Poltava “Vorskla” lost a combat draw with PFC “Lviv” (2: 2) in the match of the 29th round of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL).

The match took place at the City Stadium in Ternopol due to the difficult epidemiological situation in Lviv.

Wards Yuri Maximov entered the game with a backup team to save the main performers for the Ukrainian Cup final against Dynamo, scheduled for Wednesday, July 8. A 16-year-old hero of the Cup semi-finals Pavel Isenko took the place in the gate frame.

Despite the lack of experience, the young players of “Vorskla” managed to win the first half with a minimum score. In the 7th minute, an accurate shot from outside the penalty area opened the opponent’s goal Artem Chelyadin.

In the second half, “Lviv” added and leveled the situation on the scoreboard. At the 55th minute, 17-year-old Yevgeny Pavlyuk lost the ball on the penalty line, and Brazilian striker Mateus Yakovelli carefully threw Isenka.

Experience helped the Lviv team to step forward. After the turmoil in the Vorskla penalty area, 34-year-old defender and captain of the Lviv Sergey Borzenko pushed the ball into the goal.

However, a minute before the end of the main time of the confrontation, the forward of the Poltava team Daniil Kravchuk hit a corner of the opponent’s goal with a blow from the penalty box and brought Vorskla a draw - 2: 2.

“Vorskla” with 28 points takes the ninth place in the UPL table, “Lviv” (24 points) is the penultimate, 11th.

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In the next round, the Poltava residents will take Mariupol on July 15, Lviv will play away with Dnipro 1 on July 11.

On Wednesday, July 8, Vorskla will argue with Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Cup final. The match will take place in Kharkov, at the USC Metalist. Beginning of the meeting at 21:30 Live TV channels "

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