The first defeats of the leaders, the goalkeeper’s assist, the first absence due to the boycott. Personalities and figures of the 12th round of the first stage of the First League

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

Already traditional:

• Read soon on our website the symbolic team of the next round
• interview with the hero of the tour, which Sport Arena determines together with the PFL

And now – our individual nominations:

When Ryabokon returned to football, heading Dinaz, it was clear that he was trying to preserve Golovko’s best achievements and add a certain amount of experience to the team in the form of his favorites – Kartushov, Chepurnenko, Ogiri. For a long time, the renewed team was looking for its own style and developing connections. It was now, in the midst of autumn, that it became clear what the head coach was up to. Having taken five points out of six from powerful Victoria, defeating their direct competitor Metallurg in a head-to-head confrontation, the Vyshgorod club has now inflicted its first defeat on the leader in the championship. Although SK Poltava arrived in full force, the hosts set up a new tactical scheme with three centerbacks, played very well with small forces in the opposing half of the field and showed excellent execution. Dinaz, who was recently in last place, is now getting a chance to compete for the Champion group.

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

Great job to the players from the bench: Daniil Prikhodko consolidated Metalist’s advantage in the match with Niva, Alexander Yevtushenko scored Kudrovka’s third goal in Zaporozhye (and Artem Legostaev assisted him), Nazariy Nych put an end to Victoria’s victory in Karlovka. However, among the substitutes there was no goal more important than the one scored by Kirill Pasichnik. Even at the beginning of the game, the center back was forced to replace the injured center half Savchenko, and in the second half he corrected himself for his poor performance when the opponents scored and scored himself. With a noticeable rebound from Bezugly, he scored after a corner from Gemega. This goal helped the Khmelnytsky team save themselves from a third defeat in a row, and even on the field of a powerfully staffed and ambitious Bukovyna. Interesting fact: in Podolia, the ex-defender of the Kazakhstan national team Pasichnik played for the Chernivtsi team…

• SportArena statistics: 6 matches in the championship, 1 goal.

In the last rounds, Metalist used several permutations that worked well and took root in the game of Anishchenko’s team. One of them is the transfer of the nominal central midfielder Bagachansky to the right flank. Considering that Sinchuk went to the youth team, and Digtyar, who also played a lot at the international level for Ukraine, needs rest, and the Lutsiv brothers are injured, this is a very timely decision. In the last rounds, Maxim was very productive in the combination game of the Kharkov team. He co-authored the first two goals in the match with Niva.

SportArena statistics: 10 league matches, 2 assists.

Well, what is this! In the reporting round, we scored goals after heel passes, after goalkeeper assists, after beautiful combinations. But you only need to choose one, and then there’s such a goal! We quote the report: “At the beginning of the second half, Victoria increased its lead. In the center of the field, the guests were kicking the ball when Lebedenko made a diagonal cross to Cheglov with his left foot. Maxim, on the right edge, volleyed the ball into the top corner from an acute angle along an incredible trajectory – 0:2. This is the winger’s first productive action this season.”

• The goal can be seen on video from :2.40

Read later on our website an interview with a player who scored twice in a match with a previously unbeaten leader.

• SportArena statistics: 8 league matches, 4 goals.

Donetsk Olympic busdriven by FSK Mariupol, leaves the NTK stadium named after Viktor Bannikov. The visiting team never took the field to play against YUKSA. After the game, it was announced that there was a debt of several months to the players.

The fate of the match will be decided by the UAF KGC, and in the event of another no-show, FSK Mariupol will be removed from the competition with the termination of membership in the PFL and the validity of the certificate.

The ball is in the goal of Pidkivka – who would have thought that in this particular round in the First League there would be no unbeaten teams, photo facebook.com/minajfootballclub

Alexander Bandura (Dinaz) received the first assist of the season from the goalkeeper – Andrei Novikov ended up scoring from his first goal.

A few more interesting things

• in just one reporting round in the First League there were no teams left without defeats: SK Poltava in Demidov interrupted a 10-match unbeaten streak (7 wins and 3 draws since mid-May, when it lost to Agribusiness), Agribusiness in Minai – an 11-match unbeaten streak and 1 draw since May, after the defeat to Ingulets) and a 9-match winning record (from the beginning of the new championship)
• FC Minaj won for the first time in eight rounds (in 7 previous games: 3 draws and 4 defeats)
• Podillya’s winless away streak in the championships lasts 10 games: 7 draws and 3 defeats
• FC Kudrovka under Vasily Baranov has not yet lost in the championship – in 7 games: 4 wins and 3 draws
• Metallurg’s winless streak in the First League is 9 games: 3 draws and 6 defeats
  Alexey Litovchenko (Kudrovka) recorded two and an assist in the last two rounds
• The 10th goal in the First League was scored by Andrey Storchous (Kudrovka)
• Andrey Voloshin (Dinaz) played his 50th match in the First League
• Andrey Anishchenko from Metalist has already made 4 effective substitutions (the best result in Group A and in the entire championship – together with Dmitry Chirikal from YUKSA)

More interesting things in the PFL digital selection, whose information partner is Sport Arena.

• Tournament table after 12th round
• Group A

• Group B

• Bombers

• Assistants

• Goal+ass

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All calculations by Arthur Valerko, SportArena.com. The material was written by the author in Ukrainian.