Roman Petrenko - introduces our readers to the actually newly formed club.

"Tasks for the season?" The head coach has already said in the press that there should be a second place. Let now all of us are afraid! "- so described the goals of his team experienced goalkeeper Alexander Bandura. Of course, not without a share of humor. Lviv, despite the legal continuity from Veres, - still a brand new club. Not the one who once acted in the elite and on the field of which he did not play once, but was tormented by a couple with the then formidable Metallist. Do you remember the match in Dobromyl?.

So, the history of Lvov actually begins here and now. It is encouraging that the club originally planned to play and base in its hometown, so that the Premier League can quietly rejoice: the next nomad in the face of "municipalities" will not be. As the main stadium, the solid Lviv Arena is declared, and there is a certain personnel legacy from Veres. But the coaching staff is completely renovated. Andrei Demchenko, who started-was working with the team, was sent into retirement, and in his place came the Brazilian "know", not by hearsay familiar with the realities of our football. Once Tadeu da Silva, who was also Gilmar, worked in Zaporozhye Metallurgy, after which his biography included native Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Macao. It seems that he has gained experience, and now he is burning with the desire to realize his ambitions in a country other than himself (he and his wife are Ukrainian).

To become a mentor and assistants. The closest of them is his fellow countryman, and even more connected with Ukraine. I am the recent idol of the Lviv public Roshe Bastiste. It is symbolic that the once formidable striker of the Carpathians is now taking the first steps in a new field precisely in the capital of Galicia. In addition to him, Zhilmar will be assisted by Yuri Panfilov, coach of goalkeepers Taras Grebenyuk (fans of the 90's should remember him for his performances for the Zaporozhye Metallurgist) and Sergei Borzenko. At the same time, the 32-year-old Tsentrbek will play the role of playing coach.

Now Lviv, under the other representatives of the Premier League, is productive and conducts test fights. Their main goal at the moment is to form an application for the upcoming season. In this case, the inheritance from Veres to Lviv got not the last people. Goalkeepers Alexander Bandura and Bogdan Sarnavsky, defenders Vladimir Adamyuk, Arthur Zapadnya, Vladislav Priymak and the same Borzenko, midfielder Maxim Kalenchuk and Rostislav Voloshinovich. Sparse, but not empty.

It's no secret that almost every new coach tries to refresh the team by inviting newcomers. Gilmar in this regard is by no means an exception. Judge for yourself, several compatriots of the mentor are already actively involved in training and gameplay, and even manage to score. But it's unlikely that the names of potential recruits will be familiar even to the most enlightened Ukrainian fan. Sabino and Panambi, Augusto and Bruno, Giulio and Yanchak - they all still leave a good impression, and, it is possible, will strengthen Lviv. Bruno, for example, already noted a double to the gates of Volhynia (4: 3).

Meanwhile, there are also familiar faces. Defender Sergei Voronin managed to change a number of clubs (Sevastopol, Volhynia, Steel), and now, after a twinkling trip, again trying to gain a foothold in the club elite division. But the cadence of Dmitry Ryzhuk in far-away Israel seems to have come to an end, and after an unsuccessful viewing at the Olympics (where he even scored a goal), the centerbet tries its hand in Lviv. From distant, only Greek wanderings, almost two-meter Vitaliy Prinodet returned to Ukraine, also in the camp of "municipalities". Someday there were certain hopes Igor Koshman and Alexander Golikov. They also intend to gain a foothold in the Lviv club.

The newly minted instructor is only assessing the possibilities of available and newly arrived players, while not at the same time giving mega-ambitious forecasts for the upcoming season. The Brazilian is determined not just to fight for the preservation of a residence permit in the elite or getting into the top six, but ...

encroach on the zone of the Champions League. No more, no less! To do this, Gilmar will bet on fast, combinational football and possession of the ball. Ambitious is the president of the club Bogdan Kopytko. He, of course, does not promise to build New Vasyuki, but soberly intends to elevate his offspring to the level of a participant in European competition. On the envy of fellow countrymen from the Carpathians. As they say, forward, to new goals!.

Author: Roman Petrenko.