Second League. At the forefront are a trio of debutants and Karpaty from Halych

31.07.2021 21:41

Tavriya won a strong-willed victory over Energia and established itself among the leaders of Group B. Photo by FC Tavriya

The second round of the second league championship started on July 30 with a confrontation in Maryanivka, where Tavriya hosted Energia. These teams know each other well, because before they even held a joint training meeting in Nova Kakhovka'clarified relations in sparring, exchanged players.

That is why the rivals did not spend time on reconnaissance. Already in the middle of the first half Yaroslav Terekhov from "Energy" brought his team forward. The hosts added momentum before the break, and Andriy Barladim leveled the score. And the second half was for Serhiy Puchkov's wards, who forced the guests to start from the center of the field three times thanks to accurate shots by Oleksiy Boyko, Mykhailo Kryvych and Valery Dol. Then - 4: 1 in favor of "Tavria", which topped the standings in group "B".

But today "Poltava" defeated "Victory" with a score of 1: 0 (Dmitry Kopytov scored) and was ahead of "Tavria". Volodymyr Sysenko's wards are the only ones in this group who have not yet suffered points losses.

And the leader of group "A", "Karpaty" from Halych, at the "Rukh" stadium in Ivano-Frankivsk hosted "Chaika" today. The fate of the tense confrontation was decided by a goal scored in the 77th minute by Galician Oleg Bereza. 1: 0.

The central match took place in Kyiv, where the Left Bank met with the Epicenter, which does not hide its intentions to rise in the class. In the 39th minute, Kyiv resident Andriy Zaporozhyan forced the visitors' goalkeeper to capitulate. And at the end of the match, the hosts brought the case to defeat after the shots of Oleg Karamushka, Andriy Spivakov and Viktor Berk. 4: 0.

The renewed Karpaty from Lviv also played their first match in the second league, beating Rubicon 3-0. The double was designed by Alexander Dudarenko.

Another debutant, Munkach, who snatched the victory in Bukovyna in Chernivtsi thanks to the decisive goal of Maksym Hirny in the 87th minute - 1: 0 in favor of the guests, is without losses.

Group "A". Technical data and standings

Group "B". Technical data and standings