First League. Minaj helps the Movement to become a leader, and Chernomorets seems to be leaving the fight for the elite voucher

15.09.2019 22:33

Metalist 1925 players snatch a victory in Kramatorsk over the avant-garde and continue their fight for a place on the podium. Photo by fc-avangard.com.ua

The 9th round of the Ukrainian championship among the teams of the first league turned out to be uncompromising. It is necessary to pay tribute to the teams that played on the road - they recorded several significant victories.

In honor of the hosts stood "Minai", which interrupted the six-match winning streak of the leader - "Agribusiness". This confrontation became the decoration of the tour. Robert Hegedos' double, who was going to continue his career in Slovakia before the start of the season, but changed his mind at the last minute, helped Mina to snatch victory, but in fairness Igor Sikorsky could have saved the visitors from defeat, but made a mistake. at close range. After the final whistle, helmsmen Vasyl Kobin (Minai) and Ostap Markevich (Agribusiness) praised the wards for their fighting spirit and desire to demonstrate their best qualities. This time they were more among the Transcarpathians.

Rukh immediately took advantage of the Podolians' failure, literally crushing Cherkasy on the road and leading the standings for the first time. Danylo Kondrakov, the leader of the Lviv attack, was again pleased with the productive game.

The match in Kramatorsk, where teams from the leading group, Avangard and Metalist 1925 met, also aroused great interest. The fate of the confrontation was decided by the only goal scored by Kharkiv resident Dmytro Pospelov in the middle of the second half.

"The tension did not subside until the final whistle," said Slobozhan head coach Andriy Demchenko at the post-match press conference. - It is very nice to prevail in such a tenacious struggle. To some extent, we have been rehabilitated for a home defeat by Minaya and are again among the contenders for promotion. Among my wards I will mention Mykhailo Shershnya, who acted in the position of "eight". It is possible that the development of attacks in his performance was a bit lame, but in most cases he coped with his responsibilities very well. "

But "Chernomorets" after another failure sharply worsened its chances to get on the podium. Serhiy Kovalets, the manager of Obolon-Brovar, guessed with a replacement. 15 minutes after appearing on the field in the second half, Artem Kovbasa, using a pass from Rinar Valeev, scored the winning goal.

"My wards were unpleasantly surprised by the large number of technical defects, they often lost in martial arts," said Chernomorets head coach Angel Chervenkov after the match. - In particular, the unfortunate loss of the ball in a simple situation by experienced Andriy Tkachuk led to a missed goal. I have never abdicated responsibility for the result, but footballers must do their job responsibly. We haven't been able to do anything lately, so I'm ready to resign… »

"We managed to cope with the starting pressure of Odessa, - said the head coach of" Brewers "Sergei Kovalets. - It added confidence in the forces. At the setup, I asked the guys to value the ball, use every opportunity to quickly move from defense to attack. We waited for our chance and in one of the counterattacks we achieved our… »

If in "Chernomorets" only changes on the coaching bridge are ripe, in "Miner-Sport" after Vladimir Mazyar's resignation Roman Pasichnychenko performed duties of the head coach in a home duel with "Metallurgist". The hosts won such a coveted victory thanks to a penalty scored in the 58th minute by Yuri Batyushin. By the way, a well-known specialist Ihor Zhabchenko was present at the match, who, according to reliable information, may lead Girnyk-Sport next week.

9 round

14. 09.2019

"Cherkasy" - "Movement" - 1: 6

"Miner-Sport" - "Metallurg" - 1: 0

"Minai" - "Agribusiness" - 2: 1

"Vanguard" - "Metalist 1925" - 0: 1

Prykarpattia - Ingulets - 0: 1

"Nikolaev" - "Flint" - 6: 2

"Chernomorets" - "Obolon-Brovar" - 0: 1

15.09.2019

"Volyn" - "Balkans" - 2: 2

Standings

According to the decision of the SCC UAF from 08.08.2019 FC "Avangard" (Kramatorsk) was credited with a technical defeat (0: 3) for entering the field of a player not included in the report by the referee for the match, and the team "Prykarpattya" (Ivano-Frankivsk) - technical victory (3: 0).