The match of the 1st round of the UPL at the stadium "

The first goal in this meeting was scored in the 37th minute - Evgeniy Podlepenets put Kharkiv team ahead. The hosts quickly restored parity - Yuriy Klimchuk scored in the 41st minute.

At the 43rd minute, the match was suspended due to an air raid.. The players and coaches of both teams went to the bomb shelter.

This is the first time that the UPL match had to be suspended due to the threat of rocket attacks.. Previously, this happened only during the game of the youth championship between "

The teams returned to the field after the end of the air raid after 50 minutes and finished the first half. And already at the beginning of the second half of the meeting, the air raid signal sounded for the second time. The fight was suspended again.

Now the teams are back on the field in an hour and 11 minutes.. In the 66th minute Maxim Pryadun took Metalist to the lead.

However, the actions of the Russian occupiers did not allow the match to finish calmly this time..

At the 77th minute, the meeting was suspended for the third time due to air raids.. Thus, the teams spent a total of more than two hours in the shelter.. After the third return to the field, none of the teams scored goals.

Thus, Metalist returned to the elite Ukrainian division with a victory after a six-year absence..

In the next round, Kharkiv on August 29 in Uzhgorod will host "

Recall that in the opening match of the UPL-2022/23, Shakhtar failed to beat Metalist 1925.