Sukhoruchko, Khoma, Podlepenets, Batalsky, Riznyk and the entire team of the 12th round of the first stage of the First League

Game program of the 12th round (video report here)

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

Goalkeeper – Yaroslav Protsenko (Gornyak-Sport)

Gornyak-Sport won the second match in a row, keeping a clean sheet for the third time this season. The hosts’ goalkeeper Protsenko played strongly against the Metallurg team, which has good attacking potential and a selection of good players. Yaroslav repelled the attacks of the Cossacks eight times, including quite dangerous ones. The leading players of the guests – Seitkhalilov, Belotserkovets, Sad – fired from different distances, but Yaroslav played well on the line and showed a good, lightning-fast reaction.

• Best in Group A: Maxim Mekhanov (Nyva Ternopil)

Etcavy defender – Denis Ryaby (Bukovina)

Among the right-backs of the reporting round, Chernivtsi fullback Ryaby stands out. In Transcarpathia, he played a rather bright match, not only working well in tackling and interceptions, but also achieving a complete advantage along the length of his flank. Shot twice on goal for FC Khust. He did a good passing job, both at short and long range. The flanks with the Ryaby brothers, Faraseenko and Danilyuk played well against an opponent who has many fast players.

• Best in Group B: Peter Kharzhevsky (FSK Mariupol)

Tsecentral defender – Alexander Tsybulnik (Podolia)

League One is rich in hard-working and well-trained defenders, but we note the defensive player who is forced to occupy a place in the center of defense. However, Tsybulnik, a graduate of Metalist and Dynamo, does this very well. In the match against fellow Kharkovites, which was important for Podolia, Alexander performed an impressive amount of work on interceptions and tackles, played well in single combats, and also made few mistakes both in actions in general and in passes in particular.

• Best in Group B: Eugene Freezing (Gornyak-Sport)

TseCentral defender – Stanislav-Nuri Malysh (Ingulets)

Not for the first time this season, the defenders help the leader of Group B at the opposing goal: Malysh opened the scoring, and Shershen played a key role in earning a penalty. Stanislav-Nuri is our winner for playing defense. There are many useful actions, interrupted attacks of opponents, and convincing individual statistics. The kid, with his jumping ability and timing when working on set pieces, seriously helped the guests in the Vyshgorod region – he twice connected on set pieces with strikes and opened the scoring after Bogunov’s serve.

• Best in Group A: Artur Novotryasov (Bukovina)

Lefirst defender – Dmitry Ulyanov (Victoria)

Victoria eventually won by three goals, but Kremin kept zeros on the scoreboard for almost half an hour, and then, right up to the final part of the meeting, he still retained the intrigue in the confrontation. Therefore, the goal in the 28th minute was very important, which was led to by Ulyanov’s quality actions on his flank. Dmitry turned the attack around, used his right foot and delivered a high-quality cross to Shavrin, chalking up an assist.

• Best in Group A: Timofey Sukhar (Carpathians)

Etcav midfielder – Evgeniy Podlepenets (Carpathians)

We again emphasize the important role Podlepenets plays in the game formations of the Lviv team. At a difficult moment, when Prykarpattya opened the scoring with an early goal, Evgeniy elegantly took advantage of Ryabov’s pass, bypassed his opponents and fired home. The winger was also involved in both of the Lions’ other goals. Directly from his pass, Demchenko equalized the score, who saved Karpaty from defeat, and at the moment with the second goal, he smartly and timely transferred the ball to the opposite flank.

• Best in Group B: Anton Baidal (Victoria)

Tsecentral midfielder – Andrey Lipovuz (Epicenter)

It was immediately clear that it would be a difficult match in the support zone in the Khmelnitsky region derby. Lipovuz worked a lot with and without the ball, imposed a tough fight on opponents who met them harshly, and played unyieldingly. Even in the debut, Andrei was great at connecting to the opponent’s goal, shooting twice – but the Volochish residents blocked the fire. But in the second half, after a corner and Moroz’s kick, it was Lipovuz who equalized the score, saving the guests from defeat.

• Best in Group B: Vitaly Koltsov (Ingulets)

Lefirst midfielder – Ivan Kogut (Left Coast)

For the third time this season, Left Bank played against FC Chernigov – and won again. The left flank played an important role in this victory, playing surprisingly productively, not only stopping the hosts’ attacks, but also constantly generating sharpness. Kogut twice directed passes to Sukhoruchko, who scored two of the three goals from Ivan’s passes.

