Latest PFL Tournament News: Coaching Resignation as First League Leader, Gold Match in Second League

12.12.2019 14:05

Quite unexpectedly, a well-known specialist Leonid Kuchuk decided to end his cooperation with the leader of the first league - "Movement". Photo by fcrukh.com

Although PFL Ukraine teams are on vacation, there is no news from their camp.

Undoubtedly, the most interesting of them concerns the fact that the leader of the first league, Rukh, and the head coach of the team Leonid Kuchuk stopped cooperating this week by mutual agreement. It is difficult to say why their paths diverged, and the main thing is that the task for the season - to get a ticket to the strongest class - was not canceled for Lviv residents.

Together with the famous Belarusian specialist, his assistants also left the capital of Galicia. Midfielders Leandro and Maksym Kalenchuk will also try to get jobs in other teams. According to reliable information, Yuriy Bakalov, who headed the elite Lviv at the beginning of the season, is the main contender for the vacant position of manager.

But in "Agribusiness" the position of head coach remained vacant for a short time. Oleksandr Ivanov, who decided to join Ostap Markevich in Odessa's Chornomorets, was replaced by Oleksandr Chyzhevsky. He will be assisted by Mykhailo Dyachuk-Stavytskyi, with whom, by the way, they used to work in the Carpathians. On December 13, Chyzhevsky plans to visit Volochysk and get acquainted with both the FC management and the club's infrastructure.

Oleksandr Chyzhevsky, who headed Karpaty at the beginning of the season, became the new manager of Agribusiness. Photo by fckarpaty.com

Despite a number of failures of "Prykarpattia" at the end of the first part of the season, the credit of confidence in the head coach Volodymyr Kovalyuk by the club bosses and sponsors has not been exhausted. After yesterday's meeting with the leadership of the Ivano-Frankivsk authorities, it is safe to say that Kovalyuk will continue to head Prykarpattia, which is going to continue to bet on local football players.

Meanwhile, the venue of the "golden match", which will determine the strongest team in the second league, has become known. This season Cherkasy will host the match for the first time. The date of the game is still being clarified. So far in Group A, Ternopil's Niva is quite confidently leading the standings, but, unfortunately, the financial rear of the leader is a matter of serious concern, and it is still unknown whether Vasyl Malik's wards will be lucky to stay afloat in the spring.

The "Golden Match", in which the strongest team of the second league will be determined, will host the stadium in Cherkasy for the first time. Photo by Cherkasy.com

There is no lack of problems in another "Niva" - Vinnytsia. The worst thing is that there is no way to find a replacement for the head coach - Ngasi Collins, who has resigned. But Mykhailo Ivanytsia led Uzhhorod a round before the end of the first part of the season, but for various reasons he did not go to the match with Dinaz. An experienced specialist is tasked with maintaining a residence permit in the second league.