Lviv missed the first goal, but scored three goals in response
Rukh beat Minai in the control match in Lviv – 3:1.
The Lviv team started the match more actively, but for a long time they could not realize their advantage in the game. In the 37th minute, Minaya goalkeeper Alexander Kemkin received a straight red card. By agreement of the teams, he was replaced on the field by another goalkeeper.
Before the break, the opponents exchanged goals, both of which were scored from penalties. Timur Korablin scored for the Transcarpathians, and Yuriy Klimchuk equalized the score.
After the break, midfielder Ruha Edson received a second yellow card, and then player Minaya received a red card during the trial. As in the previous case, the number of players on the field did not change; both were replaced by other players.
Rukh managed to snatch victory. Klimchuk converted another penalty, and then Andrey Stolyarchuk set the final score.
Rukh will begin a training camp in Slovenia on January 20. The Lviv team planned 10 sparring sessions there. Yuri Ponomarev’s team will play the first test matches on January 26 against Domzale and Sarajevo.
Minaj takes last place in the UPL with 6 points. Rukh is in sixth place in the Ukrainian Championship with 26 points.
- Test match
Rukh — Minai — 3:1 (1:1)
Goals: Klimchuk, 45, pen., 82, pen., Stolyarchuk, 88 – Korablin, 43, pen.
Deletions: Edson, 76 — Kemkin, 37, player on trial, 81
Source: Sportarena

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