Spivakov, Kravchuk, Palagnyuk and even Bagachansky: The entire team of the 15th round of the first stage of the First League

Game program of the 15th round (video report here)

About the best personalities and main figures – Here.

Goalkeeper – Nazar Bayda (Metallurgist)

The visit of Ingulets, enraged by two consecutive defeats, did not bode well for the Cossacks. And indeed, there were several moments at once when the young goalkeeper of Metallurg Baida, like his visiting counterpart Palamarchuk, seriously entered the game. He pulled Kozyrenko’s magnificent shot under the crossbar in the first half, and at the end of the meeting he reacted to Koltsov’s aimed shot and an attempt to score with a header from the Hornet. Nazar also played judiciously with numerous serves from the game and from set pieces. Luck also helped, because the Petrivka team lost several top chances themselves (first of all, we’re talking about Gadzhuk’s misses and the dangerous, albeit inaccurate, long-range shots of Kozyrenko and Sidorenko).

• Best in Group A: Andrey Popovich (Agribusiness)

Etcavy defender – Dmitry Shinkarenko (Prykarpattya)

For the second match in a row, the right Carpathian lateral brings them victory with his goal. In total, Shinkarenko already has eight effective actions (five goals and three assists), who is rapidly progressing under the leadership of Rypan and Yatsurak. In the hero city of Bucha, where Buzovskaya Niva receives its rivals, Dmitry withstood a very difficult confrontation with Knysh, Dvorovenko and Nekhtiy, but compensated for certain defects and mistakes with persistence and speed. From a number of connections, Shinkarenko worked a lot for the team, and he himself shot on goal twice. At the end of the match, during a rapid attack, he scored the only goal of the match.

• Best in Group B: Ernest Astakhov (Left shore)

Tsecentral defender – Mikhail Shershen (Ingulets)

Metallurg stood up to the leader of the eastern group and created many problems for the Ingulets defense. But the defenders, led by Hornet, played well. Mikhail himself played tenaciously and tightly with the speedy Cossacks. Largely responsible for the successful neutralization of Galata. An indicative moment is how Shershen, in a perfect tackle, robbed Mogilny right in front of the goal, who was already preparing to shoot from a good position. Mikhail could also score himself – the best goalkeeper of the tour, Baida, reacted to his shot on target in the end.

• Best in Group A: Sergey Shvets (Prykarpattya)

Tsecentral defender – Evgeniy Opanasenko (SK Poltava)

Zero in Sumy, despite difficult weather conditions and a difficult field, is a good achievement for the Poltava club. Victoria, which had finished its performance in the Ukrainian Cup the day before with a match against Shakhtar, used Shavrin after the pause, which should have significantly strengthened the attacking potential of the hosts. However, neither he nor Galenko were able to break through the guests’ redoubt. Opanasenko, in a good duet with Khodulya, stopped forwards several times and achieved good numbers in tackles and rebounds. And he could also become the hero of the match: after his shot with a rebound after a corner, the goalkeeper saved Victoria in a beautiful save.

• Best in Group A: Oleg Veremienko (Podolia)

Lefirst defender – Davronbek Azizov (Flint)

Swift and inventive, Azizov works well with the ball – this makes him one of the most dangerous players on his team. In the match against Chernigov, it was Davronbek who was the first to point out the sharpness, “Swede” directing the ball towards the far nine. It was also taken for standards under the left leg. Being one of the most active in the match with FC Chernigov, Azizov deserved to score the winning goal from the penalty spot.

• Best in Group A: Oleg Len (Agribusiness)

Tsecentral midfielder – Andrey Spivakov (Left shore)

With well-trained, technical and inventive attackers, the most accurate scorer on the Left Bank is this center half. In the match in Boryspil against FSK Mariupol, the closest pursuer of the “storks,” Spivakov scored twice after Astakhov’s corners, and also played convincingly in the middle of the field, where, together with Dedukh, he turned his zone into a reliable springboard for the visiting team.

• Best in Group A: Yuri Glushchuk (Epicenter)

Tsecentral midfielder – Maxim Bagachansky (Metalhead)

We rarely celebrate players from the losing team, but such a brilliant performance by young Bagachansky cannot be ignored. Maxim played fruitfully inside the field, acted as a connection between the lines, and made very well-conceived passes. He himself shot at Bukovyna’s goal – and quite dangerously. He also gave two wonderful assists to Ryazantsev and Isaenko.

