First League. Willful twists of "Minaya" and uncertainty with plans of "Cherkassy region"

03.02.2020 20:43

In the last sparring with the second-ranked "Uzhgorod", the players of "Minaya" demonstrated their fighting qualities and won a strong-willed match - 3: 1. Photo by fcminaj.com

Among the first-league teams, only Cherkasy has not yet started preparations for the spring part of the season.

According to FC General Director Yuriy Kolesnyk, efforts are being made to ensure that Cherkasy footballers continue to play in the tournament, but the situation is very tense. The fate of Cherkasy will be finally decided in mid-February.

Meanwhile, he continues to stamp victories in control matches "Minai". After the victory over the elite "Lviv", Vasyl Kobin's wards won over the Slovak "Tatran" - 4: 1 and the second league "Uzhgorod" - 3: 1. By the way, as in the confrontation with "Lviv", the players of "Minaya" again missed the first, but it only helped them unite. Veteran Vladyslav Mykulyak was pleased with the performance in these matches, and playing sports director Mykhailo Kopolovets also demonstrates good physical condition. Kermanych Vasyl Kobin praised the wards for their attitude to the training process and desire to demonstrate their best qualities. In early February, in sparring matches with Slovakia's Kosice and Lviv's Rukh, Minaia's management must decide on the newcomers who are under review.

Despite the personnel losses, the Prykarpattia players inflicted a crushing defeat in the control match on Volochysk's Agribusiness - 3: 0. Photo by fc.if.ua.

As for the leader of the first league championship, Rukh, in addition to Minaya, Lviv clarified relations with Prykarpattia and won - 3: 2. So far, contracts with Rukh have been signed by recruits - goalkeeper Oleksandr Bandura, defenders Taras Sakiv, Yuriy Romanyuk and striker Stanislav Bilenky.

And before the sparring in Lviv, Prykarpattya players hosted Agrobusiness in a control match at home. Ivano-Frankivsk won quite unexpectedly with a big score - 3: 0. Accurate shots in the assets of Vasyl Frantsuz, Roman Ditko and Vladislav Semotyuk. This could not but please the fans of "Prykarpattia", because in January the team left almost all experienced performers, and Ivano-Frankivsk should go through a difficult period of generational change.

By the way, one of the leaders of "Prykarpattia" Yaroslav Konkolnyak will continue his career in "Volyn". Luhansk head coach Andriy Tlumak is also counting on two more newcomers - defender Vitaliy Prindeta from Desna and forward Stanislav Kulish from Dnipro-1. In their first sparring match this year, Volynians parted ways in Kyiv with Dynamo's youth team - 0: 0.

Before leaving for the training camp in Turkey, Chornomorets players scored five goals in the control match of Kherson's Krystal, but did not miss a single goal. Photo by chernomorets.odessa.ua

So far, Chornomorets is the most active in the transfer market. Kermanych Ostap Markevich does not hide that in the second part of the season Odessa will be represented by a new team. And, at least, in the last sparring with the second-league "Crystal", which ended with the defeat of Kherson - 5: 0, the players of "Chernomorets" made a pleasant impression. On February 5, Odesa residents will go to Turkey for a long training camp, where they will focus on getting playing practice.