Litovchenko, Tsyutsyura, Bayda and again this Brazilian Yarmolenko: the entire team of the 14th round of the first stage of the First League

Game program of the 14th round (video report here)

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

INRatar – Nazar Baida (Metallurgist)

Returning from sick leave, Baida played his second clean sheet in the championship, saving the Cossacks a lot in the match with FSK Mariupol. Although the guests arrived without Bogdanov and Demchenko, the most experienced players in the midfield with a good shot, they created plenty of threats. Nazar helped out already in the opening, when he ran far towards Savin, parrying nine shots from the guests in total – from Zubkov, Melnichenko, Bykovsky, Terekhov. At the end of the game, the goalkeeper gave a real benefit and helped Metallurg as much as possible to the first victory upon the return of I. Bliznyuk.

• Best in Group A: Daniil Kanevtsev (Metalist 1925)

Pravy defender – Artem Tovkach (Metallurgist)

Usually, for some reason, the left flank of the Cossacks is considered to be more creative and speedy, but against FSK Mariupol the opposite flank, the right, played surprisingly well. Tovkach played very well on the ball: with regard to the accuracy of his passes, including long-distance passes. Artem also managed to clean up on interceptions, rebounds and tackles. He did a little worse in martial arts, but at the same time he definitely forced a fight on all his opponents and tried not to let anyone through his zone just like that.

• Best in Group A: Yuri Radulsky (Prykarpattya)

Tsecentral defender – Nikita Bezugly (Bukovina)

Who would have thought that with all the acquisitions of the Chernivtsi club, the most effective would be the reservist of Metalist 1925 – a defender for the role. Bezugly excelled primarily in defense, winning almost all the duels and performing well in returning the ball and taking possession of the ball. By the way, if it weren’t for Shinkarenko’s annoying own goal, Epicenter would not have been able to create much in the area of ​​responsibility of the center backs right in front of the goal. Nikita was also great at taking set pieces and, after Glushchuk’s shot, corrected the ball into the goal, saving his team from an unfortunate defeat.

• Best in Group B: Ilya Khodulya (SK Poltava)

Tsecentral defender – Ivan Mamrosenko (FC Kudrovka)

For the sixth time this season, FC Kudrovka played without conceding goals, including the third time away. Baranov’s team took three points in Gorishni Plavni, defeating Kremin. The Vasko-Mamrosenko pairing played well against the outsider, which has not often played together in recent games. The defenders also visited the opponent’s goal and played their role at the very first corner after the break, when Vasko fought, the ball bounced to the far post, where Mamrosenko brought the score to a devastating one and actually “closed” the match in the 46th minute.

• Best in Group A: Sergey Shvets (Prykarpattya)

Lefirst defender – Vasily French (Prykarpattya)

With the unusual tactical scheme of Prykarpattya, the Frenchman plays a special role – the left back in the three, with high-quality and high connections along the flank, where the lineman should be in charge (lately Titov, and more often Semka). It was with Vasily’s serve that Kos opened the scoring in the match against Podillya, and this was not an accident: the Frenchman himself played an interception and an out, and had previously served to Oleg in a similar style. Later, the big defender went to standards and made promising discounts. In defense, in general, he played well, with the exception of two cases, from which Bozhenar and Shavrin were unable to displace anything useful.

• Best in Group B: Vasily Kravets (Metalist 1925)

Tsecentral midfielder – Dmitry Plakhtyr (SK Poltava)

The top match for Group B took place in the capital, and SK Poltava, after several rounds of a small crisis, beat its closest pursuer. The fight for the center of the field was extremely important, and Plakhtyr, together with Danilenko, won it. The center also managed to catch Marusich’s pass from the front line, equalizing the score in the 35th minute. Dmitry did a large amount of work, took another shot at the Sumy team’s goal and did a very good job in the center of the field.

• Best in Group A: Nikolay Mironyuk (Epicenter)

Prav midfielder – Ari Moura (Metalist 1925)

We have already begun to get used to Moura’s high-quality performances – the Brazilian has been consistently scoring four rounds in a row! In Demidov, where Dinaz hosted the Kharkiv team, even Poltava, the leader of Group B, laid down its arms this season. But van Leeuwen’s team won their third victory in a row, with Ari opening the scoring from a penalty earned by Kalitvintsev. Later, the highly experienced Bandura shot at goal and made a number of interesting passes, after which the same Boryachuk and Yurchenko could have scored.

• Best in Group A: Maxim Soloviev (Prykarpattya)

Atattacking midfielder – Vasily Tsyutsyura (Prykarpattya)

In the match against Podolyan, a difficult opponent with whom Prykarpattya for some reason invariably lost points in recent years, Tsyutsyura gave a strong individual performance and made a significant contribution to the victory of the Ivano-Frankivsk team. First, he successfully played along with the Frenchman, from whose serve Kos opened the scoring, and then scored himself. Unfortunately, the active captain of the hosts was injured while closing Solovyov’s serve. Immediately after the goal, Tsyutsyura was replaced, and we wish Vasily a speedy recovery.

