One of the key moments of Saturday’s Ukrainian league match between Shakhtar and Metalist took place in the fourth stoppage minute. Trubin made a gross mistake and presented the ball to Pryadun, who ended up in front of the goal on the penalty line. But the Pitmen’s goalkeeper corrected himself, parrying the best scorer from Kharkiv. Otherwise, Shakhtar would have missed the victory.
She gave herself to the Pitmen with great difficulty. From the outside, it seems that after the Pitmen’s departure from European competitions, each subsequent game becomes a serious test for them. With “Chernomorets” wards Igor Jovicevich have already lost two points. And they won another victory only thanks to the only accurate blow of Bondarenko in the middle of the second half. And here again their connection with Sudakov worked, who hung from the left flank. Bondarenko took the ball to the chest in the center of the penalty area and shot from the goalkeeper’s line.
Of course, Shakhtar could have succeeded earlier. Before the break, Sikan had a great moment. And already at the end of the first half, Gocholeishvili hit the crossbar. And after the Pitmen took the lead, they managed to carry out a couple of sharp counterattacks, each of which could remove all questions about the winner. But instead, Shakhtar got a nervous ending, which almost ended badly for them.
2022-23, Ukrainian Championship
Shakhtar – Metalist 1:0 (0:0)
Naked: Bondarenko A-m, 64 (1:0)
Miner: Trubin; Bondar V.; Rakitsky; Matvienko N.; Gocholeishvili; Stepanenko; Bondarenko A-m; Djurasek (Ocheretko, 41); Kryskiv (Topalov, 61); Sudakov (Totovitsky, 92); Sikan (Traore L.Sh., 61)
Spare: Pyatov; Puzankov; Taylor L.; Hemp; Farina; Toirov; Boryachuk; Kelsey
Warnings: Stepanenko 29; Bondar V. 55; Traore L.Sh. 94
metalworker: Ermolov; Myzyuk; Powder; Romaniuk; Corral; Tchaikovsky (Panasenko, 70); Ralyuchenko; Kartushov (Naumets, 63); Demchenko E.; Boychuk B.; Witch doctor
Spare: Kostik O.; Nikolishin; Samuel; Bagachansky; Pati; Ryazantsev E.; Shamich; Chidomere
Warnings: Ralyuchenko 33
2022-23, Ukrainian Championship: Tournament table
