Polegenko, Grandfather, Budnyak and the entire team of the 1st round of the second stage of the First League

Game program of the 1st round (video report here)

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

Goalkeeper – Andrey Popovich (Agribusiness)

It was a spectacular round, and there are many good candidates for the top 5 saves of the first match day. But we celebrate a player who helped his team out several times at once. In an equal and therefore particularly difficult home match with Victoria, Popovich entered the game at least four times. Really helped out – twice. First, on the corner of the goalkeeper’s goal, when he parried a dangerous shot near Nich, and then on the goal line, reacting to Kravchuk’s excellent shot. It doesn’t seem like much – but based on that game on a difficult field, these two moments could well have decided the fate of the meeting.

• Best in Elimination Group: Ilya Olkhovoy (Niva, Ternopil)

Etcfirst defender – Pavel Polegenko (Carpathians)

This is probably the best match of the experienced Polegenko in recent years. Even taking into account Astakhov’s assisted hat-trick from the Left Bank, the surprisingly strong play of Buzhin from Poltava and Kozyrenko from Ingulets, we cannot help but pay tribute to Pavel’s performance. From the beginning of the match, he gave the home team pace, constantly joined in the attacks and supported first the debutant Khasu, then Podlepenets. More than once, after sharp passes with serves from Polegenko, the game escalated, but there were still no goals. Here Pavel himself took over the game, took Demchenko’s pass and opened the scoring with a long-range strike. And at the end of the match he took responsibility, converting a penalty and securing three points for the leaders. This is not the first time this season that Polegenko has demonstrated leadership qualities at the most difficult moment.

• Best in Elimination Group: Igor Soldat (Bukovina)

Tsecentral defender – Andrey Yakimiv (Left Coast)

The premiere of the updated Kudrovka-Niva took place in Bucha – a team that received numerous additions and a new investor. The hosts tried very hard, but suffered a crushing defeat with a double minority. Among the guests, we note midfielder Yakimiva, who systematically plays central defender. Andrey, firstly, did a lot of work in his possessions (suffice it to say that the hosts’ only goal was a long-range strike). Secondly, it was Yakimiv who opened the scoring after Astakhov’s corner with a rebound from the opponent, and in the end he continued to take the corner from Mysik in the fall, assisting Sydney’s goal.

• Best in Elimination Group: Andrey Zin (Niva, Ternopil)

Tsecentral defender – Stanislav-Nuri Malysh (Ingulets)

The winner of Group “B” in Ivano-Frankivsk played against the good, strong-willed Prykarpattya. The hosts seemed to have a difficult match, they created several surprisingly good chances to score, but Ingulets’ class and high ambitions played their role. Having failed to convert a penalty at the beginning of the match, the visitors scored the only goal through the efforts of debutant Sada. We celebrate the kid for a good game at his immediate place of work: with a minimum of defects in working with the ball, Stanislav-Nuri won an insane number of tackles and rebounds, and, despite two significant blots, coped with the goal-scoring Khoma – one of the main contenders for the goalscoring “golden boot” “

• Best in Elimination Group: Daniil Arkusha (Flint)

LeFirst defender – Roman Sliva (Agribusiness)

The Volochysk residents received a difficult test in the match with Victoria – not only because the Sumy team is quite strong and experienced, but also because of the weather and climatic conditions. We had to attack and play to win on a sticky field. In some places it worked out, in others it didn’t, but there were chances not only to win, but also to lose. In particular, when Sharai shot right into the corner, and defender Sliva reacted to protect the goalkeeper in the goal area. In general, the hosts’ newcomer played diligently and carefully. Did a lot of work typical of a center back. Although he was less involved in attacks, he to a certain extent neutralized the opponents on his flank.

• Best in Elimination Group: Bogdan Pavlic (FC Khust)

Tsecentral midfielder – Ruslan Dedukh (Left Bank)

The Kiev team could well have lost points in the close game in Bucha – not everything worked out in the first half, but they took the lead, and immediately after the break the hosts bounced back with an amazing goal, receiving a charge of optimism and motivation. At this important moment, a group of Left Bank leaders took over the game. Including Grandfather. It was he who returned the advantage to the guests by tapping in Astakhov’s pass, and 10 minutes later he made a convenient pass to Sinitsa, which sealed the score in favor of the “storks”. He played productively in midfield, compensating for the absence of some leaders.

• Best in Elimination Group: Vladimir Shevchuk (FC Khust)

Tsecentral midfielder – Bogdan Kozak (Niva, Ternopil)

Ternopil, unlike last season, this time did not make it into the stronger group at the second stage. But it’s also impossible to say that victory in the Poltava region was easy for them. It’s good that already in the opening Kozak converted the penalty earned by Riznyk. Subsequently, the midfielder, who missed many matches in the fall due to a serious injury, continued to lead the team’s game. Twice from different positions he shot at Gornyak-Sport’s goal during the game and tied up Niva’s lines.

