"Alexandria" catches up with" Dynamo", the first victory of" Ingulets", strong-willed victories: the result of the 15th round of the UPL

The 15th round of the Ukrainian Premier League gave Ukrainian fans a lot of emotions, both positive and negative. In particular, fans of Ingulets can rejoice, because their team won for the first time in 15 rounds, fans of Veres and Zarya are happy about the strong-willed victories of their players, fans of Kryvbas are happy about Yegor Tverdokhleb's hattrick, despite the blackout during the game, but Chernomorets players let their fans down. UNN decided to tell the results, new achievements and regular scandals of the 15th round of the UPL. 

Unexpected defeat in Poltava 

In the first match of the round on Friday, Vorskla Poltava was visited by Ingulets Petrovsky, who did not yet know the taste of winning the UPL. There are only 6 draws and 8 losses in 14 games. The debut of the match was a surprise not only for Poltava residents, but also for all fans. 

After the starting whistle, the Vorskla players threw the ball forward, which was intercepted by Ingulets. Pyatov in the center of the field threw his head at Belotserkovets, who ran down the flank and served into the penalty area. Vorskla defenders knocked out the ball, but it was picked up by Losenko, who took a delicious hit on shkiryan from 30 meters away and opened the scoring already at the 19th second of the match, which is still the fastest goal in the current UPL draw - 1:0. 

It seems that the head coach of "Ingulets" Vasily Kobin did not even understand what happened. 

A quick goal was definitely not part of the plans of Maksimov's wards, but while Poltava recovered from it, Ingulets doubled the advantage. In the 12th minute, Malysh shot at the goal, the Vorskla defender took the shot, but the ball bounced to Pyatov, who beat three home players at once in the penalty area and shot accurately into the far corner from the Toe - 2:0. 

Interestingly, in the first half, Ingulets played as if they were losing. Kobin's wards did not stop there and had the opportunity to score for the third time, but the blow of The Hairy Isenko pulled. Only at the end of the half did Vorskla recover and start creating chances. 

At the beginning of the second half, Vorskla earned the right to a penalty. Sklyar came up to the mark, but could not beat Palamarchuk, who deflected an eleven-meter shot for the fifth time in a row, which was a repeat of the record of the 2021/2022 season, when Dmitry Reznik deflected five consecutive penalties, who, by the way, then played for Vorskla. 

"Willibald says to me before hitting:" Lech, fight back, please." They beat me on the right, beat me on the left, and now they're in the center. I fell - the ball hit my feet. Thank God I did. They said that I repeated the record for deflected penalties. So, we need to recapture the sixth one. I want the team to win and everyone to have positive emotions. There is the first victory in the championship, we need to work further," Palamarchuk said after the match. 

This moment further broke the home team. Until the end of the match, Vorskla could not score at least a goal, and Ingulets played successfully defending the result. Already in the time added by the referee, Ingulets ran out on the counterattack, sad brought Belotserkovets face-to-face with the goalkeeper, who easily scored the third goal. 

The final whistle recorded the first victory of Ingulets, which broke the unbeaten record Club Series at 15 matches, as well as the first away victory of Vasily Kobin as head coach of the UPL club. It is interesting that this happened in his 50th match in all official tournaments at the top level.

However, this victory did not allow the Kabin team to rise from the last place in the table. 

"Winning is important for us, regardless of the score. We continue to believe in our style of play and strive for the football we want to see. Each of the players must work 100%, demonstrating balanced and modern football," Kobin said after the match. 

Strong-willed victory of Veres 

In the first match of Saturday, LNZ Cherkasy was visited by Veres Rivne. The first symbolic shot of the match was performed by Bogdan Klyuchka and his son. Bogdan volunteered at the end of April 22. After the training ground, he joined the 3rd Battalion, 110th separate Mechanized Brigade named after Cornet General Mark Bezruchko, where he served before being wounded.  

He was wounded near the village of Krasnogorovka, Pokrovsky district. he was awarded the golden cross badge and the medal for injury. Currently, he is the captain of the amp football and volleyball teams sitting at MSK Dnipro. 

Both teams started the match quite actively, creating chances at the opponents ' goal. However, it was LNZ that managed to take the lead. In the 27th minute, the Veres midfielder played clumsily at his own goal and gave the ball to Yashara, who went one - on-one with the goalkeeper and opened the scoring in the match-1:0. 

