Makhnev, Mishurenko, Budkovsky and the entire team of the 9th round of the First League

Game program of the 9th round (video report here)

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

Goalkeeper – Oleg Kudryk (Polesie)

Another high-quality match of the goalkeeper of the leading team of Group A. Moreover, as for the grand of the First League, Polesie leaves a lot of work for his goalkeeper. Kudryk bailed out three times after Gorny’s sharp attacks, reacted to blows from set pieces, dangerous feeds, even clean one-on-one exits. Oleg’s “dry” streak has already reached 580 minutes – if another full match continues, this will be the best stretch without conceded goals in the last five seasons.

• Best in Group “B”: Nazar Baida (Metallurgist)

Right back – Mykola Sirash (FC Chernihiv)

Not the first round draws the attention of Sirash – a hard-working flank defender, diligently covering all the space on his edge. In the match against Gornyak-Sport, Mykola worked reliably on defense, although the guests have traditionally fast and skillful players on the flank, and also scored the winning goal. It was Sirash who successfully joined the attack, completing the combination with the participation of Vovk and Maxim Serdyuk with an accurate blow. This goal gave the Tigers their first strong-willed victory in the division.

• Best in Group “A”: Evgeny Morozko (Polissya)

Central defender – Andrey Nesterov (Polesie)

Nesterov only in the last round returned from an injury, due to which he missed almost the entire first round, and immediately scored a goal. Now Andriy gave a magnificent long assist to Yanakov and now played the full match, successfully replacing Gitchenko in defense paired with newcomer Chervak. The fact that the magnificent Kudryk has not missed more than six matches is a great contribution of the defenders

• Best in Group “B”: Vadim Taranushich (SC Poltava)

Central defender – Dmitry Makhnev (Carpathians)

For the first time in the season, Makhnev came on as a substitute, in the last rounds he was hard pressed by several blunders. Nevertheless, in a difficult match against Ternopil in half an hour on the field, Dmitry managed to help improve the game in defense, and most importantly, he immediately began to connect to set pieces. In stoppage time of the second half, he played great positionally and scored the winning goal with a header against Niva, which secured Karpaty in second place (Epicenter could have displaced Lviv for several rounds in a row, but lost in Zhytomyr).

• Best in Group “B”: Oleg Tarasenko (LNZ Cherkasy)

Left back – Denys Ryaboy (Bukovina)

He worked quite seriously on his flank, where he had high-quality opposition and a serious confrontation with Dinaz. He supplied the attack with passes from the game and set pieces, in particular, Prokopchuk, Stolyar and Palahnyuk could score after his corners. Denis Ryaboy is forced to close this position, however, it seems, as in the case of the newly-minted right-back Gakman, the coaching staff managed to find a non-trivial solution to the personnel problem.

• Best in Group “B”: Davronbek Azizov (Flint)

Central midfielder – Ambrosiy Chachua (Karpaty)

The middle line of Lviv is the decoration of this team, here the players are selected at the same time high-class and hardworking, which always gives Karpaty an advantage in midfield. We are talking, in particular, about Chachua – he worked qualitatively on the central springboard, fulfilled most of the standards for his working leg and gave out a number of passes for aggravation. It was Ambrose who assisted Kozhanov and Taranukha in moments when they were supposed to score from the game. Even earlier, after his corner, Duts was supposed to score, but in the end Makhnev closed the serve and brought victory to the “lions” with the assistance of Ambrosy.

• Best in Group “B”: Sergey Karetnik (SC Poltava)

Right midfielder – Ivan Tishchenko (LNZ Cherkasy)

Zaporizhzhya kept an acceptable draw in Cherkassy for a long time, and their young goalkeeper caught such courage that it seemed that Metallurg would not finish LNZ. But the coaching staff successfully carried out substitutions and, with the support of Khamelyuk and Tyapkin, the team managed to score the winning goal. We note the insider Tishchenko, who played exceptionally productively on the attack. Ivan dispersed several high-speed combinations at once, which were supposed to end with goals by Zamurenko and Kopyl, he could score himself – earlier. Already in injury time, Tishchenko successfully responded to a flank pass, and this goal brought a strategically important victory to LNZ (after all, Obolon lost in Poltava).