• Best in Group B: Radion Posevkin (Gornyak-Sport)

Etcav midfielder – Daniil Kravchuk (Epicenter)

Kravchuk once showed promise in Arsenal, Vorskla and Ingulets, but instead of the Premier League he ended up in Epicenter. Being a late newcomer who did not go through fundamental training camps with the team and had to compete with players of the level of Grin, Gorny or Lyashenko, Daniil created a niche for himself in Nagornyak’s team formations. Successfully moving between the areas of responsibility of the forward and right winger, changing places with his flankers – Sten and Lyashenko, Kravchuk outplayed the defense of the leader of the western group. Karpaty scored twice – first after Bezhenar’s free kick, then after a long pass from goalkeeper Zhmurka, who unsuccessfully tried to interrupt Sakov. A powerful match from Daniil, perhaps the best in his career.

• Best in Group B: Alexander Podrezan (Gornyak-Sport)

Lesenior midfielder – Ian Kostenko (Carpathians)

The defeat of the Lviv team in Kamenets-Podilskyi is all the more annoying because they created enough chances. However, some played clumsily or wastefully in finishing, while others lacked luck. It was the young winger Kostenko who showed his more experienced teammates an example of efficiency. He scored himself, finishing off Sukhari’s cross, and assisted Polegenko’s goal. Moreover, Yan is the “bright spot” of the Carpathians not only in this game. It is progress and a surprise of the season that the young winger beat the experienced Kartushov and Kozhanov, and the young Ravlik and Fetko.

• Best in Group B: Andrey Globa (Flint)

Onfalling – Maxim Voytikhovsky (Podolia)

Podolia played an inspired match, winning the first crushing victory after resuming performances in the Ukrainian Championship. Ivan Orobets – a bright discovery of the last matches, Evgeniy Zadoya, Dmitry Prikhna deserved all sorts of good words. And, of course, defender Voytikhovsky, who, due to Karpenko’s injury, is forced to fill the position of central forward for the Khmelnytsky team. The two-meter Maxim, however, is a fairly flexible player – he willingly “falls” down in search of the ball, quickly reacts to events in the penalty area, and can play along with his teammates. It was Wojtikhovsky who opened the scoring, reacting to a rebound from a corner kick already in the opening. He also earned a free kick for Zadoi’s goal. And then on the flank of the fifth he played along to Orobets, who made a cross for the third goal of the match (Bozhenard). The “long” match ended in darkness, but it was a bright benefit performance for Maxim.

• Best in Group B: Miroslav Trofimyuk (Kremin)

Onfalling – Vasily Palagnyuk (Bukovina)

In the last two matches, Palagnyuk scored four goals – first, he brought his team an over-the-top home draw with Buzovskaya Niva, and now, with two goals in three minutes in the end, he secured a victory away from Kharkov Metalist. Vasily scored two doubles in a row in a different style, in Uzhgorod he first converted the penalty earned by Skotarenko, and then took advantage of a blunder by the opposing goalkeeper in close combat.

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

There could be no underestimation of Epicenter on the part of the leader: last season, Nagornyak’s team beat Karpaty Tlumak twice, and these were the points that the Lviv team did not have enough to gain promotion. And in the first round, Markevich’s team only in the end, thanks to the goals of two debutants, took a difficult three points with this opponent. On their own field, Epicenter played brave football: they did not submit to the blows of fate when they lost their early advantage, went forward with great strength and at the end of the match outplayed the opponent, who has everything to control the course of events and dominate on the field. Karpaty remained the last undefeated participant in this season of the First League. Moreover, there are no more undefeated teams in any of the three professional leagues.

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

Defender Barilyak replaced striker Kuzmin in the 88th minute, immediately after his former teammates from Ternopil Niva equalized the score. And it was Ruslan who, with his first and only blow in the match, returned the advantage to the Volochish residents. Agribusiness won the match and retained second place in the western group. What especially emphasizes Chizhevsky’s instinct for substitutions, the assist for Barilyak was made by another defender – Len, whom the head coach of Agribusiness also sent on as a substitute. There is nothing more important to the players on the bench than a winning goal in stoppage time in the second half.

• Sport Arena statistics: 10 league matches, 1 goal.

19-year-old midfielder Podrezan came on as a substitute in four of the five championship matches, but is gradually getting ready to play as part of Gornyak-Sport. It was Alexander who, a minute after coming on as a substitute, pushed the ball into Dinaz’s goal, securing the hosts’ minimal advantage.

• Sport Arena statistics: 5 matches in the championship, 1 goal.

A beautiful free-kick from Khmelnytskyi Zadoi, a juicy long-range strike from Chernigov’s Mentey, which the referee counted as an own goal by goalkeeper Kremnya – these are very real contenders for our nomination. However, what can you do if “Kharkov Quaresma” gets down to business? We quote the report: “Bagachansky passed it to Ryazantsev, who hit the top corner from outside the penalty area – 1:1. Great goal.”

The goal can be seen on video at 3:04

Read later on our website an interview with the player who scored the winning double in the match with his team’s closest pursuer, FSK Mariupol.

• Sport Arena statistics: 15 league matches, 8 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.