• Best in the Champion Group: Valery Sad (Ingulets)

Etcav midfielder – Ivan Budnyak (Bukovina)

Budnyak is the winner in the “Joker of the Tour” category, because no one began to benefit his team faster than him. A minute after the substitution, Ivan picked the ball and, on the second attempt, pulled it forward, and with his so-called. “pre-assist” Goncharuk crossed under Palagnyuk’s attack from half a meter away. Subsequently, Budnyak did not drop out of the game and continued to act aggressively and spectacularly. After Tsurupin’s discount, he once again boldly went to the opponent’s goal and with his goal secured the advantage of the Chernivtsi team in Demidov.

• Best in the Champion Group: Vladimir Odaryuk (SK Poltava)

Lefirst midfielder – Nazar Prikhodko (FC Khust)

The Khustians went to Uman to visit the youngest team of the season. Metallurg, having lost its head coach and all its most experienced players during the winter intermission, fielded a squad with an average age of 19.3 (and the team usually played in the fall was 25-26 years old). Despite this, the nominal hosts opened an account in the Cherkasy region. The Transcarpathians were helped by an early goal from Shevchuk, who shot from afar after Prikhodko’s pass, and they consolidated their advantage when Nazar, after his throw-out, broke through the left flank and laid the ball under Novikov’s shot. Nominally playing as a striker in a 4-4-2, Prikhodko managed to combine in a vast area, so in the interests of the symbolic team, we will put him in the place of the left winger.

• Best in the Champion Group: Yaroslav Bogunov (Ingulets)

Onfalling – Daniili Kravchuk (Epicenter)

The big impression of this tour was Kravchuk’s aggressive, persistent play. The long-term talent of Vorskla, who did not make it to the UPL, is experiencing his best playing period in Epicenter. Many chances at the Mariupol goal took place with the direct participation of Danil, and he scored with a beautiful long-range strike, “singing” the tips of the visiting goalkeeper’s gloves. If Kravchuk adds implementation to his activity and omnipresence, it will not just be a great find for the Kamenites, but one of the main discoveries of the entire division.

• Best in Elimination Group: Ilya Zubkov (FSK Mariupol)

Onfalling – Vasily Palagnyuk (Bukovina)

Again, with class, experience and an innate scoring instinct, Palahnyuk brings points to Bukovina. The best scorer in the modern history of the Chernivtsi club could have scored against Dinaza even earlier – when Faraseenko connected with the pass, but the goalkeeper saved the hosts. Later, Vasily was in the right place at the right time and missed from a distance after a convenient cross from the team’s debutant Goncharuk. It is gratifying that veterans and graduates of Bukovinian football are needed by a renewed and more ambitious team.

• Best in the Champion Group: Daniil Sukhoruchko (Left Coast)

In the hero city of Bucha, the Left Bank withstood a difficult test, let the score of 5:1 not be misleading. The renewed Kudrovka-Niva resisted, did not allow the guests to fully combine before the break and even equalized the numbers on the scoreboard soon after the break. However, in the minority, which became double by the end of the game, the rapidly renewed home team suffered a crushing defeat. The head coach of the Kiev team got it right with both the tactics for the game and the substitutions.

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

This is a good tour for bench players. Left Bank debutant Sydney scored already in the 6th minute, newcomer Ingulza Sad scored the winning goal 15 minutes after entering the field against ex-teammates from Prykarpattya, spring recruit Khusta Chaban scored a goal after 27 minutes, and Zubkov from FSK Mariupol after 36. Each of These players have their own cost of effective action, their own history and background. But even against the background of such high-quality jokers, Budnyak stands out. Playing his first match for the new team, within a minute after entering the field, Ivan scored both goals in Demidov: he fought for the ball at the initial stage, when Sergiychuk opened the scoring from Goncharuk’s cross, and then scored himself.

• Sport Arena statistics: 18 league matches, 2 goals.

The Metallurg – FC Khust match turned out to be scandalous, but ended in victory for the Transcarpathians. A minute after conceding the goal, midfielder Shevchuk played with Prikhodko and scored with a targeted shot, then he could score more, and in the end he gave an assist to Garnaga, having fought his way through several opponents.

• Sport Arena statistics: 13 league matches, 4 goals, 3 assists.

What kind of tour is this! How the First League explodes after a rest! Luxurious goals were scored with targeted shots by Khustyan Shevchuk, Lviv resident Polegenko, Kamensk resident Kravchuk, Chernigov resident Krivoborodenko. We are adding all these goals to the short list of the best of the season! But even they are somewhat in the shadow compared to the masterpiece of Kudrovka-Buzovka Misyura, who fired from such a distance, so without a chance for the goalkeeper that well!.. We quote the report: “Kudrovka-Niva did not plan such a start in the spring part of the season, but it was still amazing how immediately after the conversation with the head coach the home team came out after the break. Matveev’s cross pass, a juicy right-footed shot from centerback Misyura from 25 meters – and the ball hit the crossbar closer to the top corner! 1:1 – this is Evgeniy’s first goal of the season, but he previously scored in the Second League.”

Read later on our website an interview with the player who, with his two goals, brought the leader a difficult victory over SK Poltava.

• Sport Arena statistics: 19 matches in the championship, 5 goals, 3 assists.

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PS When preparing the material, photographs of the official resources of the clubs were used. The material was written by the author in Ukrainian.