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“Ingulets” completed the homework for the season
Desna, Olympic, Mariupol, Lviv, Rukh and Minaj scored fewer points in 2021 than Ingulets. You cannot say that Petrovsky’s team made a jump, because in the context of Dnipro-1 it seems more of a jump. However, the progress is obvious not only in terms of the number of points earned, but also the place in the table, as well as the prospects.
The “Cossacks” are one of the first of the outsider group to practically secure their place in the division. Of course, Lvov’s charming victory in Kharkiv confused the cards a bit, but the big picture now is such that the only vacant place to play between them to go to the First League to the cheers of the crowd will not be able to score. , “Minaj”, who can not find a stable lineup “Rukh” and just does not know how not to lose “Olympic”.
Another advantage in favor of the bright prospects for Ingulets is the composition of the team. It is no better than that of its competitors, but Petrovsky, in the context of other outsiders, in the winter tried to do the very precise work that would strengthen them. Plus the injured: Lupashko, Pavlov, Shust, Yanakov will definitely add variability to the team.
By the way, about variability. It is clear that this is the club’s first season in the Premier League. But the game in every game on defense is already boring. In the attack, there is only one scenario: a launch to Sitchinava in the hope that Nika will notice. No other options. Alexander Ryzhenko
There is no coincidence in Lvov’s victory over Shakhtar
On the day the underdog beats the reigning champion of Ukraine, many can say that the outsider was lucky, the favorite pushed the whole game, while the opponent crashed into the counter a couple of times and was able to score. Such cases happened in the history of football, but the game “Lviv” – “Shakhtar” is from a different repertoire. Anatoly Bessmertny ideally prepared his team, silencing for a time all the enemies who were unhappy with the dismissal of Vitalai Shumsky. The victory over Shakhtar will go down in blue-gold history, making Bessmertny immortal for the club.
“Lviv” played most of the time in defense, but despite this, he played enough goals. This does not mean that at least one goal was scored accidentally or inadvertently. The first goal is the consequence of a great counterattack, the second is a high quality pass from the depths, Nycha’s good game against Vitao, the third is a mistake by Matvienko and a clear penalty. And this without counting two more moments by Nazariy in the first and second half, which could lead to a goal. Yes, the Shakhtar openly forgave him several times, and Moraes’ blow to the voids above will be included in the cut of the funniest moments of the season, but this does not negate the fact that Lviv was better prepared than the opponent and competently punished for defensive oversights. And can we talk about some kind of accident when one of the teams took the lead three times a game?
In the fight for survival, any points scored for Lviv can be healthy, but the victory over Shakhtar is also important from a psychological point of view. Confidence will be felt not only by the players, but also by the coach, who also has an international break ahead, during which it is possible to get closer to the team. We recently buried “Lviv”. On Sunday they came back to life. Georgy groshev
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“Minaj” is the main contender for the title of the worst team in the UPL
After the game with “Mariupol”, Mikhail Kopolovets said that the management trust credit in Vasily Kobin had not expired. Also, he announced the reason “Minaj” didn’t score as many points in the spring as they wanted – the point is that for various reasons the defenders withdrew. An interesting explanation for the extremely weak play of the Transcarpathians in … attack. In the first half, there was a period in Mariupol in which the guests closed off the hosts for a good 15 minutes in their half of the field, but the first shot on goal from the Azov team, which at the same time was not difficult for the goalkeeper, came just before the final whistle.
Instead, the next day, “Lviv”, who incidentally beat “Minaj” in their own field, tormented the “Shakhtar” defense and finally won, scoring three goals. Of course there is also “Rukh”, who has also lost toothlessly to “Dynamo”. But at the same time in the Lviv assets in the second round a spectacular victory over “Kolos” and a quite worthy draw with “Vorskla”. A few rounds ago we gave the “honorary” title of main outsider of the championship to Lvov, but now we are convinced that it will be “Minaj” who will be the loser who will leave the elite at the end of the season. Sergey shvets
Does the current Alyun need the current Vorskla?
The defeat of Olimpik should not cloud the eyes of the Poltava fans – the Verdiblancos did the minimum to win, but thanks to the poor condition of the rival, they scored goals out of nowhere, which the xG indicator confirms. We do not criticize “Vorskla”, we simply state the fact: it will not be so easy for Poltava against more serious teams.
Since there is no point in talking about the game itself, we are going to dwell on the personalities. That is, we will talk about Allune Ndiaye, who remained on the bench in the match against Olimpik. There is no doubt that the talented center-back deserved such an attitude. He has already failed several matches in 2021, has no plans to renew his contract, is not in the best shape and is only preparing to move to another club. A logical question arises: does Vorskla really need Alyun?
