Cup of Ukraine. "Volyn" in the experimental composition is inferior to "Prykarpattia", "Veres" on the road defeats "Alliance"

16.09.2020 23:28

The leader of Group A of the second division, Uzhhorod, gave battle to the first-league Agribusiness, but was forced to give up. Photo by Transcarpathian AF

The leading teams of the first league also took part in the second preliminary stage of the Ukrainian Cup, but the ambitious Volyn had to go the distance after the defeat by Prykarpattia.

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In fairness, Lutsk performed without several key performers. It is interesting that Rostyslav Voloshinovych and Yaroslav Konkilnyak, who played for Volyn last season, were in the starting lineup of Prykarpattia, but Konkilnyak was injured in the warm-up and had to urgently look for a replacement. Ruslan Mostovyi, the new manager of Prykarpattia, who previously headed the youth team of Volyn, also knew the possibilities of the hosts well. The fate of a tense match was decided by a penalty kick taken at the end of the first half by Roman Barchuk from Ivano-Frankivsk.

"Volyn has enough tall players, so I first of all set the wards to be ready for a tough fight on the second floor," Ruslan Mostovy said in a comment to the official website of the UAF. - I also asked the guys to act compactly and not allow the hosts to make targeted transfers. The team fulfilled this attitude to the game, and I am satisfied with my dedication. "

In several more confrontations, the draw brought together the first-league teams, and after a stubborn struggle they were forced to say goodbye to the cup hopes of "Chernomorets", "Flint", "Obolon" and "Alliance". In particular, Odessa in the southern derby conceded to geographical neighbors from Nikolaev. Before the break, the mood of the guests was spoiled by the goal scorer "citizens" Vadym Yavorsky. In the second half, the "sailors" tried to escape defeat, but the wards of Ilya Bliznyuk skillfully pressed, making it difficult for "Chernomorets" to find free zones, and managed to celebrate the victory - 1: 0.

"Nikolaev", having snatched a victory from "Chernomorets" in a southern derby, continues fight for a trophy. Photo of FC "Nikolaev"

A rather unexpected result was recorded in Sumy, where the Alliance hosted Veres. In the second half, the visitors forced the hosts to start three times from the center of the field, and kept their goal intact.

"In preparation for the season, we lost to the Alliance in sparring," said Veres head coach Yuri Wirth in a comment to the UAF's official website, "but we worked hard to correct the mistakes, were more motivated, and it showed." Both teams were looking for the shortest way to the goal, but it felt like the winner would be the one who opened the scoring. I was pleasantly surprised by the high realization of goal moments by my wards. "