"Veres" won back in the 39th minute, although three minutes before that, Kutsia, who hit the post, could have equalized the score. It was after this moment that Putrya mowed down Dakhnovsky in his own penalty area - the referee awarded a penalty, which Luan converted - 1:1. 

The teams started the second half cautiously again. But in the end, the Veres players escalated. In the 70th minute, the LNZ goalkeeper knocked the ball exactly on Stepanyuk's leg in his own penalty area, but the rivnenan forward could not beat the goalkeeper. However, in 5 minutes "LNZ" "brought" the second time, but Luan does not forgive mistakes. Nonikashvili gave a weak pass to the keeper, Luan intercepted and entered the penalty area, where he "put the LNZ goalkeeper on the lawn" and scored - 2:1. 

The final whistle recorded a strong-willed victory for Veres, which allowed Shandruk's wards to extend their unbeaten streak to nine matches. 

Hettrick Tverdokhleba and the blackout

In the second match of Saturday, Kryvyi Rih "Kryvbas" was visited by Zhytomyr "Polesie". Traditionally, the first symbolic strike was performed by Andriy Haiduk, a fan of Kryvbas, a military man who joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on September 1, 2022, participated in defensive operations in the Kherson, Donetsk and Kharkiv directions, and now serves in the 17th separate Mechanized Brigade in the Kursk direction. He was wounded twice and received awards for his courage in battle. 

The beginning of the game was reserved for Polesie. Already in the first minute, Makhankov had to work hard to cope with two consecutive shots from outside the penalty area. It was especially sharp after Lednev's shot, but the keeper managed to fold and hit the ball with his feet. In the 2nd minute, the lights went out at the stadium, but the game was quickly resumed. All in the same 2 minutes, the Kryvbas players did not keep track of Wendell, who shot a header at point-blank range after a corner kick, but above the goal. 

Subsequently, Kryvbas began to carry out their dangerous attacks and already in the 11th minute Vernidub's wards opened the scoring. Bandeira threw an out far, Tverdokhleb picked up the ball after a discount from Sosa, and immediately shot – a rebound and the ball was in the goal – 1:0. 

In the 25th minute, Kryvbas somehow miraculously did not score a second time - first Volynets pulled a shot close to Sosa, and then successfully reacted to finishing off Kuzik. 

At the end of the half, Kryvbas scored for the second time, but the referee canceled the goal due to offside from Shevchenko. 

At half-time, the lights were turned off again at the stadium, Allegra continued on time

The beginning of the second half was accompanied by "Polesie", who actively put pressure on the goal of "Kryvbas", which eventually succeeded in the 61st minute. After a series of passes and ricochets, the ball bounced to Hutsulyak, who accurately shot into the near corner – 1:1. 

However, in the 73rd minute, Kryvbas again took the lead-a long diagonal across the field from Bizimana, a pass to the penalty area performed by Mikitishin, from where Tverdokhleb powerfully shot under the crossbar - 2:1. after 14 minutes, Tverdokhleb scored a hat – trick, impaling the ball into the goal after Bandeira's pass-3:1. 

The final whistle recorded the victory of Kryvbas, which extended the winless series to 6 matches. Moreover, the second goal was the 400th for the teams of Yuri Vernidub in the UPL Championship for all the years of his coaching career.

"Indeed, it is a very important game for us. Polesie is a competitor in the table. I am very happy that we were able to win, that I scored a hat-trick. A memorable evening, you might say.

Yes, this is the first hat-trick of my career. I don't even think I've scored two goals in one match before. And here are three at once-I am very happy that I succeeded. I dedicate these goals to all those people who protect our Ukraine from the aggressor, the terrorist country. A low bow for their courage, for what they do for the country. Thanks to them, we can continue to live with our favorite business and get positive emotions," Tverdokhleb shared his emotions after the hit hit. 

"Left bank" escapes in the last minutes

In the final match of Saturday, "Left Bank" and "Obolon" met in the capital derby. On the same day, a farewell ceremony was held in Kiev at the Obolon Arena for the founder of the Obolon ultras, Pavel Vedybida (call sign" Obolonchik").

