Ari Moura, Salihu, Stepaniuk, Vakula and the entire team of the 29th round of the Premier League

On the website SportArena.com – teams of all rounds of the Ukrainian Premier League 2023/24. Who made it into the top 11 this time and won in individual categories?

Game program for the 29th round:

INRatar – Dmitry Ledviy (Rukh)

In this round, only one team did not concede a goal, and that is Rukh. 20-year-old Ledviy took all three shots on target from Boychuk Avagimyan and Shporn. This is Dmitry’s ninth clean sheet in the current championship, one can even paraphrase – Rukh played all his games without conceding goals under the reliable protection of one of the most progressive goalkeepers of our championship.

EtcFirst defender – Vladimir Adamyuk (SK Dnepr-1)

Shakhtar’s Brazilian left flank did not bode well for the hosts, but neither the Pedrinho-Neverton pairing nor, after a series of substitutions, Kevin himself could do anything with Adamyuk. Vladimir performed large volumes of actual defensive work in single combats, interceptions, tackles, and also did not forget to connect along the entire length of his flank, although it was felt that the main task for Shakhtar’s defensive unit was reliability at the immediate place of work.

TseCentral defender – Khaidin Salihu (LNZ Cherkasy)

What a top match the Kosovar played! Firstly, paired with Muravsky, they reduced the effectiveness of Zarya’s cheerful and fast attack group led by Guerrero (the guests scored their only goal after a long-range strike from Yatsik). Secondly, Salihu connected exceptionally strongly to standards. He evened the score by scoring the ball after a great corner from fellow countryman Yashari, and later scored a goal under Oleynik’s winning shot.

TseCentral defender – Roman Didyk (Rukh)

The match with Odessa was not as easy for Rukh as it might seem from the final score. The timely return of the main centre-back duo helped the team keep a clean sheet, although it came at a heavy price – suffice it to say that both defenders finished the game with yellow cards. We note Didyk: he spent the first 58 minutes in the center of defense, and when Pidgursky got nervous after a missed penalty and a yellow card, and had to be replaced by Slyusar, Roman moved to the middle of the field and played well there.

LeFirst defender – Vladislav Vakula (FC Minaj)

Lyubenovich rediscovered a number of football players, including those who seemed like a “read book”. A fully formed winger Vakula in modern Minai plays a wingback – a flank defender with a high average position and constant involvement in attacking actions. Together with Ustimenko and Remenyak, who willingly moved into the problem zone of Kolos, they simply tore apart the right flank of the Kovalev team’s defense, forcing them to replace Kukosh with Luchkevich. And in one of the attacks, Vladislav scored a great winning goal.

Tsecentral midfielder – Nikolai Mikhailenko (FC Alexandria)

In the spring, Mikhailenko shows a high level. The Alexandrians’ center half scored four goals in three matches in May. In Rivne, where Rotan’s team received a 2:2 fighting draw, Nikolai converted two penalties. He opened the scoring by converting a penalty kick for Bezerra’s terrible collision with goalkeeper Yushchyshyn, and in the end he scored a penalty earned by Kovalets. If Mikhailenko had not missed almost the entire autumn part of the season due to injury, it is quite possible that the results of FC Alexandria would have been better.

EtcFirst midfielder – Ari Moura (Metalist 1925)

What a match the Brazilian winger of Kharkiv played! It was simply a royal solo performance. Already in the debut, in the 2nd minute, he twisted a goal pass from the flank to Garmash, and at the end of the match, when it seemed that Metalist 1925 had “twisted” in the match with Polesie, Moura first scored after a backheel pass from Sidorov, and then took advantage of a good casting from Vachiberadze. “Kharkovsky Harden” leaves his team in the game!

Atoffensive midfielder – Nikolay Shaparenko (Dynamo)

He demonstrated what the modern Shaparenko can do in the seventh minute of the opening match of the tour against Krivbass, doubling the score. After Dyachuk’s pass, Nikolai made an impressive solo pass from the depths of the field, beating half the team and skillfully shooting past the young goalkeeper of the Khoma guests. Shaparenko connected the middle line of the Kiev team, showed a high class of combinational play, and only one thing disappointed – that he was obviously replaced after being injured. Hello!

Lefirst midfielder – Vitaly Dakhnovsky (Veres)

Veres played an uneven, difficult match with the Alexandrians, but the brightest moments were two beautiful goals from Rivne (see the “Tour Goal” nomination). Dakhnovsky was involved in both. In the first case, having received a pass from Iago on the left flank, Vitaly shot perfectly into the far corner. And literally four minutes later he earned a free-kick, from which Morozko fired no less effectively. Dakhnovsky was difficult to contain, he spectacularly beat his opponents and played strongly against Skorko and Alvina Bezerra.

