Second League. Group leaders hold control matches and fill vacancies

28.01.2020 12:08

In good spirits, the Alliance players returned from vacation who began preparations for the cup clash with Mariupol. Photo by fc-alliance.com.ua

Changes on the coaching bridge took place not only in the first-league Obolon-Brovar and Mykolayiv, but also in their subsidiaries playing in the second division.

The backup of the "brewers" stationed in Bucha was headed by Oleksandr Antonenko, who will be assisted by Fedor Prokhorov. The actions of the young "shipbuilders" will be led by Mykola Popelyshko, who noted that his task is to prepare the change so that it will compete with the players of the first team in the near future. Although in the near future the new manager will have to work actively in the transfer market, because in January "Nikolaev-2" left Nikita Kryukov, Alexander Tolgarenko, Alexander Tkachenko, Dmitry Bardarim and Alexey Oliynyk.

The helmsman of "Nikolayevshchina-2" Nikolay Popelyshka didn't have to lead a team of masters earlier. Photo by www.mfc.mk.ua.

The first sparring matches this year have already been held by the leader of group "B" - "VPK-Agro". First, Serhiy Solovyov's wards lost to Olimpia from Poltava region - 0: 3, and then signed a peace agreement with another amateur team, Dnipro's Legionnaire - 0: 0. Pavlo Milesin from Kherson's Krystal and Oleksandr Kulinych from Dnipro-1 are on view.

The pursuer of VPK-Agro - "Alliance" will also hold its first control matches with amateurs. On January 31, Yuriy Yaroshenko's wards will play against Victoria, and on February 4 - against Vovchansk. Valery Rogozynskyi from Mykolayiv and Oleksandr Lebedenko from Zhytomyr's Polissya are set to work in the team from Lypova Dolyna.

Podillya also decided on its sparring partners at the first meeting. On February 5, Vitaliy Kostyshyn's wards will play in Vinnytsia with the local Niva, on the 8th - with Agrobusiness (Volochysk), and on the 12th - with another Niva, Ternopil. So far, only Oleksandr Muzychuk has decided to change his residence permit.

By the way, the leaders of group "A", Ternopil residents, are returning from vacation on January 28. According to head coach Vasyl Malik, in February his wards will take part in the Ernest Just Memorial, where they will clarify relations with fans of Lviv region and at the same time hold sparring matches with teams of masters from neighboring regions. A large number of control matches should be useful, because tomorrow seven or eight newcomers will come to Niva to watch.