Pavel has been a participant in military operations since 2014, in particular as part of the duk PS, defending Saur-Mogila, Donetsk airport and other strategic positions. In 2022-2024, he served in the 112th Brigade of the TRO of the Obolonsky District, participated in the defense of Kiev, the battles near Lysychansk, the liberation of Klishcheyevka and the defense of Chasovy Yar, where he died on November 13, 2024. 

A symbolic blow in the match was performed by Pavel Ishchenko, who since 2015, as part of the 14th separate Mechanized Brigade, participated in combat operations until 2018, and after 2022, as part of the 72nd brigade of Black Cossacks, stopped columns of rashists in Gostomel and Irpen. In addition, he participated in the operation to blow up a dam on the Irpen River, which played a key role in the defense of Kiev, for which he was awarded the order "for courage". He was wounded in Bakhmut. 

At the start of the match, the teams did not particularly force events, playing virtually in the center of the field. The first dangerous moment came as early as the 17th minute-Sukhoruchko headed over the Obolon goal after a corner kick.

"Obolon" immediately responded with its moment, but, unfortunately, Vitenchuk's beautiful goal was canceled due to the game with Dubko's hand. In the end, it was Obolon that was destined to open an account. This time without breaking the rules. After a long draw of the standard, Dubko was ahead of the goalkeeper, who made a mistake on the way out, and sent the ball into the goal with his head - 1:0. 

The second half was not particularly different from the first. Despite the expectation that the" storks "would fly forward, it was the" Brewers " who attacked more sharply, but it did not reach the decisive blow. Nevertheless," left bank " in the last attack in the 5th added minute managed to win back-a crazy episode that lasted almost a minute, and in the end, after a series of shots, ricochets, takeaways, the ball was in the goal. Akimovna scored a goal.

The final whistle recorded a draw - 1:1. "Left Bank" avoided the 10th defeat in the UPL, but its winless series increased to 10 matches (four draws, six defeats).

"Circus" in Kirovohrad Region 

A real drama played out at the Nika Stadium in Alexandria, where the eponymous team was visited by Chernomorets Odessa. The first symbolic strike in the match was performed by defender of Ukraine Volodymyr Sobovenko, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who defended Ukraine during the ATO, and on March 5, 2023, while performing a combat mission, a car in which Vladimir and three of his brothers were traveling ran over an anti - tank mine. From the explosion, the brothers suffered minimally, and Vladimir Voin was seriously wounded, as a result of which he lost two legs. 

The coach of" Alexandria " Ruslan Rotan presented our defender with a memorable T-shirt with the number 89. 

The first episode of the match occurred in the 16th minute, which completely turned the tide of the match. Alexandria winger Alexander Belyaev took the ball on the flank from Bogdan Butko, who flew to Alexander Martynyuk. The left defender made a cross, but the defenders of the "Mariners" knocked the ball exactly on the leg of Vashchenko, who in touch powerfully shot under the crossbar - 1:0. 

After the goal was scored, a real drama broke out on the football field. The fact is that the players of Chernomorets immediately began to appeal to the referee, who believed that Belyaev violated the rules by stepping on Butka's foot. While" Alexandria " scored, Butko continued to lie on the lawn. Mariners keeper Artur Rudko received a yellow card for condemning the referee, and a second later his partner Ivan Petryak received a direct red card for pushing the referee. 

At this point, the emotions did not fade, but on the contrary intensified. In the 20th minute, Bezera burst into the penalty area, where she was hit by Chernomorets players. The referee did not see the penalty and "Alexandria" received only a corner kick after the ball was knocked out of the field by the "sailors". However, Bezzera was lying on the lawn and holding his leg, and some of the defenders of the "sailors" said to him: "get up, s*Ka." The teams began to appeal to the referee, and the most active in condemning the referee was Butko, who received a yellow card for talking. 

In 8 minutes, Belyaev knocked down Butko, which the latter did not like. The defender got up from the lawn and pushed the offender. The referee did not react to the episode with a violation, which Butko did not like, which the referee sent directly. What Butko said can be read on your lips. For this, Butko was removed from the field, and Chernomorets remained in the nine. This removal did not please the coach of Odessa, who went on the field and tried to take his team to the subtribe room, but the game continued. 

