Europa League. Alexandria away lost to the fourth team of France

24.10.2019 23:51

In the match of the third round of the group stage of the Europa League, "Alexandria" scored one point, playing a draw away with the French "Saint-Etienne".

Volodymyr Sharan put the same team in the match as in the previous one tournament match against Ghent, and in comparison with championship game with Dynamo changed only the forward, releasing Sital from the first minutes. "Alexandria" was opposed by the fourth team of the previous draw of League 1, so the chances of the Ukrainians were not considered too high.

In the first 15 minutes, two goals were scored at once. "Saint-Etienne" as the owner of the field took the initiative and opened the score - after a long throw Amum passed to Gabriel Silva, and he from the left corner of the penalty kick past Pankiv. However, the Brazilian soon made a "double", sending the ball into the net after his counterattack "Alexandria", dispersed by Tretyakov.

The French regained control of the ball, but the dangerous moments at the gates of the guests did not come. Instead, in the middle of the first half, Sharan's charges responded with an attack, which ended with Kovalets, but hit exactly at Ruffier. It is also worth noting the dangerous shot of Banada along the goal line closer to the break.

The Alexandrians managed to contain the pressure of the hosts until about the middle of the second half, until the rivals finally created a few moments. At first, Amum scored inaccurately from the penalty spot, and in the 70th minute Abi closed the serve with his head, but Pankiv showed a brilliant reaction. The Ukrainians responded with a dangerous attack, but Luchkevych's shot was blocked. In the 90th minute he could snatch the victory for "Saint-Etienne" Amum, but his head from a few meters scored higher. In the time added by the referee, Pankiv saved his team after a powerful blow from the fly from Budebuz. As a result, the match ended in a draw, so now both teams have two points.

We will add that all 90 minutes in this match were played by goalkeeper Yuriy Pankiv, who was called up to the October training camp of the national team of Ukraine.

Europa League. Group Tournament. 3 round

Group I

Saint-Etienne (France) — "Alexandria" (Ukraine) — 1: 1 (1: 1)

Goals: Gabriel Silva (8) - Gabriel Silva (14, own goal).

Saint-Etienne: Ruffier, Debussy, Saliba, Kolodzeychak, Gabriel Silva, Yussuf, M'Vila, Aolu (Budebuz, 46), Norden (Abi, 63), Beric (Buanga, 74), Amuma.

Substitutions: Moulin, Hazri, Perren, Fofana.

Trainer: Claude Puel.

Oleksandriya: Pankov, Pashayev, Dubra, Bukhal, Miroshnichenko, Kovalets (Long, 83), Grechishkin, Banada, Luchkevich (Shastal, 80), Sitalo, Tretyakov (Baboglo, 90 + 3).

Substitutions: Bilyk, Bezborodko, Zaporozhye, Teixeira.

Trainer: Vladimir Sharan.

Booked: Gabriel Silva (49) - Miroshnichenko (40), Shastal (90 + 3).

Referee: Espen Escas (Norway).

24 October. Saint-Etienne. Geoffroy Guichard.

«Gent"(Belgiya) - "Wolfsburg" (Germany) - 2: 2 (1: 2)

Goals: Yaremchuk (41, 90 + 4) - Weghorst (3), Victor (24).

Standings

4 round

07.11. 2019

Wolfsburg - Gent

"Alexandria" - "Saint-Etienne"