Second League. "Alliance" returned to Cup match, "Kalush" strengthens its ranks, "Dinas" wins in Turkey

10.03.2020 14:01

The Pitmen's football players spent the most part in the second half of the season in preparation for the spring season. In the last Krivorozhka, the fans of Cherkasy Dnipro were defeated by 2: 0. Photo by fc-dnipro.ck.ua

Among the second-league clubs that spent the final stage of training abroad, the Alliance was the first to return home.

And this is not accidental, because the team from Lypova Dolyna will compete with the elite "Mariupol" on March 11 in in the quarterfinal match of the Cup of Ukraine. Alliance leader Yuriy Yaroshenko was pleased with the way his wards trained in Turkey, and the sparring matches played were supposed to help identify vulnerabilities.

Currently, three of our teams are still in Turkey. One of the leaders of group "A", "Veres", after a draw with "Prykarpattia" (1: 1) on March 9 met with Kazakhstan "Akzhayik" and won (2: 0) thanks to accurate shots by Mikhail Shestakov and Yuri Solomka. Another newcomer to Veres was an experienced goalkeeper Bohdan Kohut, who previously played for Lutsk Volyn. But the services of the Senegalese legionnaire Lamine N'Diae, who was under review, head coach Yuri Wirth decided to refuse.

As for the Kalush players, after the loss of Karlslunde from Denmark (0: 2) they parted ways with the Chinese Zhengjiang Greentown (2: 2) and defeated the Academy from the Kyrgyz city of Osh (3: 0). . In the last two sparring matches, the newcomers of the "citizens" were in the spotlight - defender Serhiy Voronin, known for his performances for FC Lviv, and midfielder Roman Tolochko from Karpaty. With its activity in the transfer market, Kalush proves that it is serious about competing for promotion.

In turn, the players of "Dinaz" seem to have taken into account the mistakes made by Kalush in the control match with "Karlslunde" (especially during the insurance at their own goal), and managed to prevail over the Danes thanks to a well-aimed shot by Alexander Apanchuk - 1: 0. Ahead of the team from Vyshgorod sparring with the backup "Astana" and "Kiran", playing in the championship of Kazakhstan.

Dinaz footballers are enriched by international experience. At the training camp in Turkey, they defeated "Karslunde" from Denmark. Photo by dinaz.com.ua

The rest of the domestic teams are preparing for the spring tests at home. The leader of group "B", "VPK-Agro", failed to become the owner of the Unity Cup, losing in the final to fans from Zaporizhia "Motor" - 0: 2. So far, Serhiy Solovyov's wards lack stability, but there is still time to eliminate the shortcomings.

For the second time in recent days, one of the leaders of Group A, Polissya, clarified relations with Chaika (Petropavlivska Borshchahivka). But if Anatoliy Bezsmertny's wards won away - 2: 0, then in Zhytomyr they had one goal to win.

Podillya head coach Vitaliy Kostyshyn, who prefers experienced fighters in his selection work, remains true to himself. Another newcomer to Podolia was stopper Oleksandr Zhdanov, who last fall defended the colors of Metalist 1925.

And the experienced striker Viktor Sakhnyuk has joined Chernivtsi's Bukovyna. This 30-year-old striker had to perform not only in Ukraine, but also in Slovakia, Poland and Armenia. He made his debut for "Bukovyna" in sparring with Kolomyia's "Pokuttya" and with his accurate shot completed the defeat of fans - 4: 0.