вся збірна 8-го туру першого етапу Першої ліги

Game program of the 8th round (video report here)

About the best personalities and the main figures of the tour – here.

Vorotor – Anton Yashkov (FC Kudrivka)

The match of the highest responsibility was played by the experienced Yashkov. There was no way to hit the dirt with your face in the debut match of “Kudrivka-Arena” in the First League, no one would understand the defeat and the large number of missed goals. And the home team’s opponent was one of the most well-equipped clubs in the season! Yashkov did not save when Yurchenko scored from close range (he actually fell with the ball over the line, dropped it), but he helped out in other moments. He drew a free kick from the same Yurchenko, as well as shots from dangerous positions by Bugai and Kalitvyntsev. Frankly speaking, now the Kharkiv team is gradually gaining momentum and form, and to escape defeat with them is already an achievement, unlike in the summer, when the team was still coyote and tossed from side to side.

• Best in Group A: Roman Pidkivka (Agribusiness)

Pravy defender – Petro Lutsiv (Metallist)

I will say right away that in any other round I would have been in the symbolic national team Ivan Gavrushko from Agrobusiness – he actually scored the winning goal, dangerously scored more and was very active. But what Lutsiv produced… In his previous teams, he played a striker, well, hey, a wing midfielder. However, the experience of playing in defense remained with Peter somewhere deep in his youth. And then I had to play against FC Minai as a right defender – and how did Lutsiv play! Scored twice (from the game and on the finish after a missed penalty) and provided a great assist for Chidomere. A top performance from P. Lutsiv – we can only imagine what the Kharkiv team lacks, if we remember how Petro and Vasyl played in the attack of FC Khust. May the brother return to the game as soon as possible!

• Best in Group B: Ivan Palamarchuk (Flint)

Itcentral defender – Dmytro Makhnev (Yuksa)

In case of victory, Yuksa could lead the table of Group B for the first time in the season, but Metalurg, despite all its personnel losses, led the score most of the time and was close to a sensational victory over the opponent, to which it was inferior in the score until the hot end of the match. Makhnev, playing a defender, was one of those who led the “crusaders” forward against all circumstances. He repeatedly connected to other people’s goals, scored three times, and in the end, after a late penalty, Castro brought a willful victory to the guests.

• Best in Group A: Oleg Veremienko (Podillia)

Itcentral defender – Dmitry Sabiev (Flint)

The 20-year-old defender of Kremen has formed a stable relationship with Dykhtyarukom – the leader of the reserve team last season. Being one of the youngest teams in the division, Klymovskyi’s wards could not win to zero for a long time. But in Demydov, in the Kyiv region, they managed not only to keep the gates locked, but also to level the trump card of their direct competitor in the fight for survival, winning a decisive victory. In particular, Sabiev won most of his single combats, he won more than ten goals on interceptions and rebounds. Sometimes he even played excessively boldly, throwing himself forward, but in the end he won his duel with Novikov and coped with Kulik, who looked good in the previous rounds with his sharp shifts from the right flank.

• Best in Group A: Roman Bely (Agribusiness)

Leedefender – Andriy Dedyaev (YUKSA)

The left flank worked well in the Yuksa and created many problems for the Zaporozhians. Specifically, Dedyaev, who for some time played for the powerful amateur club Motor in this city, had the courage to play a powerful game on the wing. Andrii made many passes with the delivery of the ball to the front line. It was from his wing pass that Debelko equalized, which was one of the key elements of the strong-willed victory of the “Crusaders” over Metalurg. Which, by the way, for a day brought Yuksa to the first place in the Eastern group.

• Best in Group A: Daniel Onyebuchi Vernattus (Metalist)

Itcentral midfielder – Dmytro Plakhtyr (SC Poltava)

Plakhtyr plays an increasingly important role in the midfield of the Poltava team. This time, he served well both in the construction of attacks from the depth of the field and in creating a direct threat to the goal of FSK Mariupol. Dmytro could open the score with a free kick (he took several of them, quite dangerously). Instead, Plakhtyr understood the intention of his partners and supported the attack in the 32nd minute, stepped forward to Odaryuk’s cross pass and shot the goal from the line of the penalty area from an awkward position. Opening the score after half an hour of hard attempts and attacks was the key action of the game that returned SC Poltava to the lead.

• Best in Group A: Denys Pidruchny (Metalist)

Pravy midfielder – Dmytro Kasimov (Agribusiness)

Kasimov’s second round in a row. In the previous game, coming on as a substitute, he assisted on Tolochka’s winning goal in Ternopil. Now I worked diligently for the match against Epicenter, by the way, it is central in the reporting round for the Western group and the championship as a whole. In a pair with Havrushka, he did a good job tearing up the left side of the guests’ defense (especially, of course, before the break) and opened the score by playing on an interception, passing the ball and, not finding other options, well executing a productive shot with his left foot.

• Best in Group B: Volodymyr Odaryuk (SC Poltava)

Atholding midfielder – Vladlen Yurchenko (Metalist 1925)

Yurchenko scores for the fourth round in a row. At a high level, he finds opportunities to take advantage of his opportunities, moreover, he scores in different styles and in different game situations. In Kudrivka, he could open the scoring with a direct kick from a free kick, gave many promising passes, but in the end scored in a difficult game situation. His teammate Bugai was surrounded and Vladlen actually caught the ball from him and scored from close range. The ball passed within the goalkeeper’s reach, he even touched it with his hands, but it was difficult to parry the shot from such a distance – both because of the short reaction time and because of Yurchenko’s performance, who scored while being near the goal line.

