The guests took the lead twice, the hosts came back twice
A test match took place in Kyiv with the participation of clubs from two divisions. Left Bank And Metalist 1925 In the high-scoring match, it was a draw – 2:2.
Two halves of 35 minutes were played. The Kharkov team twice took the lead through the efforts of Vladislav Kalitvintsev and Alexey Sidorov, who converted a penalty. The UPL representative came back both times – the first goal was scored by Ruslan Nepeypiev, the second was scored by Ivan Kogut.
In this way, the clubs filled the pause in the calendar caused by the games of national teams.
Let us remind you that in July the clubs met each other in the semi-finals of the “tournament of four” for the right to compete for access to the UPL. Then regular time ended in a 1:1 draw, and in the penalty shoot-out, Left Bank triumphed, which subsequently beat Minaj in the final (3:0) and reached the elite division for the first time in the club’s history.
Left Bank is now in 14th place in the UPL standings, while Metalist 1925 is in 4th position in Group B of the First League.
Both clubs will play their next official matches on October 19: Left Bank against Polesie, and Metalist 1925 against YUKSA.
- Test match
Left Bank – Metalist 1925 — 2:2 (1:1)
Goals: Nepeypiev, 26, I. Kogut, 54 – Kalitvintsev, 14, Sidorov, 44, from pen.
Source: Sportarena
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