• Best in Group B: Vladimir Bliznyuk (Metallurgist)

Lefirst midfielder – Andrey Boryachuk (Metalist 1925)

Knowing Boryachuk from Shakhtar’s academy, van Leeuwen found him, quite possibly, the optimal use for today. Andrei famously opened up on the left in midfield, playing in sync with Moura and escalating well in space. He repeatedly hit the Vyshgorod team’s goals from open play and set pieces, and interacted well with his teammates. And he consolidated the guests’ advantage in the end by finishing off Kravets’ serve. October 2024 is the best month for Boryachuk in this team for quite a long period.

• Best in Group A: Artur Remenyak (FC Minaj)

Onfalling – Andrey Riznyk (Niva, Ternopil)

Needless to say, an early goal from an unfortunate penalty gave Minaj the desired advantage in Ternopil. The matter could have ended very badly, but Riznyk took over the game and showed outstanding leadership qualities. The Niva captain shot at the opponents’ goal more and more dangerously as part of the host team. More than once the Transcarpathian goalkeeper had to enter the game, but he didn’t help when Andriy, after Kuharuk’s pass, shot with a noticeable rebound. With his strong-willed qualities and talent as an attacker in space, Riznyk made a decisive contribution to ensuring that Niva did not suffer defeat this time.

• Best in Group B: Alexander Vivdich (SK Poltava)

Onfalling – Alexey Litovchenko (FC Kudrovka)

Litochenko scored six goals in six matches for the new team, but even with such indicators, FC Kudrovka will long remember his performance in the Poltava region. In the match against Kremnya, Alexey first gave an excellent assist to Teplyakov (see Goal of the round), then scored himself with a direct free kick, and immediately after the break, after his corner, Mamrosenko scored on the rebound. What more is required from a striker? Everything is in its place.

• Best in Group A: Oleg Kos (Prykarpattya)

In October, the leader of the eastern group experienced a certain decline – three rounds without victories, disqualifications began, and SK Poltava played in some matches without three (!) main players. Taking this into account, going to the capital, to Victoria, which had not lost in six matches – more than a month, was a difficult test for the townspeople. But, having conceded in the third minute, the guests showed strong will and won. The coaching staff was replaced, the home preparations worked well, so the leader confirmed his class by defeating one of his closest pursuers. If anyone spent the first part of the season on build-up and grinding, then SK Poltava used the first stage almost to the maximum in order to look with confidence into the spring part of the season.

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

Young Vivdich had a bright start in this team, after a double from Alexandria and the Kremlin base, adding attacking potential and diversity to Poltava. However, this season he is only the third choice after the more experienced Marusich and Streltsov. A successful entry into the game from the bench in the central match of the tour is a significant trump card for the 21-year-old striker. Vivdich replaced Galenkov shortly after the break, which led to a major restructuring for the visitors, and in the end he earned a penalty for Shcherbak’s winning goal. The weight of this strong-willed victory over the closest pursuer at that time has yet to be fully appreciated by the leaders.

• SportArena.com statistics: 9 matches in the championship.

23-year-old Baida only returned to playing for the Cossacks at the end of September, replacing the younger Osadchuk. Not long ago he experienced a tough collision, being replaced and missing the next round. But in the match against FSK Mariupol played beyond all praise, parrying a number of attacks from the guests (about a dozen). The first victory under the leadership of Ilya Bliznyuk – a former good goalkeeper, a candidate for the Ukrainian national team – was won thanks to a strong goalkeeping performance. Well, to my son’s goal, about which in the following nominations.

• SportArena.com statistics: 5 matches in the championship, 6 goals conceded, 2 clean sheets.

Several penalties, an own goal, a rebound… What should you look at in the reporting round? It’s good that there was a match between Kremin and Kudrovka. In other circumstances, we would have been willing to nominate a penalty from Litovchenko, however, in our opinion, the beauty of the combination that preceded this goal even prevails. We quote the report: “The guests completed their attack with an aesthetically perfect combination. Teplyakov played with Litovchenko, who with his back to the goal threw him a reverse pass, and Nikita gently threw it over the goalkeeper – 0:1.”

You can watch the goal on video at 2:15

Read later on our website an interview with the player who scored and provided an assist in the match with Kremlin, which resulted in FC Kudrovka coming into second place.

• SportArena.com statistics: 6 league matches, 3 goals, 3 assists.

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ALL THE BEST ON TOUR: goalkeeper, joker, 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.