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U19. Dynamo vs Shakhtar: match report

Saturday, August 12, 2017

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In the 2nd U19 Ukrainian League round, Shakhtar faced their Dynamo counterparts

U19 League. 2nd round.

12 August 2017. Chapaivka. Training facility Dynamo. Att: 500. 33oC.

Dynamo U19 Kyiv 2-0 (0-0) Shakhtar U19 Donetsk 

Goals1-0 Maschenko (77), 2-0 Maschenko (90+4)

Dynamo: Kucheruk, Malyshkin, Popov (Melnik, 82), Mykolenko (c), Melnychuk, Beloshevskyi, Tsytaishvili, Buletsa (Pryhodko, 90+5), Naumets (Sorokin, 83), Yanakov (Maschenko, 75), Isaenko (Lyha, 90+2)

Unused subs: Malysh, Dmytruk

Senior coach: Ihor Kostiuk

Shakhtar: Vertei, Melichenko, Muravskyi, Bondar, Muravskyi, Mate (Pavlish, 73), Chekh (c), Stryzhak (Bondarenko, 62), Andruschenko, Kryskiv (Kravchuk, 90+3), Kaschuk (Kuzmenko, 70), Kulakov (Holod, 71) 

Unused subs: Kucherenko, Koriakin

Head coach: Serhii Shyschenko

Booked: Beloshevskyi (20), Melichenko (35), Mykolenko (55), Bondar (58), Kryskiv (85), Chekh (90)

Referee: Stepan Lapko (Lviv)

Before the match

The Donetsk team’s head coach Serhii Shyschenko made only one substitute compared to the previous match. Shakhtar U21 team representative Valerii Bondar emerged at centre-back. Thus, Yurii Mate moved to the left flank, taking the position of Dmytro Pavlish left on the bench. The opponents have strengthened the starting XI by taking two central defenders from the Dynamo U21 - Vitalii Mikolenko and Denys Popov.

First half

The opening minutes passed at an unhurried pace: the hot weather made itself felt, with the teams not picking up the speed. The ball remained mostly in midfield, as neither of the side tried to give up without a fight. Nevertheless, it was the Orange-and-Blacks, who proved slightly sharper in the final stage. Especially dangerous looked playing corners, as well as drives from Maksym Andruschenko and Oleksii Kaschuk down the flanks.
Especially dangerous looked playing corners, as well as drives from Maksym Andruschenko down the flank
With a fairly neck-and-neck competition through the midway of the first period, the late stages saw more active performance from Shakhtar. In the 41st minute, Andruschenkobrought Kryskiv on the Kyiv side’s goal, but Dmitry failed to control the ball and missed a great scoring chance. Soon he appeared in the thick of a promising attacking move, but instead of landing a shot from the edge of the penalty area, he decided to play a pass to Andrii Kulakov, but overhit it. As a result, the teams went into the break with 2 zeros on the scoreboard.

Second half

The hosts restarted the game better, having registered two long-distance shots. Over time, the white-and-blues seized the territorial initiative and began to threaten Vladyslav Vertei‘s goal more often. Denys Yanakov went close to scoring, but the Shakhtar goalkeeper demonstrated a brilliant performance. Within those minutes, the Miners counted on counters, but they often came short of the opening threatening pass. In the middle of the half, Serhii Shyschenko changed the game pattern by making a number of substitutions. Moreover, the substitutes created a goal: Artem Holod went on a slaloming run down the flank to send a cross to the centre, which was slotted homeby Vladyslav Kuzmenko. The goal was called off: the referee of the meeting whistled a foul in attack.
The substitutes created a goal: Artem Holod went on a slaloming run down the flank to send a cross to the centre, which was slotted homeby Vladyslav Kuzmenko
Literally the following foray forward from the rivals paid dividends, as Vadym Maschenko went clean through on goal of the Donetsk side and flicked the ball past a goalkeeper. In the dying minutes, the Miners tried to draw level. As late as in the added time, the ball found one of the Dynamo player’s hand inside the penalty area, but the referee's whistle was silent. In turn, the hosts responded with a strike from the same Maschenko.
In the first half, the teams mainly sized up each other, with the game taking place mainly in midfield, with rare attacking moves. After the break, the hosts seized the initiative, they began to look more mobile. We, in turn, employed counterattacks
Serhii Shyschenko, Shakhtar U19 head coach:

- In the first half, the teams mainly sized up each other, with the game taking place mainly in midfield, with rare attacking moves. In general, my lads followed the instructions within those 45 minutes: they allowed very little space, close all the space, and operated aggressively to win the ball. After the break, the hosts seized the initiative, they began to look more mobile. We, in turn, employed counterattacks. For a while it was possible to level the game, something began to work out, but then the Kyiv outfit gained advantage again. Generally, we had no balance in the second half. It's a shame that we conceded two goals on counterattacks, but it is not a big deal- it's football. We are moving on, everyone keeps chin up, everything is still ahead of us.

In the U19 league round 3 on August 18, the Miners will take on Kropyvnytskyi-based Zirka.