Roman Petrenko - about how the Poltava club approaches the new season.

The last season turned out for Poltava residents - you can not imagine better. The paradox, but having known difficulties with paying salaries and a fairly outdated infrastructure (meaning the stadium), the team of Vasily Sachko became the bronze medalist of the championship. To advance Zarya for the Poltava club from a certain moment became a matter of principle. After the well-known events almost five years ago and the actual disappearance of candidates for the third forces of Metalist and Dnieper, it was Vorskla and Zarya who led the struggle for the pedestal.

However, in Vorskla's bronze success, not everything is so clear. Quite frankly, Poltava residents were hardly convinced of their superiority over competitors. In my opinion, one of the key factors was the decline in the results of Zarya, and the remaining two teams from the top six just went into the Premier League, and hardly really thought about the bronze blitzkrieg. At the same time, the leaders of Poltava played disgustingly. It was lucky that the competitors lost points - and wherever they got.

Last but not least, Vorskla was also helped by the forced release from the European Cups, and the seventh place of a year ago spurred not with a word, but with the deed of justifying themselves to the fans. In addition, Sachko created a good team. The backbone of Poltava players is one of the most stable in the Premier League, and the team looks decent by name. Of course, in the context of the current situation in our football ... This summer the Poltava club remained true to itself. The main clip was saved. Moreover, it's a good quality replenishment. The fact that Vorskla had a short bench was obvious, and now Sachko will have opportunities for maneuvering. In the middle line invited a lot of people who played in Latvia for Jurmala Spartak Artem Gabelok. 23-year-old midfielder is a pupil of the club system of Shakhtar, and how many of his classmates did not get a chance to prove himself in the "miners". Now Artem returned to Ukraine strengthened morally and physically, and the experience gained will certainly help to adapt as quickly as possible to the tactics of the new team.

Continue performances in Poltava Vladislav Kulach. Blonde striker clearly fell to the court, and is able to add variability to the attacks of Vorskla. In his own Shakhtar he has not been counted on for a long time, that's why Vladislav is driving around without stopping on rent. Evgeny Martynenko, an inverse centerbug, was also clearly signed for the basis. 25-year-old pupil Chernomorets and one of the leaders of the Odessa club will fight for a place among the first eleven with Ardin Dallk and the most experienced Alexander Chizhov. So in the center of defense, Sachko will have pleasant troubles, especially if we take into account the well-known universality of the supporters of Vladimir Chesnakov and Alexander Sklyar.

Should help the team and the attacking midfielder of the now disbanded Steel Maryan Mysik. In the past season, he was one of the leaders of the Kamenka club, but to prove his worth at a new level he only has to. The same goes for defender Miroslav Mazur. The pupil of the Dynamo Academy in his 20 years is obviously taken for perspective, but, under certain circumstances, is able to aim at the main clip. But the central defender Oleg Ostapenko, the youngest (the son of the well-known goalkeeper in the past) was unable to become the main one in Vorskla, and the grenadier (193 cm) quickly moved to Chernomorets.

Without a doubt, Sachko's main task was to keep the main performers. On the spot, both goalkeeper Bogdan Shust and Alexander Tkachenko. On the flanks of defense, Vadim Sapai and Igor Perduta are still indispensable, and the universal Pavel Child is able to reach almost any position. It is proved more than once. Remained and the whole skeleton of the middle line: from the springs to the winger. Such masters as Vyacheslav Sharpar and Alexander Kobakhidze did not explicitly say their last word, and relatively young Dmitry Kravchenko with Gegham Kadimyan are still able to progress. In the attacking line, the bet is sure to be made on the pile-up Yuri Kolomoyets. But there is still a loving and able to score grandees Mikhail Sergiychuk and the same Kulach.

With all the conventions, Kobakhidze's statement about the minimum program again to take the third place is not seen as something unreal. True, the extra workload in the European League will require even greater efforts. This requires additional reinforcement, and the club understands this adequately. So until the end of the summer, we can safely expect the appearance of new names in Vorskla. For example, the Dinamo Bogdan Mikhailichenko, according to our information, went to Poltava to watch. It is not excluded, there will be others. Let's wait.

Author: Roman Petrenko.