Europa League. Oleksandriya's first match in the main net ended with a defeat at Wolfsburg

Vladimir Sharan led the Alexandrians to the Europa League for the third time. But for the first time a team from the Kirovohrad region has come this far, joining the main European Cup grid.

I had to make my debut on the road against an experienced opponent, who represents one of the leading European championships, so the chances of the bronze medalist of the Ukrainian Premier League for at least some positive result before the match were not very high. Even though in the last round of the domestic championship in the match against "Dnipro-1" he finally managed to get closer to the game that guaranteed third place last season and, finally, a ticket to the Europa League group.  

However, despite the status of the opponent, the Ukrainian team started the match very confidently. In the first minutes, the guests boldly went on the attack, punching from afar. But gradually the players of the German club seized the initiative and twice in a few minutes beat Pankiv. Arnold and Mehmed managed great shots: the first shot from a long distance with a rebound from the lawn, and the second - from an acute angle under the crossbar on a difficult trajectory for the goalkeeper. And although Wolfsburg did not create anything more significant at the gates of Alexandria, the first 45 minutes ended with an unpleasant score for Sharan's team.

In the second half, "Alexandria" also looked decent and was even able to play one ball: after a penalty kick by Grechishkin, Banada closed the far post. But the intrigue was revived for a short time: ex-player of Kyiv "Dynamo" Mehmedi added a goal pass to Brekalo to the goal.

The whole match for Oleksandriya was played by goalkeeper Pankiv, who was called up for the last training camp of the national team of Ukraine.

Europa League. Group Round. 1 round

Wolfsburg (Germany) - Alexandria (Ukraine) - 3: 1 (2: 0)

Goals: Arnold (20), Mehmedi (24), Brekalo (67) - Banada (66).

Wolfsburg: Parvan, Knoche, Guilavogi (k), Tisseran (Bruma, 70), Mbabu, Gerhard, Arnold, Russion, Mehmedi (Steffen, 86), Weghorst, Brekalo (Nmecka, 76).

Substitutions: Menzel, William, Klaus, Victor.

Trainer: Oliver Glasner.

Oleksandriya: Pankov (k), Pashayev, Dubra, Bukhal, Miroshnichenko, Banada, Dovgy (Kovalets, 46), Grechishkin, Luchkevich (Protasov, 81), Sitalo, Tretyakov (Shastal, 65).

Substitutions: Bilyk, Zaporozhye, Shendryk, Zaderaka.

Trainer: Vladimir Sharan.

Referee: Halis Ezekiah (Turkey).

Booked: Banada (81), Dubra (89).

September 19. Wolfsburg. Volkswagen Arena.

Ghent (Belgium) - Saint-Etienne (France) - 3: 2 (2: 1)

Goals: David (2, 43), Perren (64, own goal) - Hazri (38), Kaminski (75, own goal).

Group I. Standings

 

 

G

W

D

L

GD

P

1.

Wolfsburg

1

1

0

0

3-1

3

2.

Gent

1

1

0

0

3-2

3

3.

Saint-Etienne

1

0

0

1

2-3

0

4.

Oleksandriya

1

0

0

1

1-3

0

2 round. 03.10.2019

Saint-Etienne (France) - Wolfsburg (Germany)

"Alexandria" (Ukraine) - "Ghent" (Belgium)

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