First League. Volitional victory of the "Alliance", a surprise in Lutsk and the victory of "Nikolaev" in the southern derby

05.09.2020 23:51

The southern derby in Kherson came to the end with a victory of "Nikolaev". Photo by FC Crystal

Not all first-league teams were able to start in the Ukrainian championship today.

Due to positive tests for coronavirus in "Prykarpattia", "Agribusiness" and "Veres" fights with the participation of these teams were postponed to a later date. The same matches that took place aroused considerable interest, in particular, the southern derby between "Crystal" and "Nikolaev".

Kherson returned to the second strongest division after a long break and wanted to prove the coincidence of this takeoff. But, despite the support of fans who were allowed to be present in the stands, the initiative was taken by more experienced guests, and in the 10th minute Mykolayiv Dmytro Sula managed to score the first goal in the current first league championship. Kherson managed to recover after a break after Ivan Glyvy's shot, however in the 80th minute Bogdan Kushnirenko scored the winning goal for "Nikolaev".

And how not to single out the duel in Sumy between "Alliance" and "VPK-Agro", which have been fighting hard since the performances at the amateur level? By the way, the team from Dnipropetrovsk region is an inconvenient rival for the Alliance. It is recalled that last season Serhiy Solovyov's wards twice overcame the opponent from Lypova Dolyna. It seemed that this tradition would not be broken today, as the visitors' universal Bogdan Shmygelsky managed to score a quick goal in the 11th minute. The hosts made considerable efforts to break, but only in the time compensated before the first half Konstantin Yaroshenko leveled the score. This success gave Yuri Yaroshenko's wards inspiration and confidence in their abilities, and in the second half the Alliance tipped the scales in their favor. At first, VPK-Agro defender Mykhailo Vasyliyev sent the ball into his own net, and soon Mykola Agapov forced the visitors' goalkeeper to surrender once again. The only thing that VPK-Agro footballers managed to do was to reduce the gap to the minimum after Vladislav Gorbachenko's accurate shot. 3: 2.

"Our matches are always held in a stubborn struggle," said the head coach of the "Alliance" Yuri Yaroshenko in a comment to the official website of the UAF. - In my opinion, in the second half our advantage in functional preparation was shown that allowed to seize the initiative. Although I can't say that those players who came on as substitutes at the end of the match strengthened our game. "

And in Kramatorsk they clarified the relations of the team, which significantly updated their ranks. It is not surprising that in the first half the rivals exchanged goals scored by the recruits - Dmytro Pospelov from Odessa and Serhiy Maiboroda from Kramatorsk. The guests tried to make a nice gift to their mentor Serhiy Kovalets, who turned 5 on September 52. And they succeeded. Roman Yalovenko scored the winning goal in the middle of the second half.

Quite unexpectedly, the events unfolded in the match in Lutsk, where "Volyn" hosted "Flint". Vasyl Sachko, the new manager of Luhansk, did not hide that the team has a task to rise in the class. But even before the break, the guests, led by another well-known specialist in the off-season, Oleksandr Golovko, twice forced the hosts to start from the center of the field after the shots of Oleg Borodai and Bohdan Bychkov. In the 56th minute, Oleksandr Bondarenko converted a penalty, and the intrigue returned. However, soon everything was ruined by Anton Yevdokimov from Volyn, who was removed from the field. The guests began to control the ball again and still brought the case to victory.

Saturday's program ended with a match in Kharkiv, where Metalist 1925 hosted Ternopil's Niva. It is recalled that three years ago the Kharkiv club made its debut in the professional arena by confronting Niva in the Ukrainian Cup. Then in a series of post-match penalties Ternopil won. Today Kharkiv residents failed to take revenge. They took the lead in the 23rd minute after a strike by legionnaire Lucas, but it did not derail the guests: at the end of the first half Dmitry Skakun set the final score - 1: 1.

First League. Round 1

05.09.2020

"Agribusiness" - "Polissya" - postponed

"Girnyk-Sport" - "Prykarpattya" - postponed

"Obolon" - "Heather" - postponed

"Crystal" - "Nikolaev" - 1: 2

"Alliance" - "VPK-Agro" - 3: 2

Avangard - Chornomorets - 1: 2

"Volyn" - "Flint" - 2: 3

"Metalist 1925" - "Niva" T - 1: 1