In fact, this and the previous episodes decided the fate of the fight. The game was completely dominated by "Alexandria", although the "sailors" successfully played in defense. Ruslan Rotan's team was able to take advantage of the two-player advantage only after 80 minutes. First, Denis Kostyshin scored a goal from Skorko's feed, although the referee decided to score a goal for a long time, because there were doubts that Skorko could have been offside, and Artem Kozak put an end to the match, who closed the near head after Kostyshin's feed. 

The final whistle recorded a crushing victory of "Alexandria" - 3:0, which increased the record unbeaten club streak in the UPL Championship to 19 matches-in the 180th home game in the elite division.

"First of all, I am very grateful to my team for the fact that they were still strong, moving, rebuilding and, in principle, until the 75th minute.we had a scoring moment when spurn could have scored in the 1st half. But I just watched this episode with the 1st ball – well, let the referees sort it out. In my opinion, this is a pure foul on Butka. And I heard, and the stands heard, that it was a foul. We didn't do enough on the rebound later, but I think it's a 100 percent foul on offense. And if I had come home from ballet as a coach, maybe I would have behaved a little more calmly, reacted a little calmly to these situations. But I think that there was one foul, and we also had another foul on Butka when we didn't whistle. Therefore, this situation is nervous, and the guys, of course, feel it on the field and react in this way. How can we not react? We have a team spirit, and we fight for everyone," Babic said after the match. 

Dynamo hits the post in Kyiv Region

In the second match of Saturday in Kovalevka, in the Kiev region, Dynamo Kyiv came to the local "Kolos", which had to win, because "Alexandria", having won its match against Chernomorets, threw the "White and blue" to second place. 

The first symbolic performance was performed by the defender of Ukraine Bohdan Duba - in February 2022, he defended Kiev from Russian invaders. After Kiev, he liberated Chernihiv region, Sumy region, and then defended Kharkiv region, where he was wounded in the leg during the Storming of the Cossack Lopan. 

Kiev started the match quite actively, which led to a goal scored in the 5th minute of the match-Nazar Voloshin on the right flank rolled the ball to Brazhka, and the central midfielder hit exactly the far corner of the goal with a shot from outside the penalty area - 0:1.

After scoring a goal, the game slowed down somewhat. "Dynamo" had possession of the ball, but did not sharpen it, while the opponent was not particularly near their goal. The first dangerous attack from Kolos occurred inside the first half, when Tsurikov forced Buschan to enter the game. 

However, already in the 33rd minute, Kolos still scored. Alefirenko received a pass on the approaches to the penalty area, none of the defenders of Kiev did not have time to cover it, and after the midfielder's shot and rebound, the ball flew into the corner of the goal past Buschan - 1:1. one can only sympathize with Taras Mikhavko, who scored 3 goals in his own goal this season, and this ball flew after a rebound from his foot. 

In the 40th minute, the Dynamo captain could have scored a "dry sheet" in the style of the legendary Valery Lobanovsky, but the Kolos keeper was able to pull it out from under the post. And in the 46th minute, Kolos took the lead - Demchenko got a powerful shot from outside the penalty area, but the referee canceled the goal due to offside. It's a pity, the goal turned out to be no less beautiful than Alefirenko. 

The second half was accompanied by Dynamo, but Kiev failed to realize their chances. Guerrero could have scored, but he missed the goal from a few meters away, Tymchik shot over the goal, Vanat could not beat Pakholyuk, who in this match, and especially in the second half, worked wonders on the tape. 

In the end, the match ended in a 1-1 draw, which, although it brought Dynamo to the first place, but shares points with Alexandria. On Wednesday, December 4, a match for 6 points will take place, in which the wards of Alexander Shovkovsky and Ruslan Rotan will meet. 

It should be noted that Kolos players were expected to receive a pleasant surprise from the team's President Andrey Zasukha in the form of bonuses after the match.

We respect Dynamo, so I gave a small bonus to the players. Although there were no promises about this before the match. The guys played as usual, " Zasukha said after the match. 

Rukh snatches points from Shakhtar in the last seconds 

In the last match of Sunday, Shakhtar Donetsk was visited by Rukh. The match was held at the arena Lviv, which is home to Rukh, but the yellow-blacks were guests in this match. 

