Intermission in the Premier League: Andriy Shevchenko's Turkish visit, Olympic victory for the sixth time in a row

05.02.2020 15:15

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Here is the latest news from the life of Ukrainian Premier League clubs, which are preparing for the second part of the season.

After ours preliminary review of UPL news during winter intermission the champion of the country, Donetsk Shakhtar, completed the first gathering in Turkey and rested two days in Kiev.

After that, 27 wards of Luis Castro went to the second part of the winter training. It should be noted that Mykhailo Mudryk and the injured Manor Solomon, who took part in the first meeting, are not on the list. The miners will hold four sparring matches in Turkey in a week. They have already beaten the northern Macedonian club "Macedonia GP" (2: 0), then their rivals will be the Danish "Senneryusk" (February 5), Slovenian "Olympia" (8th) and Latvian "Ventspils" (9th). It should be noted that one of the trainings of the Orange and Blacks in Turkey was attended by the head coach of the national team of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko and his assistants, who came to the training to personally assess the level of readiness of the national team.

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So is the second gathering in Kiev these days Dynamo, whose training was also included in the program of Andriy Shevchenko's visit to Turkey. Kermanych of the blue-and-yellow team had a conversation with Oleksiy Mykhailychenko, as well as a detailed conversation with midfielder Viktor Tsygankov, who is currently preparing for an individual program after an injury. Also currently separate collections from Nikita Burda, Artem Shabanov and the representative of "youth" Nazariy Rusin work separately from the main group. However, everyone should return to work with the "base" in a few days.

On February 5, Andriy Shevchenko intends to attend a sparring match between Kyiv and Slovenian Olimpia. Dynamo will also play against Bosnia's Borac (February 9), Belarus' BATE (11th), Kazakhstan's Tobol (12th) and Georgia's Dynamo Tb (15th).

Until February 15, the second Lugansk assembly will work in Turkey "Star". Viktor Skrypnyk lost goalkeeper Mykyta Shevchenko, who recently underwent surgery. However, the list includes youth players and all three winter newcomers - Andrejs Tsyganiks, Lovro Tsvek and Mykhailo Perovych. During the second training camp, Luhansk's opponents will be Kazakhstan's Ordabasy (February 6), Bosnia's Zheleznichar (10th) and Belarus' Torpedo-BelAZ (14th).

Chernihiv is completing its first gathering in Turkey these days "Right." On February 4, Oleksandr Ryabokon's wards held the last sparring match against the Czech Slovan (1: 2). Prior to that, the Ukrainian club met with Azerbaijan's Neftchi (2: 1), Austria's Harberg (1: 1) and Bosnia's Sarajevo (0: 0).

On February 3, with a match against Kazakhstan's Kaysar, she opened the sparring program at the second Turkish training camp Oleksandriya. The fate of the meeting was decided by the only goal of the Ukrainians - 1: 0. Then the Alexandrians will play against Bulgarian Levski (February 6), Kazakhstan's Kyzylzhar (9th), Georgia's Dynamo Tb (12th) and Dnipro-1 (12th). Alexandria will return to Ukraine on February 14.

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On February 2, the players and coaching staff arrived in Turkey for the second time this year "Mariupol". The Azovs settled in Side, in the same hotel where they lived during the first gathering. The second stage of preparation will last 12 days. During this period, Mariupol should hold several sparring matches. Oleksandr Babych's team will play against Austrian Stripfing (February 6), Bulgaria's Slavia (6th), Odessa's Chornomorets (10th) and Georgia's Lokomotiv (13th).

On February 2, a delegation arrived at the final training camp in Side, Turkey "Colossus". The team consists of 28 players, one of whom is under review. During the second training camp, Ruslan Kostyshyn's team will hold the following sparring matches: on February 7 - with Azerbaijan's Nasaf, on February 8 - with Czech Spartak (Trnava), on February 11 - with Kazakhstan's Zhetysu, on February 15 - with Poland's Zhetysu. Podbeskidze ”and Belarusian Shakhtar.

He is marching victoriously to the second part of the season "Olympic". After five consecutive victories in the first meeting, the second wards of Vicente Gomez also started with a victory. This time the Ukrainians beat the Bulgarian Lokomotiv (4: 0). In Turkey, the rivals of Donetsk will be Macedonian FC "Rabotnichki" (February 7), Luxembourg "Racing" (8th), Georgian "Dynamo" B (13th) and Kazakhstan's "Kaiser" (14th).

On the last day of the European transfer window, "Olympic" invited the defender of the youth national team of Ukraine Orest Lebedenko to the team. In 2019, the pupil of "Carpathians" played in the Spanish "Lugo", but for the whole year he played only seven matches there.

Without a single victory (five defeats) he completed the first stage of training in Turkey "Dnipro-1". Dmytro Mykhaylenko's team has returned home, and on February 6 will go to Antalya again. During the first training camp, the Dnipro club leased Oleksandr Safronov, the world champion in the U-20 youth national team of Ukraine, to Estonian Levadia.

Karpaty continue their meeting in Turkey. Roman Sanjar's team has played two sparring matches so far - against the Slovak teams Slovan (1: 1) and Sered (3: 0). Lviv lost another player - defender Serhiy Vakulenko joined Armenian Ararat.

Poltava football players returned home for a short break Vorskla. In the last sparring, Yuri Maksimov's wards lost to Serbian Subotica (0: 1). After a few weekends on February 7, Poltava will go to Turkey again and hold four sparring matches at the second meeting. Vorskla also has newcomers - the latest details have been agreed and an agreement has been signed with qualified midfielder Yevhen Opanasenko, who recently played for Turkish Konyaspor. Striker Dmytro Shcherbak also joined the team. Earlier, Ruslan Stepanyuk and Vladyslav Kulach joined the team, who even scored the debut goal for Vorskla at the first training camp.

So far, he has played only one match at the training camp in Turkey FC Lviv. The Ukrainians played against Serbian Vojvodina (0: 0). Ahead of them are matches against the Croatian Granicar (February 5), the Latvian Valmiera (7th) and the Slovenian Mura (11th).