• Best in Group A: Alex Chidomere (Metalist)

Lee2nd midfielder – Volodymyr Tanchyk (Epicenter)

It doesn’t happen that often: the team lost, but its representative deserves a place in the national tour. Tanchyk was active against Agrobusiness: he switched zones with Protsiv, started on the left, and after replacing Zaporozhets with Bandera, moved to the right. He was noted for his bright speed data, thanks to which he was always one step ahead of his rivals. He could have scored in the first half, when Pidkivka covered his shot-cross, and after the break, after processing a timely pass from Myronyuk, he put the ball under his left foot and made a well-aimed shot with a rebound from the goal frame. This goal brought intrigue back into the match. If the rookie continues to play like this, Epicenter will get such a reinforcement of the attack group, which it has long needed (after the departure of Sten and the injury of Lyashenko).

• Best in Group B: Dmytro Korkishko (FC Kudrivka)

Onpadnyk – Myroslav Trofimyuk (Kremin)

Dinaz has a selection of experienced players who should create problems for the youth of Kremenchug (and there is not a single player born before 2000 in the guest application). Instead, the same Trofymiuk played great both in space and in the penalty area, not noticing any obstacles. It was he who opened the score in the debut (in the 7th minute) with a masterful header from Palamarchuk’s pass, and in the future he was not excluded from the game and in the second half he scored twice more, not without danger, through the home team’s goal. His goal helped the Kremenchug team win the first victory of the new season and immediately leave the last place in the eastern group.

• Best in Group A: Danylo Kaidalov (Metalist)

Onpadnik – Vadym Shavrin (Podillia)

The experienced scorer joined the Khmelnytskyi team after Viktoria and did not require much time to warm up: he opened the scoring with his goals less than a month after joining the team, and in September he played and scored three goals in less than a month. In the match against Ternopil, who resisted well, it was Shavrin’s experience and scoring sense that played their role. He advanced more than once to flank passes, so in the end he waited for Hemega’s cross, hovered and headed the ball into the goal. He could not have limited himself to one goal if Orobets had assessed the situation at the end and passed him to the left for a shot. Important three points for Podillia, which spoiled Virtu’s debut in a new team.

• Best in Group B: Roman Debelko (YUKSA)

Coach of the tour – Andriy Anishchenko (Metalist)

After relegation from the UPL, FC Minay has undoubtedly lost a number of leaders, but in general it is a fighting team and, as for the composition of the championship participants, it may well be considered the favorite of the competition. Against the background of the opponent, Metalist, with a transfer ban, only a few experienced players and no opportunity to strengthen, looked doomed in this match. However, in reality, Anishchenko made a masterful selection of players, and P. Lutsiv scored two goals from the position of the right defender and gave an assist to Chidomer, who is just gaining optimal form after a serious injury. A crushing victory over the people of Minas Gerais is a milestone achievement, first of all, for the young talents of Kharkiv. After all, 11 football players at the age of 21 and younger are currently playing for Metalist, including a 16-year-old football player born in 2008.

Joker of the tour – Artem Legostaev (FC Kudrivka)

This is a top tour for “jokers”. Alex Chidomere scored Metalist’s third goal against Minas Gerais, Artem Perebora from Poltava became the co-author of his team’s third goal in the game with Mariupol (scored a corner to Mysyura), Roman Debelko scored the decisive goal of Yuksa in Zaporizhzhia (equalized the score). But if we talk about the “joker” effect, then it is definitely Legostaev. In the final attack, on the final standard, Artem awaited the rebound and equalized the score. FC Kudrivka fought back – and the final whistle was blown immediately. In fact, Metalist 1925 was 20 seconds short of victory.

• SportArena.com Stats: 8 matches in the championship, 1 goal.

The best young player of the tour – Myroslav Trofimyuk (Kremin)

Over the past few years, the Kremenchug club has trained, but also lost, a number of young attackers – Vyvdych, Galata, Kucherenko. It is very important that, under such circumstances, the attacker with the school of Dnipro and Shakhtar – 23-year-old Trofymyuk – is revealing himself well. At one time, as part of FC Mariupol, he even managed to make his debut in the UPL, and now he is the main attacker of Kremen. In the crucial match against Dinaz, Myroslav scored three times on the home team’s goal and in the end became the author of the only goal in the match. The importance of this victory is difficult to overestimate, so there is hope that Trofimyuk, together with Molko, Rokotiansky, Matus, Sabiev and other talents of Klimovsky, will continue to progress.

• SportArena.com Stats: 6 matches in the championship, 2 goals, 1 assist.

Goal of the tour – Volodymyr Tanchyk (Epicenter → Agribusiness)

Many interesting and remarkable things were scored in this tour. Nice headed goal by Shavrin from Podolyan. A delicious shot from Zaporozhye Bandurin. Goals by Kasimov and Tanchik in the match between Agrobusiness and Epicenter. What should we choose? For the second round in a row, we nominate a goal from a match with the participation of Volochyshchyna – but this time not in their performance, but in their goal. We quote the report: “after the break, taking advantage of Myronyuk’s wonderful pass, Volodymyr faked the ball in the penalty area and curled it into the back nine with his left foot. The ball flew into the goal from the post – 2:1. This is the debut goal for the former winger of Sevastopol, Metalist, Dnipro-1 and a number of other top-level clubs!”.

The goal can be seen in the video from 2:55

Hero of the tour – Petro Lutsiv (Metalist)

Read later on our website an interview with the player who scored twice for Minaya and provided another goal assist.

• SportArena.com Stats: 6 matches in the championship, 2 goals, 3 assists.

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ALL THE BEST ON THE TOUR: goalkeeper, joker, young player, scorer – in one article. On our website – individual nominations in the First League and numbers of the tour!

PS When preparing the material, photos from the clubs’ official resources were used. The material is written by the author in Ukrainian.