• Best in Group “A”: Artem Kozak (Polesie)

Attacking midfielder Dmitry Shcherbak (SC Poltava)

The leader of the attacks of the Poltava townspeople was a direct participant in most of the sharp combinations of his team in the match against the leader. Back in the first half, Shcherbak scored the ball into the goal, but the referee did not count the goal from the rebound after Kopytov’s kick due to offside. At the end of the match, Dmitry could put the hosts ahead, but already in stoppage time of the second half, a cool volley after Bychkov’s flank serve brought victory over Obolon.

• Best in Group “A”: Ivan Sondey (Prykarpattya)

Left midfielder – Jan Kostenko (SK Poltava)

An undoubted talent, this young winger has also had opportunities to score in previous matches. However, it was in an important match with the leader of the group that Kostenko was able to realize his plans, with a cunning blow in opposition to the goalkeeper, closing Kopytov’s cross. This goal already in the 4th minute gave the hosts an advantage in the score, which, together with a strong collective game and an unusual surface for Obolon, ruined the plans of the Kiev team for this trip. In the future, Jan participated in high-speed combinations and punched Fedorivsky’s goal more. It was difficult for the Obolonians to keep this fast, sharp player without a foul.

• Best in Group “A”: Bogdan Gora (FSK Mariupol)

Forward – Alexander Mishurenko (Skoruk)

Two goals and an assist – again we celebrate the experienced striker Skoruk. Mishurenko equalized with a penalty kick, played a free kick, assisting Shapovalov with a lightning-fast pass, and also closed Shmigelsky’s flank pass in the fall. Oleksandr is now leading in the table of the most accurate in Group B, second only to Budkovsky in the entire First League in terms of the total number of goals and the “goal + pass” indicator. An effective draw in the minority on only a conditionally home field is an achievement for Skoruk.

• Best in Group “A”: Vasily Palahniuk (Bukovina)

Forward – Philip Budkovsky (Polesye)

Another strong match from a player who is called the most expensive player in the First League by specialized resources. Budkovsky himself twice scored against Epicenter, one of the main competitors in the fight for promotion, and also imposed a fight on the opponent at the moment when Nesterov’s long assist was passing to Yanakov (the third effective combination). “King of the Air” set an unprecedented standard for the First League of the last decade on horseback wrestling.

• Best in Group “B”: Alexander Vivdich (Kremein)

Obolon is the leader and one of the favorites of the tournament, however, in the Poltava region, it suffered its second defeat of the season. Tournament debutant – SC Poltava – played as tightly and compactly as possible, brilliantly used a quick transition from defense to attack and an advantage in space. Thanks to sharp flank attacks, the home team scored both goals, and the artificial field did not interfere with their combinational work. The victory over the leader allowed SK Poltava to leave the last place.

Analysis from the All-Ukrainian Association of Football Coaches – here.

This is a great tour for the players who came on as substitutes – Lviv resident Makhnev is generally the hero of the tour with his winning goal at the price of second place, Khamelyuk and Tyapkin perfectly strengthened the LNZ, Yanakov scored the third (final) goal from Polesie, and Poltava Bychkov gave a decisive assists Our laureate saved his team from defeat in Uman, because before the protracted air raid Skoruk led the score – and it was Bondar who scored from Matveev’s pass in the second half.

Sport Arena stats: 2 league matches, 1 goal.

The 19-year-old winger finally opened the scoring with his goals in the First League (and he had such moments in almost every previous match), but even this is not the main thing. Kostenko is bold in one-on-one play, easily covers the space and has the makings of further progress. This makes Yan one of the most promising players in the PFL competition, but this status must be justified by such matches – with goals, assists, specific effective actions.

Sport Arena stats: 8 matches in the championship, 1 goal.

The reporting round poses difficult tasks for us: try it – choose the best goal if we had such gorgeous goals as a luxurious free kick from Chernenko from Obolonka or a spectacular throw from Kremenchuzhan Bondar. However, the First League has not yet accustomed us to heads with the fifth point, but will soon accustom us – after all, besides our laureate, by some miracle Poltava player Streltsov did not hit the goal with a heel kick (this is a goal that did not take place!). Quoting the report: “It seemed that Shinkarenko got into a stalemate on the right flank, but managed to connect Pidruchny, whose mid-height serve Vladislav Gorbachenko somehow managed to close with a fifth or even fifth point – 0:1 in the 7th minute. A debut goal for the Pitmen’s rookie forward – and just like that!”.

Goal can be seen on video from 0:59

Read later on our website an interview with the player who scored the winning goal in the Ternopil Niva derby at the very end of the match after coming on as a substitute.

Sport Arena stats: 8 league matches, 1 goal.

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

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