Second League. Under the accompaniment of the plum, the Alliance defeated Crystal and returned intrigue in the fight for leadership

23.09.2019 19:54

Although ex-player of the national team of Ukraine Adrian Pukanich again did not leave the field without a goal, his “Uzhgorod” gave way to “Dinaz” at home. Photo by fcuzhhorod.com

The 11th round began with a confrontation in Vinnytsia, where Niva and Bukovyna met, making considerable efforts to leave the relegation zone. The guests were closer to victory, but at the end of the match the hosts still escaped defeat. The draw suited the competitors of Podolia and Bukovyna in the struggle for survival in group "A".

And in Bucha, Obolon-Brovar reservists, who graze the rear, and the leader, Ternopil's Niva, clarified relations. For a long time, the rivalry took place on opposing courses, and only at the end of the match the guests still tipped the scales to their side.

"Recently, my wards have a very busy competition schedule, and their actions are affected by fatigue," said Vasyl Malik, the manager of Niva, after the final whistle. - Of course, we are very happy to return home with three points, which allowed us to break away from the pursuers. Unfortunately, we have problems both at the household level and with funding, and we are waiting for help from local authorities. "

The greatest attention was paid to the match in Mlyniv, where Veres hosted Kalush. The hosts opened the scoring in the debut after a shot by Anton Yaremenko, continued to dictate the conditions, but managed in the 88th minute to lose at their gates Vladislav Tanchin, who punished them for such carelessness - 1: 1.

"We have only to blame ourselves," said Veres head coach Yuriy Virt, "because we have created enough scoring chances to win." However, our sales were lame again, it didn't always work out with the last pass. This led to the loss of important points in the match, where we deserved a better fate. "

"I emphasized to the wards that the Veres players are actively using the flanks and starting attacks with long passes," said Kalush manager Vasyl Kachur. - But at the beginning of the match we lacked concentration, and the hosts managed to get ahead. During the break, we analyzed the mistakes, and the substitutes played well. I was convinced that we would wait for our chance after the draw of the standard position. And so it happened. "

And in group "B" the most fans gathered in the match in Sumy, where "Alliance" hosted the leader, "Crystal" - 3350. Although this figure is much lower than the record recorded in the last round of the match "Podillya" - "Polissya". where 5100 spectators were present.

The Alliance's players have won eight matches in a row in the championship and the Cup of Ukraine and were not going to stop there. The hosts started better, and in the 4th minute Farid Suleiman opened the scoring. The rivalry took place mainly in the middle of the field, and soon Yaroslav Sidorenko forced them to start from the center for the second time. But the Alliance players should have missed before the break, as they became nervous, which led to mistakes in simple situations. And although in the second half the hosts created more dangerous moments, but the last word could be left for Kherson, but the "Alliance" saved the goal frame from trouble after a blow by Mikhail Laptev. By the way, the end of the match was accompanied by a downpour, but this did not prevent the hosts to keep the winning score and return the intrigue in the fight for leadership.

"After scoring two goals, my wards were, figuratively speaking, in the comfort zone," said the head coach of the "Alliance" Yuri Yaroshenko. - And if we did not miss the break, I think we would have won, especially without straining. And so came the validol limb. However, we should not forget that the footballers from Lypova Dolyna are the debutants of the second league championship, and they still lack the experience of meetings with a counterpart of this level. But the main thing is that we stopped the leader, inflicting the first defeat on him. "

In the central match of the round, the Alliance players snatched victory from Crystal and reduced the gap from the leader to two points. Photo by fc-alliance.com.ua

Finally, we praise the reservists of Kramatorsk "Vanguard", who overcame one of the contenders for promotion in the class - "Miner". Now there are no teams left in the current tournament that did not win.

11 round

Group A

21.09.2019

"Niva" B - "Bukovina" - 2: 2

22.09.2019

"Obolon-Brovar-2" - "Niva" T - 1: 2

"Veres" - "Kalush" - 1: 1

Uzhhorod - Dinaz - 2: 4

23.09.2019

"Chaika" - "Polissya" - 0: 1

Standings

Group B

22.09.2019

Avangard-2 - Pitman - 2: 1

"Energy" - "VPK-Agro" - 2: 4

"Tavria Simferopol" - "Nikolaev-2" - 0: 2

"Alliance" - "Crystal" - 2: 1

"Chernomorets-2" - "Real Pharma" - 0: 0

Standings