Ukrainian championship among youth line-ups. 12-th round

October, 31 2009. Odessa .SOK Lustdorf. Att.:250. +7 C

Chornomorets (Odessa) – Shakhtar — 0:0

Shakhtar: Bazylevich, Oliynyk, Butko, Kovalyov, klymenko, Grechyshkyn (Zhychykov, 35; Ovchinnikov, 65), Fedotov (Vakulenko, 82), Chaykovskyy, Illyuk, Nasibulin (Nekhtiy, 70), Kartushov

Head coach: Valeriy Yaremchenko

Booked at Shakhtar: Klymenko(33), Illyuk (72), Ovchinnikov (90)

Referee : Dmytro Kutakov (Kyiv region)

Differently from the first team, Odessa reserves are constantly in the group of leaders. Therefore the report match can be called central in the 12^th round of championship. Both teams had attitude for victory. The game was industrious but not spectacular. As Valeriy Yaremchenko said, the players of both teams were more playing rugby than football.

It was hard for his charges in Odessa, because of illnesses our footballers had not been training for a week. ASnd to get conditions back you need time. Moreover, our guys wanted to rehabilitate themselves after offensive loss from Karpaty in home match, that is why they were stiff being afraid to make mistakes.

The first time was more meaningful, Vladislav Nasibulin could have scored. The second half was rugby-like. The rivals were not sparing either themselves or opponents. There was a lot of struggle but too little of conscious game. Draw as a result.

— The preparation to the game was jumbled. It’s difficult to claim more from guys under such conditions, - Valeriy Yaremchenko said. — They were fighting till the end. It’s clear substitutions were not effective. We will restore conditions during training..

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