First League. Another change on the Kremen coaching bridge, team sparring in Turkey

18.02.2020 12:08

In February, players of «Nikolaev» have played three sparring games and in the last have taken mount over neighbors from Kherson «Crystal» - 2: 1. Photo by mfc.mk.ua

Quite unexpectedly, after the first training camp, the head coach of the outsider, Kremen, Volodymyr Prokopinenko, decided to resign. The specialist explained his actions by the fact that he hoped for changes for the better in the functioning of the team, but did not wait for them.

Prokopinenko's replacement was found quickly. For the third time, Serhiy Svistun was at the helm of Kremenyu (for the first time in 2003). This time he will be helped by Dmytro Stoyko. Already under the command of Svistun, football players from Kremenchuk lost to fans from "Olympia" - 0: 1, and then won over the youth team "Vorskla" - 3: 1.

Another outsider, Cherkasy Region, has not yet started preparations for the spring part of the championship due to lack of funding. This worries the local football community, although FC General Director Yuriy Kolesnyk said that negotiations with potential sponsors are underway…

Meanwhile, three first-league teams are currently in Turkey. But if Ingulets players are limited to training so far, Chornomorets has already held two sparring matches. Odesa first lost to the elite "Mariupol" - 1: 2, and then signed a world match with the Georgian "Dila" - 0: 0.

Footballers of Odessa "Chernomorets" at the training camp in Turkey have already held two sparring matches, in the last of which they parted ways with Georgian "Dila" - 0: 0. Photo by chernomorets.odessa.ua

There were also no goals scored in Rukh's control match against Moldovan champions Sheriff. It didn't reach the scoring moments, and yet the Lviv team was closer to victory, which (especially after the break) dictated the conditions and twice forced the opponents' goalkeeper to show their skills.

Lviv's Rukh controlled the ball more often in the control match against Moldova's Sheriff, but failed to tip the scales in their favor. Photo by fcrukh.com

But the players of "Minaya", "Volyn" and "Prykarpattia" are just going to Turkey. In the last sparring matches, Zakarpattia lost to Uzhhorod in the second league - 1: 2, Luhansk, who added a universal to Dzhemal Kyzylatesh from Kolos in Kovalivka, lost to the champion, Shakhtar Donetsk, 0: 2, and Ivano-Frankivsk beat Lviv elite. And although in this match a draw was recorded, 1: 1, the wards of Vladimir Kovalyuk in the second half did not realize several face-to-face.

Already three sparringings were carried out by football players of "Nikolaev" - and at all forced opponents to capitulate. With the same score, 1: 0, Kyiv's Obolon-Brovar and Odessa's Real Pharma were defeated, and Kherson's Krystal lost 1: 2. By mutual consent, the "citizens" stopped cooperating with Andriy Slinkin, Viktor Burk and Ivan Sondey.

As for Zaporizhzhya Metalurh, it will take part in the Unity Cup in February. First, Oleksiy Godin's wards lost to the youth team of Luhansk "Zorya" - 0: 2, and then defeated the doublers of "Dnipro-1" - 4: 1.