First League. Efficiency of the Movement, disappointment of Volhynia and Kremin and force majeure of Avangard and Agribusiness

15.03.2020 20:06

In the final sparring before the spring part of the season, the players of Metalist 1925 gave way to Miner-Sport - 1: 2. Photo by metalist1925.com

All the domestic first-team teams that spent the final period of preparation for the spring season in Turkey returned home.

At the end of the training camp in Belek, the football players of Lviv's Rukh entertained their fans. Suffice it to say that in the last sparring, the leaders of the first division did not score less than three goals: first they defeated one of the pursuers, Lutsk "Volyn" - 3: 1, and then declassified "Prykarpattia" - 3: 0. In fairness, it should be said that the Ivano-Frankivsk people resisted stubbornly, and the people of Lviv finally tilted the scales to their side only at the end of the confrontation.

On a major note, the Rukh players, who defeated Prykarpattia 3-0, finished the training camp in Turkey. Photo by fcrukh.com

Instead, Volyn's footballers in Turkey never celebrated a single victory. Before returning to Lutsk, they also lost to Belarusian Slavia - 0: 1. First of all, it was obvious that Andriy Tlumak's wards were insecure in the final stage of the attacks. It remains to be patient and see if the people of Volyn will be able to settle things directly in the championship.

And two more representatives of Ukraine clarified relations in Turkey - "Vanguard" and "Agribusiness". By the way, this sparring was not planned, but the rivals of our compatriots from Norway suddenly refused to go on the field, and had to make urgent adjustments. The first half passed with the advantage of Podolia, who went to the break with a comfortable advantage in the score - 2: 0. But this did not derail the avant-garde, and they managed to escape defeat - 2: 2.

But the Obolon-Brovar players played two control matches on the eve of their return home. First, they defeated their compatriots from Zaporizhzhya "Metallurg" - 1: 0, and then with the same score lost to "Kiran" from Kazakhstan. So far, the "brewers" have problems in the attack.

As for the Zaporozhians, in Turkey they also defeated SDYUSHOR № 8 from Kazakhstan (2: 0) and parted ways with the Nigerian IMF (3: 3) and the Chinese Chanchun Yatai (0: 0).

Only Cherkasy region played its second sparring this year, losing to second-division Niva from Vinnytsia in Vyshhorod - 1: 2. Bohdan Kovalenko from Odesa's Chornomorets and Dmytro Rozhko from Khmelnytskyi's Podillya joined the ranks of Cherkasy residents. It seems that the players from Cherkasy will acquire the necessary playing conditions directly in the official matches.

On a minor note, the players of Kremen ended the preparatory period, as they lost to Girnyk from Kryvyi Rih - 0: 3. After the final whistle, Kremeny's manager Serhiy Svistun succinctly assessed the actions of his wards: "They don't play football while standing." Probably, the team will draw the right conclusions from this failure, otherwise it will not avoid relegation.