The first league. "Karpaty" wants to strengthen with a Brazilian striker, and "Ingulets" has already won the tournament

28.02.2024 14:00

Thanks to two goals scored in the debut, "Bukovyna" turned out to be stronger than "Agrobusiness". Photo FC "Bukovyna"

All masters teams playing under the auspices of the PFL must inform the league management by March 1 whether they will hold spring calendar matches with spectators and how many fans they expect depending on security guarantees. At the moment, the training of first league clubs is in full swing.

The leaders - football players of "Karpat" - after a break of several days, returned to Uzhgorod, where they are holding another training session. Three sparring matches are planned. By the way, the final stage of preparation will be held in Lviv and will end with a control match against the champion of Ukraine, Shakhtar. Green-white player Myron Markevich is looking for reinforcements in the attack line, in particular, negotiations are underway with the Brazilian legionnaire Arielson, who defended the colors of "Polyssia" last fall.

Meanwhile, the closest pursuer of Lviv residents, "Ingulets", already managed to become the winner of the prize tournament of the Poltava Oblast Football Association in February. In the final, Vladyslav Lupashko's wards won against "Kremen" - 3:2, and then won the sparring match against "Chornomorets" - 3:1. As for "Kremen", he rented the goalkeeper of "Veres" Arseniy Korkodym.

"Bukovyna" is finally able to hold a meeting outside Chernivtsi. Now Andrii Melnychuk's wards are stationed near Uzhgorod, where they have already won two victories in control matches: over "Agrobusiness" - 2:0 and "Skala 1911" - 3:1. Goalkeeper Danylo Kanevtsev from Georgian "Dila" and defender Maksym Lopyryonok from "LNZ" joined the ranks of the Bukovyna team.

"Dinaz" is also active in the transfer market, which expects to avoid relegation with the help of experienced recruits. Veterans Andriy Tkachuk and Yaroslav Martyniuk, who were on loan from Metalista 1925, became the next newcomers. In the last sparring match, the team from Vyshhorod won over the leader of the second league, "Zvyagel" - 2:1.

But Zaporizhzhia "Metalurg" lost before the end of the season due to the injury of the main attacker - Ruslan Buryak. Volodymyr Mykytin's wards still haven't decided where they will play their home matches. Priority is given to Horishni Plavni and Dnipro. The metallurgists will play another sparring match on March 2, against Ingulets.

Podillia football players were the last among the first league teams to start training for the spring part of the season. The first winter rookie of the Podolians was the all-rounder Kyrylo Pasichnyk, who previously played for Bukovyna. But in yesterday's sparring with "Viktoria" he did not help to keep the goal intact. Serhiy Kopyl, who was hired by the Sumy residents in "LNZ", tipped the scales in his team's favor with a well-hit shot - 1:0.

Match results and standings of the first league

Distribution of participants after the first stage by "Championship" and "Elimination" groups