The match began with a minute of silence for Dmytro Tvardovsky, the father of Shakhtar goalkeeper Denys Tvardovsky, who died at the front defending Ukraine. While performing a combat mission, Dmitry and his brothers came under enemy fire and received injuries incompatible with life. He was 45 years old. 

Rukh players actively started the match, creating several chances at the Reznik goal - first Klimchuk shot with his head, and then Lyakh tried to break through the Donetsk keeper, but in vain. 

Shakhtar recovered by the middle of the half and were able to open the scoring in the 22nd minute-captain Mykola Matvienko turned the ball into the net with his head after a corner kick - 1:0.

After the goal, the game calmed down and the first dangerous episode appeared closer to the end of the half - Artem Bondarenko could not spin the ball into the far corner of Rukh, although it was close. 

The second half, like the first, was actively started by the "movement" that dictated the game during the second half. At first, Pidgursky from a killer position could not close the feed from the flank with his head, later Reznik pulled Klimchuk's shot from under the post, and a moment later the Donetsk keeper coped with Didyk's shot. 

At the end of the half, Rukh missed a counterattack, in which Lasina Traore doubled the advantage, but the ball was canceled due to offside. Everything went to the fact that Shakhtar would get another victory and get closer to the leaders of the season, but the "black and yellow" were of the opposite opinion. 

Already in stoppage time, at 90+2 minutes, they managed a decisive attack. Sych served from the right flank, and Didyk burst from deep and shot Riznik from the goalie's Line - 1:1. Shakhtar immediately rushed forward, but there was not enough time.   

"Now the team lacks stability due to its age, and this is quite normal. We can play a high-quality match with Shakhtar, and then Rukh holds a low-quality match with conditional outsiders. I am grateful to the guys for this game, because not every team can force Shakhtar to play to keep the score. I think that in the second half we completely outplayed the opponent, so this result is natural. "Rukh" was better in intensity, played better and created more chances (...). In addition to a goal from the standard, the opponent actually had no scoring chances in this match. I am convinced that both tactical schemes have paid off. Substitutions also strengthened the game – Ilya Kvasnitsa, Oleg Fedor and Cliver added sharpness to the attack," Rukh coach Vitaly Ponomarev shared the secret of success. 

A strong-willed victory closed the Tour 

The last match of the tour was held in Kiev at the Valery Lobanovsky Stadium, where the Lviv "Carpathians" visited Zarya Luhansk. Both teams started quite actively from the first minutes and the first dangerous moment arose for the "Carpathians", when Dryshlyuk out of the Blue gave the ball to Polegenka, but the latter could not beat Saputin.

Nevertheless, the" Carpathians " managed to open an account. Lviv organized their attack, Bruninho gave in the center to Kostenko, who broke into the penalty area and removed the locksmith on the attempt, but the midfielder hit the leg of the Karpaty player and the referee awarded a penalty, which Polegenko realized - 1:0. After the goal, the teams started playing more openly, creating even more chances, but both goalkeepers played well in the first half. 

The second half started with the attacks of the "Carpathians" and if not for Saputin, who pulled an incredible header from Neves, the "White-Green" could have taken the lead. In the end, Zarya also found their moment - Michin stretched the flank, gave it to Yatsyk, who turned to Michin and moved to the center with a billiard shot shot exactly into the corner - 1:1 in the 69th minute. 

Both teams did not agree to a draw, so they rushed forward immediately, which played a cruel joke with the "Carpathians". In 11 minutes, Zarya earned the right to take a corner - the players decided to play, Kiryukhantsev executed a pass into the penalty area, where after a fuss the ball bounced to Michin, who scored a double, bringing victory to the Luhansk club.

"Karpaty" in the end could have equalized, but Ustimenko got the ball only with his hair. The final whistle recorded a strong - willed victory of Zarya-2:1, and the match was also remembered for the jostling at the end of the match.   

After the 15th round, the standings are as follows: Dynamo, despite the draw with Kolos, continues to lead in the table. "Alexandria "thanks to the victory over" Chernomorets "equaled" Dynamo " on points, but still continues to be in second place. The victory of "Kryvbas" over "Polesie" allowed Kryvyi Rih residents to push "Wolves" in the tournament.