Zorya turned out to be stronger than Veres in the match of the 24th round of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL). The match at the Lobanovsky stadium in Kyiv ended with the score 1:0. Patrick van Leeuwen's team scored the only goal early in the second half. In the 54th minute Maxim Imerekov scored after a pass from Sergei Buleza. It should be noted that for more than 1.5 halves the club from Rivne played in the minority. Goalkeeper Vadim Yushchishin earned a direct red card in the 19th minute. We also add that in the second half the match was interrupted due to air raids associated with the threat of a missile strike from the Russian invaders..

After the win, Zorya (52 points) moved closer to the second place in the Premier League. The Luhansk team are third and only 2 points behind Dnipro-1, which has a game in hand. " In the next round, van Leeuwen's wards will play Metalist 1925 on May 8, and Yuri Wirth's team will host Kolos on the same day. Earlier it was reported that within the framework of this tour, Shakhtar hardly defeated Minai in a scandalous match. The referees did not count a clean goal against the Pitmen.