UPL matchday 12 results – football.ua

Zarya – Dnepr-1, Photo: FC Dnepr-1
07 December 2020, 12:47

The first match of the round was played in Lviv. PFC Lviv and Ingulets have painted the world 1: 1. On the same day, two fights were held in Kiev, where the championship leaders received representatives from the bottom of the rankings and earned their victories. Shakhtar beat Minaj with a score of 5: 1 and Dynamo beat Mariupol 2: 1.

On Sunday 4 games were played. Olympic and Zarya beat their opponents Rukh and Dnepr-1 with the same score 3: 1. Desna snatched the victory in the match against Vorskla in the closing seconds of the match. The tour was closed by Kolos and Alexandria. In this match, the same score was recorded as in the first match of the round: 1: 1.

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And again the referees …

In the match against Ingulets, Lvov finished the fight with nine, but the referee’s decisions after the match were not satisfied by the Ingulets coach. Sergey Lavrinenko wondered how it was possible to cancel his team’s net goal. Ingulets’ mentor raised a very important question: why is VAR not used in games of teams with less status?

After all, if technology was used in this match, the guests could easily take three points away from Lviv. It turns out that the participants in the contest are in different conditions when the VAR works selectively at the UPL. At the same time, video technologies are necessarily used in the leaders’ parties. What is the reason that the strongest clubs have such privileges?

Shakhtar punished Minaj for open football

The UPL debutant Minaj in the match against Shakhtar decided to play bravely and not hide with great force in his half of the field and was penalized for this. The Donetsk club very quickly secured a comfortable lead and scored a landslide victory without making extra efforts, which is very important before the key match in the Champions League against Inter. A fly in the ointment was the ball missed by Anatoly Trubin, who was very passive in that episode.

Minaj also learned the lesson he needed to play against Shakhtar at UPL differently.

Nescheret returned the intrigue, but did not help Mariupol

Dynamo Kiev nominally as guests they played their duel against Mariupol at the Dynamo stadium named after Valery Lobanovsky. From the first minutes the championship leader seized the game advantage and very quickly managed to get ahead.

Denis Garmash converted his 1v1. Kievans controlled the game and did not allow his opponents to create anything in attack. Before the break, Mariupol made a good counterattack. The young Kiev goalkeeper Nesheret wanted to cover up his defenses and play at the start, but could not get ahead of the attacker. He deservedly saw a red card in front of him and complicated the task for his teammates in the second half.

In the second half of the match, Mariupol acted much bolder and more dangerous. Viktor Tsygankov’s goal closed the question about the winner of this match. Mariupol did not stop and was rewarded for it with his goal scored in the last minutes of the match.

And again without victory

Rukh remains the only UPL team that has yet to win a single victory this season. Olympic calmly faced his opponent. The individual skill of the players in the Donetsk team’s strike group enabled the Olympians to celebrate an easy victory in the clash with Rukh. After the match, Rukh’s player Maksim Bely lamented that Ingults managed to beat Olimpik without shots on goal and his team still failed to win.

Rukh’s last chance to win a win before winter break will be in the next game against Dnipro-1.

The “men” picked up speed in winter

Viktor Skripnik’s charges began to win victory after victory in all tournaments. Zorya did not feel any problems in the match against Dnipro-1. Gromov’s incredible attacking performance provided the Lugansk team with a result.

Artem completely and completely won his confrontation with Adamyuk in this match. The Dnipro-1 defender couldn’t do anything with Zarya’s forward. Oleksandr Nazarenko sweetened the lozenge at the end, scoring the goal of his team’s prestige.

Fortune returned the favor

In this round the teams of the third and fourth place of the classification faced each other. Both teams showed the will to win, and the draw was a completely logical end to the match, but in the end, luck smiled on Desna. In the previous rounds Chernihiv lost points in the matches against Kolos and Lvov, and in the game against Vorskla they got a victory in the last attack.

There are also questions about Ekaterina Monzul’s refereeing in this match. First, a very dubious free kick was awarded, resulting in a goal. Second, Ruslan Stepanyuk saw a very strange second yellow card in front of him. The Poltava forward worked the ball with his own hand, then shot on goal and scored.

Monzul showed him a second yellow card due to the fact that the player hit behind the whistle. But very little time has passed from the moment the hand is played to the shot on goal, and therefore such a punishment for the player appears to be wrong.

Combat tie

The tour was closed by Kolos and Alexandria. It was a match in which both teams showed a very decent level of football, and each team was able to win. It is quite natural that the match ended in a draw.

We noticed that Kolos scored his goal from the penalty spot, but Alexandria didn’t realize his 11-meter chance. Volynets has once again shown that he is one of the best goalkeepers in the League at repelling shots from a point.

Player stats

Shahab’s double allowed the Iranian striker to carve a place on the front row in the scoring career. Now the Olimpik forward has 8 goals in the Premier League. There is double power in the assistants. Kirill Kovalets and Alan Patrick have 4 assists each.

Tournament table

Dynamo maintains a 3-point lead over Shakhtar. Zarya continues her advance in the rankings. Desna circled Vorskla. Lviv’s teams are still at the bottom, along with Dnipro-1, who already have a five-game losing streak.

Next round

The last round before winter break will be played next weekend. Of the most interesting matches: Desna – Mariupol and Alexandria – Zarya. Ingulets will be put to the test in the context of Shakhtar Donetsk, and the Dynamo will seek revenge on Kolos for an offensive loss in the last round of last season.

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