Onfalling – Ruslan Stepanyuk (Vorskla)

Playing under Kovtalyuk, Stepanyuk had all the games in his hands. He interacted well with Sklyar, Kane and Glushchenko, gave a judicious assist to Krupsky and took part in the third scoring combination when Sklyar with a subtle pass led to goalkeeper Kovtalyuk in a counterattack. Of course, Ruslan himself could score – it happened that Obolon saved itself on the goal line, and at another moment, trying to score because of himself while falling, Stepanyuk hit his opponent in the neck at the cost of a yellow card.

Onfalling – Vladislav Veleten (Kolos)

The Kovalevites in Transcarpathia fought to the last and had every chance of winning points, and thanks to the efforts of Veletny, the attacks of the Colossus turned into a real threat. Vladislav chalked up two assists, at one point judiciously crossing to Ilyin, and at the second to Tsurikov. Perhaps Veletnyu was lacking in finishing somewhere, but he did everything he could, and was the last of the guests to deserve criticism for his loss to Minaj.

Polesie center forward Alexander Usyk became the absolute world heavyweight champion / photo usyk.com.ua

Why go out? Axis who is attacked #UPL i #UAF:
🥊 absolute champion of the world in boxing – striker of FC Polissya
🥇 champion of the world in radio sports – head coach of the national team
⚽️ Volodar “Golden Ball” – president of the association

😊 I would admire Vernyaev, Abramenka, Berinchik in football pic.twitter.com/6MXjKCo9DN

— Artur Valerko :: Artur Valerko (@ArchieValerko) May 19, 2024

The capital club played against Krivbass with three central defenders, and although at the beginning of the meeting some incomprehensible jitters and inconsistency led to fires at the Dynamo gates, the team leveled out and defeated the bronze medalist. We note the rapid progress under Shovkovsky of the club’s most status players – Shaparenko, Brazhko and Vanat are unrecognizable, Kabaev and Voloshin add, there are hopes for a fruitful late period in the veterans’ careers.

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

A great tour for the assistants from the bench: Dynamo’s Nazar Voloshin, Kharkov’s Alexey Sidorov and Beka Vachiberadze, and Lviv’s Yaroslav Karabin provided assists after coming on as substitutes. However, our laureate is special. Oleinik scored the winning goal for Lugansk Zorya less than 10 minutes after appearing on the field! It’s not the first time this season that Denis scores the winning goal at the end of a match – let’s remember the epic goal to friend Boyko in Zhitomir.

• SportA rena statistics: 23 league matches, 3 goals, 1 assist.

The entry into Ukraine’s Olympic team is not a bad one – what a top season to have for Kvasnitsa! After a cross pass, Plyumen Illa charged with his right hand from behind the center square, and this goal gave the Lviv team an undeniable advantage in the match with Chornomorets. And another important fact: Kvasnitsa actually scored with his only shot in the match.

• SportArena.com statistics: 29 matches for the championship, 8 goals, 6 assists.

Who would have thought that not some experienced rookies, goal scorers or top assistants, would become LNZ’s best acquisitions in the winter!? Here, as an example, Yashari demonstrates a high level of play for several matches in a row and makes a great contribution to the results of the Cherkassy club. In the match with Luhansk Zarya, Muharrem gave a scoring pass to Saliha, and, moreover, twisted it from the corner so that the ball went almost into the goal.

• Sport Arena statistics: 12 league matches, 2 assists.

What kind of tour is this, huh?! The monthly norm for football aesthetics was fulfilled in eight matches! Zhytomyr resident Luifer Hernandez scored with his heel Metalist 1925. Minaets Timur Korablin put a distant “splash” to Kolos. Luhansk resident Alexander Yatsyk with an aimed low blow taken by surprise LNZ. Lviv resident Ilya Kvasnitsa is also very cool kissed me from afar. And among this beauty, could there be anything better?

Maybe!

Both Veres’ goals are something beyond the realm of fantasy and everyday life! Just check out the goals of Vitaly Dakhnovsky and Evgeniy Morozko against Alexandria. We are not able to give preference to just one, so we leave both of these goals as souvenirs of an extraordinary tour.

An assist for Garmash and his two saving goals at the end of the match with Polissya – Ari Moura played the best match for the Kharkiv team. I will say more: even if these were his only effective actions, they would have justified the invitation, because in the match with the Zhytomyr team, Metalist 1925 retained some hopes of survival in the UPL.

• Sport Arena statistics: 18 league matches, 3 goals, 1 assist.