Ukrainian Youth Championship. 13th round
December, 8 . Donetsk. Shakhtar Central Stadium. Att.: 50. -2 C

Shakhtar (Donetsk) 2 – 0 Metalurg (Zaporizhzhya) (HT1:0)

Goals: 1:0 Kartushov (25), 2:0 Kartushov (83)

Shakhtar: Tetenko, Oliynyk (Golikov, 90), Leonardo (Grechyshkyn, 46), Kovalyov, Butko (Imerekov, 90), Chaikovskyy, Fedotov (Nekhtiy, 85) Vytsenets (Vakulenko, 90), Ilyuk (Ovchynnykov, 78), Nasibulin, Kartushov

Head Coach: Valeriy Yaremchenko

Booked at Shakhtar: Vytsenets (33), Chaikovskyy (48)

Referee: Sergiy Skyrda (Kharkiv)

Shakhtar reserves are playing with enviable stability at the end of the first half of the season. Valeriy Yaremchenko charges are winning three last games with the 2:0 with considerable advantage over the rivals.

So far the report match proceeded under not very favorable conditions. In spite of not very much «below zero», it was somehow cold and uncomfortable. The nature must have spoilt us too much. Though, footballers were not frightened by the weather. Both teams were holding the match with a huge will, moving on quite decent lawn, without forgetting “to kick” on the rival’s legs. The fouls were mainly just moments of a game. Shakhtar advantage was undisputable, but Zaporizhzhya team did not give u and were fighting till the end.

By the way, it were Metalurg footballers who could have opened the score. Somewhat at 15^th minute their forward Maksym Bilyi showed a high degree of individual skillfulness, but he didn’t score. Besides, he got injured and was substituted.

Then only miners could score in the first half but they did it only once. Right flank Maksym Butko and Vitaliy Fedotov performed perfectly at their side. Yegor Kartushov used their lob precisely. His shot from the keeper’s area was irresistible. 1:0.

In the second half the flow of events was also dictated by the hosts. The metallurgists had only one real goal-scoring opportunity. And our team wasted a lot of advantages. They created them easily and failed to realize them as easily. It seemed to end like this. But Yegor Kartushov also excelled at 83^rd minute, having skillfully performed a penalty shot from about 25 meters. A perfect goal and our lead 2:0.

— Everything was fine, apart from one thing, — Valeriy Yaremchenko, reserves mentor admitted after the game. — We fulfill badly the opportunities we create. But still, we were playing with pleasure. I don’t have any objections to self-devotion. The work is being continued!

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