He put in a great performance last year, but now the player is doing much more harm than good. Nobody disputes that the Frenchman can take over the game, give a great 40-meter diagonal, but before that make an inaccurate pass three times, cut twice, break the rules and win a yellow card. Without Ndiaye, Maksimov will probably have to use a four-defender scheme, but this is a much better option than putting an unmotivated Alyun up front, who doesn’t tie his future to Vorskla. Or will you change your mind? Georgy groshev
“Rukh” did not go to Kiev for glasses
Perhaps Grigory Petrovich and Ivan Zenonovich are offended by such a harsh statement, but the match in Olimpiyskiy did not show that Lvov wanted to score. The average distance when hitting Buschan’s goal was 30 meters, and in total, the “yellow-blacks” aimed twice at the Kievans’ frame. Why then did he go to the capital? Become direct participants in increasing the gap between first and second place on the table?
We have already spoken dozens of times and now we will say it again. Why does Rukh use so many players and rotate the team from game to game? Why are 39 players already participating in the current UPL draw? He randomly opened the statistics of four clubs: “Dawn”, “Miner”, “Ingulets” and “Lvov”. Only the latter surpassed the 30-player mark, but let’s not forget that the third manager took over the club during the season. What is the coach looking for?
“Rukh” is definitely not the worst team in the Premier League. But by far the most illogical. The most stable thing about the club is the management’s decision to trust the current coach. Otherwise, it is simply impossible to explain the last current place. Alexander Ryzhenko
Defeating Kolos is a clear example of Zorya’s lack of preparation to fight for silver.
I would like to dedicate the beginning to Kovalev’s team and personally to Ruslan Kostyshin, who, as it seemed to us, roundly beat Viktor Skripnik. The mentor was ready to fight the UPL’s third force, opting for a five-defender setup and a powerful midfield. On defense, “Kolos” performed almost perfectly, not allowing “Zarya” to confuse Evgeny Volynts. Yes, there were approaches to the penalty area, but close to the opponent’s possessions, the people of Luhansk resembled Shakhtar Donetsk, who simply had no idea how to break into the defense. Also, Kolos looked good up front and the most dangerous moments were created by Kostyshin’s guys. Bravo, deserved victory.
As for Zorya, Skripnik’s team lost the second game in a row. And if after the game with the “Dynamo” many bowed their heads saying: “Well, this is the leader”, after the fiasco in Kovalevka the mood among the fans was much sadder. Lugansk did not take advantage of the Shakhtar failure, did not consolidate in the third row, letting the competitors get closer to them. We talked about this before, that despite the segments of a nice game, “Zorya” does not seem like a team capable of fighting for a place in the league championship. In terms of resources, they are losing to the giants and Skripnik’s team can only fill this void thanks to stability. Which, unfortunately, does not exist. And there will be no money either. Georgy groshev
“Olympic”, au!
Vladislav Gelzin’s club participated in European competitions once in history. It was in the 2017/18 season, when Ukrainian football was learning to live with minimal means, while everything was relatively stable for the people of Donetsk (but at their level). Since then, the idea of returning to the Europa League has plagued the Donetsk boss. But to be honest, this idea is very naive, because even if the “Olympian” will perform at his best, there are more stable financial and personnel candidates for international tournaments.
During the winter break, the club fell into the trap of the Shahab name, which resonates with consequences at the end of March, and in April we will remember it too. The undisputed team leader was involved in nearly half of Olimpik’s goals this season, after which he expressed his desire to leave the club. After long negotiations, they sent him to Zorya, it seems that they even gained something in this move, but this resulted in a loss of result. Head coach Igor Klimovsky was found guilty of this.
Who has benefited from the mentor change if the club simply has no one to score? Since the beginning of the calendar year, the Pitmen have distinguished themselves only twice in the opponents’ goal, this is the worst indicator in the league. More (or rather less) thirteen failures, the same number for “Lvov”, but the pupils of Shumsky and Bessmertny have already scored almost twice as much as in all autumn.
So the team that wanted to fight for the European Cups became a relegation contender. Perhaps, during the international break, Yuri Kalitvintsev will be able to make structural changes that will help at least break with the outsiders, but so far Olimpik remembers the Karpaty of 2004: they applied to participate in the Intertoto Cup (at that time there was like a mini European cup ), but instead of international tournaments at the end of the season, they were relegated to the First League. Alexander Ryzhenko
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