• Best in Group A: Ian Kostenko (Carpathians)

Onfalling – Andrey Khoma (Prykarpattya)

In domestic football, the problem of a scoring striker is acute, and even more so when we are talking about young players. Before our eyes, Prykarpattya has prepared a player who is already capable of making a difference at the first-league level – and even higher, given the level of opposition in today’s Carpathians. Khoma scored twice against the Lviv team with targeted shots to execute in moments that required the courage and ingenuity of the forward. In another moment, when the guests earned a penalty, Andrei’s dash from deep on the flank was decisive.

• Best in Group B: Vadim Shavrin (Victoria)

Onfalling – Alexander Batalsky (FSK Mariupol)

Batalsky is the most productive among all current players in the First League. He is achieving historical results, having a chance to rise from ninth place to the top five in the division already at the first stage. At the same time, having replaced Obolon with its top midfield at FSK Mariupol, the veteran remains a key player. In Poltava, where the Azov team defeated the third team in their group, Alexander first assisted Penteleychuk for the first goal, and then scored himself, after a corner and Terekhov’s discount, he cleared out on a piece of the field in front of the goal.

• Best in Group A: Dmitry Galadei (Niva Ternopil)

Onfalling – Andrey Riznyk (Nyva Ternopil)

In the Nivov derby, Buzova had significantly better chances – the second team of the championship, which had already outplayed Ternopil at the start of the season. However, the exceptional performance of the home team gave us one of the main sensations. Riznyk independently made six shots on goal against the guests from the Kiev region (2/3 of the total number of shots of his team). He opened the scoring after the break, starting on a good pass from Volokhaty and completing a solo pass with an accentuated shot, and in the moment with the goal Galadeya fought for the ball.

• Best in Group B: Bogdan Gora (Gornyak-Sport)

An away victory over the third team of the championship, won in Poltava, takes FSK Mariupol to the highest place since the start of the championship – fourth in Group “B”. Especially for such a strong opponent as SK Poltava, the visiting Azov team once again selected a modified tactical scheme. The functions of individual football players were creatively rethought. And the most experienced leaders played for the team, making a great contribution to this success. Additionally, we note that FSK Mariupol is becoming one of the most important rivals for the city residents, because in two trips to Poltava it scored six unanswered goals against them.

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

This round has high quality replacements. Here are a few facts: both penalties in the second half in Sumy were scored by Victoria’s “jokers”, Galadei consolidated the Ternopil team’s advantage in the Nivov derby, and Demchenko scored the saving third goal for Karpaty. However, our laureate is part of the whole chain of successful replacements. The entire combination for the Khmelnytsky team’s winning goal was played out by the players whom Kostyshin sent on as a substitute. Kaverin connected Orobets, who conveniently and timely crossed from the left edge, and Nazarchuk made a great header. If we’re going to make replacements, then these are the ones!

• Sport Arena statistics: 11 league matches, 2 goals.

The forward of Prykarpattia recently turned 22 years old. Let’s just say that the age is Olympic – Rotan can take a pencil. And guess what? Despite all the problems of the Carpathians, Khoma is progressing at an impressive pace! In Lviv, the striker showed himself as a creative, proactive player. He was not afraid to take the game on himself and laid the foundation for a sensation with two goals.

• Sport Arena statistics: 12 matches in the championship, 8 goals, 1 assist.

There was a lot of beauty on this tour – Podlepenets (Karpaty), Khoma (Prykarpattya), Riznyk (Niva T) and Koltsov (Inhulets) will tell you. But what can we do if there is such a super goal. We quote the report: “Bodnya picked it up on the left flank and sent the ball into the goal with a cool shot.”. Let’s add, of course, that in this episode he helped his teammate Skotarenko a lot, competing for the first goal.

The goal can be seen on video at 1:43

Read later on our website an interview with the player who scored a hat-trick in the match in Chernigov.

• Sport Arena statistics: 11 league matches, 4 goals, 1 assist.

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ALL THE BEST OF THE TOUR: goalkeeper, wild card, young player, goalscorer – in one article. On our website – individual nominations in the First League and tour numbers!

PS When preparing the material, photographs of the official resources of the clubs were used. The material was written by the author in Ukrainian.