UPL: LNZ, Veres and Livyi bereg win in round four
The starting times of three Ukrainian Premier League game were delayed due to a lengthy air alert warning, yet all of the matches took place as planned on Monday.
LNZ joined Zorya at the top of the UPL table after a hard fought victory over Karpaty. Cherkassy team concede first, however managed to answer their oppponent with two goals after the break - 2:1.
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LNZ - Karpaty 2:1 (0:1)
Goals: Chachua, 34 (0:1); Pasich G., 61 (1:1); Jashari, 77 (2:1)
LNZ: Kucherenko; Daiko; Muravskyi; Salihu; Pasich G.; Putria; Thill O. (Oliynyk, 83); Jashari; Avagimian (Momoh F., 46); Nonikashvili (Boiko V., 73); Bessala (Naumets, 90)
Bench: Penkov; Samoylenko K.; Stasyuk; Angelov; Bar; Norenkov; Topalov
Yellow Cards: Bessala 45; Kucherenko 60; Thill O. 70; Jashari 88
Karpaty: Kemkin; Adamiuk; Baboglo; D. Miroshnichenko; Chachua (Kostenko, 75); Alvarez Garcia; Zanetti Т. (Klymenko V., 56); Ocheretko (Shakh, 65); Pidlepenets (Kuzik, 76); Polehenko; Alves Neves (Ustymenko, 65)
Bench: Domchak; Kinareikin; Veklyak B.; Pedroso; Sakiv; Ryabov A.; Tlumak
Veres has never won a match against Kolos in its history - five wins and a draw in six matches. Moreover, the Rivne team has never even scored a goal. Yet on Monday then Veres got its first goal through the efforts of Sharay and won.
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Kolos - Veres 0:1 (0:0)
Goals: Sharay V., 54 (0:1)
Kolos: Mysak; Bondarenko V.; Burda; Popravka; Tsurikov; Veleten (Tretyakov, 74); Demchenko Ol.; Ilyin (Kryvoruchko, 46); Orikhovskyi (Paulauskas Gy., 46); Gagnidze N.; Bezborodko (Salabai, 46)
Bench: Horokh; Pakholiuk; Cucoș; Boyko An.; Shershen Vl.; Husol
Veres: Kogut B.; Vovchenko S.; Gakman; Goncharenko; Shevchenko Y. (Protasevych M., 82); Kutsia (Kucherov, 46); Sharay V. (Klots, 88); Siqueira; Luan (Dakhnovskyi, 46); Haiduchyk M. (till 66); Stepanyuk R.
Bench: Kozhukhar; Yuschyshyn; Melnyk; Checher; Baran; Lepskiy; Mrvaljevic
Yellow Cards: Siqueira 69
Livyi bereg got the first top division victory in its history, narrowly beating Chernomorets in a home match.
The historic goal was scored by Andriy Yakimiv in the 29th minute, sending the ball into the corner of the goal after a pass from Sinitsa.