925 turned three years old. Of course, Kharkiv footballers wanted to celebrate this date with a victory, but it was not destined.

On the eve of "Agribusiness" pleased with meaningful actions and deservedly won in the capital of Slobozhanshchina. Ostap Markevich's wards acted in a particularly coordinated manner, in a sharp attacking manner, in the first half, when they created a lot of problems for the hosts thanks to different passes. The Podolians materialized their advantage in the scored ball in the 36th minute: the newcomer of the guests Igor Sikorsky after the drawing of the standard position successfully played on the finish. By the way, it was he who made a double in the previous match of "Agribusiness" - with "Balkans".

The break was in favor of Kharkiv, they added momentum, began to own the ball more often. However, the Podolians, although retreated with great force in defense, but, acting compactly, did not allow the hosts to find the shortest way to the gate. And since it did not reach the goal moments, the victory of "Agribusiness" should be considered natural.

The players of "Agribusiness" won the second victory in a row over one of the contenders for promotion in the class - this time in Kharkiv. Photo by metalist1925.com

"In the first half, the guests often put us in an awkward position," said Kharkiv head coach Andriy Demchenko. - Players of the attacking unit of Podolia skillfully opened between the lines, and it was difficult to restrain them. After the break, Agribusiness gave us the initiative, but it turned out that we are not ready to play number one. There were a lot of reservists among my wards yesterday, and they lacked the ability to manage the ball properly. Of course, it's a pity that we lost, but the task for the season - to rise in the class - no one canceled, although it is obvious that we need reinforcements.

"My wards completely set up the game in the first half," said the guest manager Ostap Markevich. "When they lost the ball, they tried to attack the opponent near his penalty area, acted clearly in the selection, which allowed to control the course of events on the field.

After the break, the heat continued to bother us, my wards had less and less strength, so we decided to play on defense. First of all, it was important to neutralize the fast flank players of the hosts from whom the threat came. We succeeded. I know that last season "Agribusiness" lost twice to "Metalist 1925", but I think that today we were stronger. "

The guests also celebrated the victory in Poltava, where Kremin hosted Girnyk-Sport. After the home defeat by Obolon-Brovar, the leader of the team from Horishni Plavny Volodymyr Mazyar entrusted the place in the "start" to the debutants - Ivan Bila and Viktor Khomchenko, who previously played for Rukh. And it is necessary that White in the 39th minute broke the rules in his penalty area, and a penalty was awarded to the visitors' goal, which was clearly implemented by Alexander Safonov.

However, at the beginning of the second half, White was able to rehabilitate himself when, after drawing a standard position, he played a good job in finishing. 1: 1. By the way, and Mazyr's second, victorious goal was scored after a corner kick: in the 59th minute, Yuriy Kravchuk, having played on a lead, punched the header.

There was also a lot of interesting things in Saturday's program of the fourth round. However, the most interesting were the matches with the participation of Chornomorets and Rukh players, who do not hide that they are set to rise in the class. Odesa hosted an uncompromising rival - "Vanguard". Having conceded a goal at the beginning of the second half, Chornomorets, although attacking a lot, failed to escape defeat.

As for Rukh, after the players hit the goal of Prykarpattia twice before the break (besides, the guests remained in the minority), it seemed that they would easily score three points. But Prykarpattia in the second half established team actions and forced Lviv to think more about defense. When the guests reduced the gap to a minimum, Leonid Kuchuk's wards panicked and with a squeak kept the winning score.

In general, the reporting round turned out to be rich in goals, and the most - seven of them - were scored in Kyiv, where "Obolon-Brovar" celebrated a strong-willed victory over "Minay".

4 round

16.08.2019

"Flint" - "Miner-Sport" - 1: 2

"Metalist 1925" - "Agribusiness" - 0: 1

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"Balkans" - "Metallurg" - 4: 0

"Nikolaev" - "Volyn" - 3: 2

Obolon-Brovar - Minai - 4: 3

"Chernomorets" - "Vanguard" - 0: 1

Ingulets - Cherkasy region - 1: 0

Rukh - Prykarpattia - 2: 1

Standings