Premier League: the first friendly matches during the forced intermission

25.05.2020 13:35

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In preparation for the resumption of the UPL championship, which was interrupted by the coronavirus epidemic, most teams in the elite division held their first control matches last weekend.

On May 24, the first control match after a long break was played by the national champion Shakhtar. On the field of the training complex in Sviatoshyn, the miners hosted the leader of the first league - Lviv "Rukh". Luis Castro's charges sent four goals to the visitors' goal, conceding one (4: 1). It should be noted that representatives of the national team of Ukraine - Pyatov, Bolbat, Kryvtsov, Matvienko, Stepanenko, Kovalenko, Marlos, Konoplyanka and Moraes - came on the field as part of Donetsk.

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A few days before Shakhtar's match with the same Rukh, Kyiv's Kyiv team also played. "Динамо". The wards of Oleksiy Mykhailychenko and Yuriy Bakalov did not score goals - 0: 0. We will add that in this match white-blue involved several players of the national team of Ukraine (Mykolenko, Shabanov, Karavayev, Sidorchuk, Buyalsky, Shepelev), but at the same time candidates for a national team - Victor Tsygankov, Nikita Burda and Nikolay Shaparenko got to hospital. . Georgy Tsitaishvili, who has cervical myositis, needs another week to recover.

Luganska Zorya Lugansk, having started training after quarantine, continued agreements with two performers - Dmytro Khomchenovsky and Vitaliy Vernydub. At the same time, Viktor Skrypnyk decided to refuse the services of Brazilian Lazio.

Desna Chernihiv over the weekend I visited the training base of FC "Obolon-Brovar" in Bucha, Kyiv region. There, Oleksandr Ryabokon's wards sparred with the Brewers, beating them 4-1. In turn Kolos conceded to Donetsk "Olympic" - 1: 2.

Before «Alexandria » visited last weekend Vorskla. The teams only get in shape after the quarantine, but showed a productive game - 4: 2 in favor of the hosts.

FC "Lviv" in order to get playing practice, he went to the Transcarpathian region, where he met in a control match with "Minay". Renan Oliveira (85: 3) brought victory to Lviv in the 2th minute.