First League. 25 footballers fell ill in Prykarpattia, and Chornomorets counted on only 13 players

20.11.2020 18:36

VPK-Agro footballers won an important victory in Kherson, which allowed them to leave the relegation zone. Photo by FC Crystal

It seemed that in the 14th round of the first league championship of Ukraine all matches will take place. However, on the eve of the match between Volyn and Prykarpattia, an outbreak of coronavirus occurred in the Ivano-Frankivsk team. Positive tests were passed by 25 players at once, and the PFL had to make urgent adjustments.

And then the disappointing news came from the camp of "Chernomorets", where eight football players found themselves in self-isolation, and therefore only 13 Odessa players went to Sumy to confront the "Alliance". The debut of the match was for the sailors, Artur Avagimyan could have put his team ahead in the 17th minute, but he did not take a penalty. Gradually the game leveled off, goal moments began to appear at the gates of the guests. However, the account was not opened before the break. In the second half, all efforts of opponents to hit the target were in vain, and they had no choice but to sign a peace agreement. 0: 0.

In general, the reporting tour was dictated by the guests, who celebrated five victories at once! The most dramatic events unfolded in Horishni Plavny, where Girnyk-Sport hosted Obolon. In the middle of the first half, Kyiv resident Maksym Pokotilyuk forced the home goalkeeper to capitulate. However, after the blows of Dmytro Semeniv in the 57th minute and Yuriy Batiushin in the 80th, Girnyk-Sport was already ahead - 2: 1. We should pay tribute to the helmsman of the brewers Pavel Yakovenko, who guessed with the replacement: Oleksiy Shchebetun made a double within two minutes. Kyiv returns home with a very important three points.

Quite unexpectedly, Metalist 1925 lost to Kremen at home and significantly worsened their chances of promotion.

And the honor of the teams that played at home was best defended by "Agribusiness", which methodically shook the defensive order of the neighbors from Ternopil and recorded in its assets a spectacular victory. Ruslan Chernenko once excelled, leading the top scorer with eight goals.

First League. 14 round

20.11.2020

"Volyn" - "Prykarpattya" - did not take place

"Agribusiness" - "Niva" - 4: 0

"Crystal" - "VPK-Agro" - 1: 2

Avangard - Veres - 1: 2

"Miner-Sport" - "Obolon" - 2: 3

Polissya - Mykolayiv - 1: 3

"Metalist 1925" - "Flint" - 0: 1

"Alliance" - "Chernomorets" - 0: 0

Standings