First league. Chernomorets failure, fifth consecutive victory for Agribusiness

The Volyn – Prykarpattya match was postponed as a coronavirus outbreak occurred in the Ivano-Frankivsk team (23 Prykarpattya footballers were infected with COVID-19).

For its part, Agrobusiness continued its winning streak, which is now five games. Volochisk’s team this time beat Ternopil Niva at home with a score of 4: 0. Semenets, Romanyuk, Chernenko and Petrov all scored goals for Alexander Chizhevsky’s team. Agronomists have excellent statistics. In three rounds (from 12 to 14), they score on average 4 goals per game, since in previous games Agrobusiness won with the scores 3: 2 and 5: 1.

First League outsider Kristall lost again. This time, Kherson’s team lost at home to VPK-Agro with a score of 1: 2. The guests went ahead after Barsky’s own goal in the 6th minute. Vladislav corrected himself just before the break, scoring the ball and bringing the status quo back to the fight. But the guests still managed to gnaw away the victory thanks to Budnyak’s goal in the 86th minute. Kristall lost in the third straight match.

Another outsider from the First League “Avangard” brought Veres to his field. After a goalless draw in the first half, the team scored in the second half of the match. Rivne’s team took the lead after a goal from Mikhail Shestakov in the 60th minute. Eight minutes later, Veres also held onto the majority: Avangard midfielder Dmitry Pudi received a red card. But even in this situation, the hosts rebounded: Lobov sent the ball into the upper corner with a beautiful free kick. In turn, “Veres”, as a favorite, took the lead again after Shestakov’s goal, who scored a double and gave his team an away victory with a score of 1: 2. By the way, this is the Avangard’s fourth consecutive loss.

In the central match of the round, Gornyak-Sport and Obolon met. The game in terms of performance corresponded to its state, and the fans saw up to five goals. The first half was won by the “brewers.” In the 57th minute, Gornyak-Sport tied the score with Semeniv’s efforts. And the real thriller began from the 80th minute, when Batyushin brought out the Gorishny Plavni team. Then the 23-year-old Kiev striker Shchebetun took the floor and scored a double in two minutes. Aleksey changed the score twice on the scoreboard with precise shots at 85 and 86 minutes. As a result, Obolon won 3: 2. For Gornyak-Sport it is the second loss in a row, and for the Brewers it is the second win in a row.

Nikolaev continues to delight his fans. Ilya Bliznyuk’s team won again, this time against Polesye. “Korabeli” earned an away win with a score of 1: 3. By the way, before that, the residents of Zhytomyr had conceded at most one goal in one match, but here the guests managed to hit Polesye’s goal three times . As part of the hosts, Yaroslav Galenko scored a goal and Vladimir Odaryuk, who doubled in the first half, and Vadim Vitenchuk scored for the winners. By the way, “Nikolaev” has not lost in four rounds in a row.

Metalist 1925 received Flint in Kharkov. In this match, fortune was on the side of the Kremenchug team. First, the guests went ahead after a penalty by Sorokin in the 64th minute. Then “Flint” goalkeeper Oleinik deflected a penalty kick from Bratkov. And in the 88th minute, Oleksandr Golovko’s sentinels gained another numerical advantage, as Kharkiv defender Maksim Zhichikov was sent off. As a result, Flint retained the victory with a minimal advantage.

The goalkeepers became the true heroes of the Alliance – Chornomorets match. First, Shevchenkivka goalkeeper Yaroslav Vazhinsky was shown, who did not let Chornomorets score from the penalty spot. Vazhinsky deflected Artur Avagimyan’s shot from the penalty spot. Yaroslav parried the first shot from the point and then deflected the ball after finishing off the Odessa midfielder. There were many interesting things at the end of the meeting. First, Nikolay Agapov was sent off in the first added minute. Then at 90 + 4 minutes, Alliance could have taken the lead, but failed to convert the penalty. On the jump, Sergey Zaginailov’s kick from the point was reflected by Roman Pidkivka. As a result, this match ended in a goalless draw.

After this tour “Agrobusiness” and “Veres” approached “Chernomorets”. The Odessans continue to lead in the First League with 28 points. Agrobusiness has 25 points and Veres has 24 points.

Dmitry KOTKOV

First league. 14th round

November 20, Friday

“Agribusiness” – “Niva” – 4: 0
Goals: Semenets, 27, Romanyuk, 35, Chernenko, 63 (from the penalty spot), Petrov, 90 + 4.

“Kristall” – “VPK-Agro” – 1: 2
Goals: Barsky, 45 – Barsky, 6 (own goal), Budnyak, 86.

Avangard – Veres – 1: 2
Goals: Lobov, 73 – Shestakov, 60, 88.

Elimination: Pudi, 68 (A).

Gornyak-Sport – Obolon – 2: 3
Goals: Semeniv, 57, Batyushin, 80 – Pokotilyuk, 14, Schebetun, 85, 86.

Polesie – Nikolaev – 1: 3
Goals: Galenko, 57 – Odaryuk, 16, 43, Vitenchuk, 76.

“Metalist 1925” – “Flint” – 0: 1
Objective: Sorokin, 64 years old.

Penalty missed: Bratkov, 78 (M)

Elimination: Zhichikov, 88 (M).

Alliance – Chornomorets – 0: 0

Missed penalties: Zaginailov, 90 + 4 – Avagimyan, 17.

Elimination: Agapov, 90 + 1 (A).

Volyn – Prykarpattya – postponed

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