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“Vorskla” squeezing between “Dynamo” and “Miner” will now be more difficult than staying with the giants throughout the season
Last week on the channel “Podcasts UA-Football” , which examined “Vorskla’s” chances of winning the Premier League title. It seems that Poltava’s own people listened to him and decided that now they will not have to do anything to succeed, and the ball will start flying towards the opposing goal.
The truth turned out to be such that even “Lvov” did not want to score by himself. Did the residents of Lviv show anything supernatural yesterday? No. Has the team’s technical skill level increased in one week of work with a new coach? No. So what is the point of this result?
And the point is “Vorskla”, who played the worst and absolutely mediocre match of the current season. Yuri Maksimov did not criticize his charges after the game, although there was a reason. Now the situation is such that the residents of Poltava from the category of “one of the leaders” have moved to the number “everyone else after the Kiev-Donetsk duo.” Now I would like to keep third place until the end of the year. Alexander Ryzhenko
There is nothing surprising about the decline of the Dynamo
In the last matches of the capital team, what many warned about beforehand is happening. Lucescu’s first stage in the team is over, and work life has replaced romance. Along with this, the first dissatisfaction with the work of Romanian specialists appeared. Mircea Mikhailovich was accused of wrong decisions, excessive faith in Supryaga and the passive play of his team. However, the reasons for this decline are not only in the coach himself.
Lucescu brought the team into peak form at the start of the season, realizing that reaching the Champions League group stage is task number one, in which he will prove his worth to management and be able to establish contact with the hobby. But it is almost impossible to spend the entire season exactly, and therefore it is now much more important for the people of Kiev to constantly score points, guided by the rule that the most beautiful thing in football is the score on the scoreboard. The rest is in the background.
At the wrong time, if it happens at the right time, COVID-19 pressed the command. Lucescu already suffered from a shortage of personnel in certain positions, and now also lost two left-handed backs, two goalkeepers and a key player in midfield. The Dynamo have a game with Barcelona and Shakhtar ahead of them, and they won’t. Georgy groshev
Perhaps Skripnik should abandon his principles
Integrity is good, it commands respect. But not when it hurts.
Zarya is exactly that case. Viktor Skripnik immediately began to instill in his team a game with a diamond in the center of the field. At the time when the maximum number of players suitable for this scheme was gathered under his leadership, the people of Lugansk looked great. However, Skripnik does not currently have the necessary selection of artists. As a result, an unsuccessful start to the championship, two defeats in the Europa League, now a draw with a newcomer in the first division.
So maybe Viktor Skripnik shouldn’t have incorporated the players into his tactics, but chose tactics that would hide the team’s weaknesses and bring the strengths to the fore? Of course, it’s easy for us to say and do it for him. But such is the fate of the coach … Sergey shvets
Ruslan Kostyshin will not return to the Europa League with old luggage
“Kolos” now seems very slow. Kovalevtsy won two victories in two opening rounds, but not least thanks to a successful schedule, as the team faced two rivals from Lviv.
However, then everything more or less fell into place: the gifts of the referees in the matches with “Mariupol” and “Zarya” helped to get four more points, and “Minai” the team scored two more goals than they had played enough.
Not to mention that the “Olympian” of the weekend showed some of the highest levels of play, but it even showed it was enough to take all three points. And ahead of the Kovalevites – “Dnepr-1”, “Vorskla”, “Desna” and “Dynamo”. A draw in almost all of these games would be considered a success.
“Kolos” is covered by the wave of “second season”. Not everything turns out only because of dedication, Seleznev did not turn out to be a reinforcement for the attack (apparently, the coach decided to repeat the trick with Lysenko: the experienced striker turned into a real increase in attack), and for some reason Kostyshin Sr. began to shuffle the composition from one game to another. Last season, the Kovalevites were tasked with somehow jumping into the TOP-6, sitting through the entire second leg, and shooting in the playoffs. This time it won’t work, because there will be no play-offs. Therefore, to repeat the fight for the European cups, it is necessary to strengthen and achieve some kind of stability in the attack. Alexander Ryzhenko
“Minaj” and “Rukh” still don’t look like UPL-level teams
With the start of the new campaign, 14 teams play in the UPL. The last season of the First Division proved to be very competitive, with six teams competing for places in the top three at the same time. “Minaj”, “Rukh” and “Ingults” managed to beat them all, who made the dreams of their owners come true and earned the right to play among the best. The Trinity really stood out, and it looked like they would have a chance to repeat the hits of Kolos and Dnipro-1, which, being absolute debutants, surprised a year ago.
In fact, everything is much more complicated. Lviv and the Transcarpathians in Sunday’s intramural game once again made them doubt the correctness of the UPL expansion. Mediocre football quality, a lot of fighting, fouls and a minimum of constructiveness, should that be the games of the highest division? And it cannot be said that the teams did not manage to settle in the new conditions, because more than two months have passed since the start of the championship, but the debutants have played enough for a victory of three. For seven rounds. Do you know how many games it took “Kolos” and “Dnepr-1” to get the first Victory? One.
Beginners are unlikely to be able to transform before winter break and therefore we don’t expect much progress. Everything will be decided in the second half of the season, but without a quality boost, “Rukh”, “Minaj” and “Ingulets” will meet again in a desperate battle. Just for the last place, or rather for the chance to avoid it. Georgy groshev
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Vladimir Sharan was corrected in time, which means that “Alexandria” will continue to fight
The match “Alexandria” – “Desna” was very interesting from the point of view of the coaches’ confrontation. Volodymyr Sharan, choosing a tactic with five defenders, gave the initiative to Chernihiv for his team to play the second number. But the plan did not work. Alexander Ryabokon took the territory, but with a bald saber he did not run towards the opponent. The guests had a chance to attack calmly, and thanks to the technical arsenal of Mudrik, Kalitvintsev and Totovitskiy, they took the lead. By the end of the first half, it seemed Desna would bring the matter to a victorious conclusion.
However, Vladimir Sharan held back in time, allowing the team to play in their usual style. Having eliminated one of the centrals, the Alexandria coach released another midfielder: Banada. This allowed Kirill Kovalets to gain freedom of action in the opponent’s half of the field. And Eugene, like no one else, is capable of breaking into someone else’s penalty area. The result on the scoreboard – “Alexandria” did not lose, although she could have won if she had played more disciplined defense after the second goal scored.
What is the conclusion of this? The fact that Vladimir Sharan’s team is able to withstand the “Desna”, which now seems the most comprehensive in terms of personnel selection. Also, if the coach manages to avoid wrong decisions, Alexandria will catch up and return the status of one of the top bronze contenders. Sergey shvets
Shakhtar May Become UPL Leader Before Winter Break
Let’s look back and take a look at all eight Pitmen rounds in the league. What is the actual result of the disaster? It is that a tie with the last team in the league at the moment, “Rukhom”. Already next weekend, Luis Castro’s team has a game with the Dynamo, which will enter the field without 13 base players due to injuries and quarantine. Win here: the delay with respect to the Kievists will already be only one point.
In addition to this game, the Donetsk side has a fairly comfortable end of the calendar year: the team has already played with the rest of the leaders and the coaching staff can afford to rotate between the Champions League and UPL games. The situation is not as dire as it seemed in September or October.
It is clear that now “Shakhtar” does not look as powerful and brilliant as he did last season. However, even a “Miner” can return to leave “Dynamo” with nothing. Alexander Ryzhenko
The material used photos of FC “Zarya”, Alexander Prikhodko / UA-Football, FC “Kolos” and FC “Alexandria”
