Football. ua presents the announcement of the central match of the tour in the second division between Metalist 1925 and Dnipro-1.
17:00, Kharkov, USC Metalist. Arbitrator - Vladislav Dorosh. Live broadcast on Xsport and Sport 2 channels.
A fan can not be fooled. Have not yet forgotten the vicissitudes of years of competition on the football field and beyond Metalist and Dnieper. Even at the match of the second league OSK Metalist certainly will be filled by at least a third. Whatever they say, Metalist 1925, de jure even without being the successor of the same Metallist, is already perceived not as a remake, but rather as a continuation of the history of the best club in Slobozhanshchina. A similar situation with the Dnipro-1. True, everything here is somewhat complicated by the presence of a legitimate Dnipro with youth in the composition and support of Dnipro fans who consider it to be the team of Alexander Poklonsky their own club. However, on the national scale, the attention of fans and specialists, for the sake of justice, is still more focused on the Dnieper-1, under the leadership of Dmitry Mikhaylenko.
Given the transience of the first phase of the current tournament in the second division, each score scored becomes almost weight of gold. In this regard, the match in Kharkov, no doubt, is perceived as the central duel of the first part of the season. But how else if the leaders of the championship meet at the main arena of the capital of Slobozhanshchina and, undoubtedly, its main favorites. The match of the first round on the Dnieper-Arena ended with a minimal host of victories, so Alexander Prizetko's team will certainly be full of revanchist sentiments.
Both teams were seriously preparing for a principled confrontation. If Kharkiv residents did not have personnel losses, then in the team of Mikhailenko there are those. In the week it was announced that the playing career is completed by the most experienced 34-year-old defender of the Dnipro, Yevgeny Cheberyachko, and his peer midfielder Sergei Kravchenko just recovered from injury. However, the captain already trains in the general group, and, possibly, will help his team in Kharkov. If an experienced football player still leaves the field of USC Metalist, the spectators in the stands will witness a curious confrontation between the most experienced midfielders - the captains of their teams Kravchenko and Edmar. Such a duel will envy almost any match of the elite division!.
The moral and psychological aspect of the confrontation will also be important. If Metalist 1925 tries to extend his nine-match winning streak, then the guests have a more complicated situation. Domestic defeat in the last round of the modest World (0: 1), the mood of the players and the coaching staff probably did not add, but the mentor of Dnipro-1 claims that after that match, the proper conclusions are drawn, and his charges will do everything for the victory in Kharkov. Meanwhile, the hosts also intend to please their native audience, in which they will undoubtedly be helped by the brilliant leader and captain Sergey Davydov.
Forward slobozhan stamps goals in the gate rivals with the periodicity of a well-oiled machine gun (16 accurate shots in 11 games), and stop on what is clearly not going to stop. Let's hope that both teams will demonstrate their best qualities, and the duel at the USC Metalist will be a real football holiday.
Approximate compositions:.
Metalist 1925: Kanevtsev - Cherednichenko, Zhdanov, Bulychev, Romanov - Emelyanov, Kraev, Edmar - Chegurko, Sinitsa - Davydov Dnipro-1: Vartsaba - Brovchenko, Lopyrenok, Loginov, Polevoy - Lyashenko, Khuchbarov, Kogut-Snyzhko, Belyaev - Wojciechowski forecast 1: 0.