Applicants for European Cups were unable to identify the strongest in the face-to-face meeting (1: 1).
In Alexandria, the central match of the tour took place, where the local club hosted Chernomorets - the main competitor in the fight for getting into European cups.
Contrary to expectations, the teams did not fumble in the center of the field in anticipation of each other's mistakes. From the very first minutes an active game with an abundance of scoring chances began. A certain advantage was owned by Alexandria, but Chernomorets in response created its own attacks.
And yet, in the first half closer to the goal were the hosts, especially in the moment with Gitchenko, who hit the post after filing with a free kick.
For Chernomorets the situation worsened in the middle of the half, when Kaplienko received a red card. The defender for some reason fouled in the center of the field, having a yellow card in his passive.
What is surprising, after that Chernomorets did not play worse, but on the contrary created a couple of good points, but still by the end of the first half sat down and was close to the missed goal. But the Mariners managed to keep the gate on the castle and went to the break.
In the second half, the hosts owned the ball more, while Chernomorets began to play more defense and rely on counterattacks. These rapid attacks carried much more danger in them than the massive attacks of Alexandria. So, in the middle of the half Danchenko and did go one-on-one, but then Grytsuk managed to return and take the ball from the opponent. But this was only an alarm, followed by a more dangerous moment.
One of the corners of Chernomorets ended in an uncertain game of Levanidov, after which Korkishko opened an account, which was clearly not expected by the players of Alexandria.
But not for long The sailors rejoiced. Kulish managed to earn a penalty after he was detained by Lyulka in the penalty area. This punishment was implemented without problems by Grytsuk.
Until the end of the match, the team several times disturbed each other and the final whistle recorded a draw. Teams pleased the fans with good football, which I would like to see more often in the ULL. Well, the fate of the fifth place will be revealed in the correspondence fight with other rivals.
Alexandria - Chernomorets 1: 1 Goals: Grytsuk, 77 (penalties) - Korkishko, 73 Alexandria: Levanidov - Grytsuk, Chebotayev (Admissions, 69), Basov, Gitchenko - Banada, Zaporozhan - Tsurikov, Ponomar (Chanturishvili, 80), Polarus - Kulish Chernomorets: Bezruk - Lyulka, Azatsky, Ablatarov, Kaplienko - Kovalets, Andrievsky - Tretyakov (Mashnin, 46), Korkishko (Musolitin, 89), Danchenko - Khoblenko (Kabaev, 81) Warnings: Zaporozhyan, Gitchenko - Kaplienko, Lyulka Removal: Kaplienko, 25.