First League. "Minai" came close to "Ingulets", and "Metallurg" won an important strong-willed victory

24.07.2020 23:02

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In the 26th round of the first league, Ingulets was unable to beat Chornomorets, and Minai took the chance to get one point closer to the leader. 

In the 26th round of the first league, the winning move of Ingulets players was interrupted by Chornomorets. The match ended in a draw, and in terms of the number of moments created, it was the people of Odessa who were closer to tilting the scales to their side. In particular, the universal of the guests Denis Yanakov in the 63rd minute was face to face with the home goalkeeper Bohdan Shust, but lost this duel. As for the leader of the scoring race, Ingulets forward Nika Sitchinava, he had to leave the field without his goal. In his performance, I remember only a blow through himself (in a similar style, he scored recently in Lutsk), but the goalkeeper of the "sailors" Alexei Palamarchuk was on the spot.

"Opponents did not sit in defense, and I am convinced that those fans who watched the events in Petrovo, were satisfied, - said after the final whistle, the head coach of" Chernomorets "Sergei Kovalets. - Playing with a team that sets ambitious goals is always interesting, and it is a great stimulus. My wards managed to give a fight to Ingulets. It's a pity that we missed three goal moments, but a draw with the leader away is a good result… »

Minai immediately took advantage of the loss of points to Ingults, who defeated Cherkasy region 6: 2 away and came close to Serhiy Lavrynenko's charges. 

We will also pay tribute to Metalurh's footballers, who in a spectacular confrontation won a strong-willed victory over a strong middle-class player, Avangard.

"For us now, every point is worth its weight in gold," said Oleksiy Godin, the leader of the Zaporizhzhya team. - That's why we tried to thoroughly study the game of Kramators, their sharp attacking actions on the flanks, the ability to use different gears. It was important to play safely on the hedge, not to give guests space and to counterattack quickly at the slightest opportunity. The guys have completely completed the installation, and this victory allows us to continue the struggle to maintain a residence permit in the first division. "

Today's fights also took place in an interesting struggle. Of course, first of all, the attention of fans was focused on Vynnyky, where "Agribusiness" hosted a neighbor on the standings - "Volyn".

The debut was for Podolians, who, thanks to the efforts of Serhiy Semenyuk and Mykola Kohut, twice forced Lutsk to start from the center of the field. All attempts of "Volyn" in the second half to seize the initiative were in vain. Moreover, in the 82nd minute Ruslan Chernenko brought the case to defeat - 3: 0.

At Metalist 1925, after a series of setbacks, manager Andriy Demchenko was forced to resign, and in the match against Prykarpattia, Vyacheslav Khruslov, the sports director, acted as head coach. Ivano-Frankivsk scored a quick ball thanks to a shot by Roman Kuzmin, but it did not derail Slobozhany, who took a penalty before the break and equalized, and at the end of the match snatched the victory.

In Lviv, Rukh beat Girnyk-Sport in a hard fight and approached the pedestal of honor.

Ukrainian Championship. First League. Round 26

23.07. 2020

"Cherkasy" - "Pass" - 2: 6

Ingulets - Chornomorets - 0: 0

Metalurg - Avangard - 3: 1

24.07.2020

"Balkans" - "Nikolaev" - 1: 3

"Flint" - "Obolon-Brovar" - 1: 0

"Agribusiness" - "Volyn" - 3: 0

"Metalist 1925" - "Prykarpattia" - 3: 1

Rukh - Pitman-Sport - 2: 1

Standings