In the third round of the group stage of the Europa League, two outsiders of the quartet met. Note that Karabakh in this stage of the European Cup has not yet been marked even by a goal scored. In Poltava, the nominal defender Yakubu was forced to appear on the right flank of the midfield.
From the first minutes the teams set a good pace and alternately owned the game initiative, but soon the Poltava team retreated to their half of the field and counted on smashing counter attacks.. By the middle of the half, the hosts were very good at possession of the ball and entered into pressure, which significantly reduced the number of attacks of our team..
Toward the end of the inning, the Karabakh players were noted with several dangerous standard provisions, but everything cost Poltava. Vasyl Sachko had a break to make changes in the game of his team in order to have a better second half..
The debut of the second half for our team has developed just great. Karek drove on Kulach, but he struck from long range - Wagner was wrong and reflected the ball into the goal. 0: 1. Karabakh immediately rushed to the attack with large forces, but they could not surprise the defense of the guests. Vorskla defended compactly and spent quite good counterfalls.
It was felt that the cost of the error increases as much as possible, so the teams did not hesitate to commit tactical fouls, which led to yellow cards. Ten minutes before the end, Karabakh earned a dangerous free-kick - Herrier struck tight, but fortunately the ball missed the ball from the far corner.
Toward the close of the match, the hosts earned a corner - Herrier reacted to the rebound of the ball in a foreign penal and punched from a destructive position, but lacked accuracy. It was noticeable that Poltava people were very tired, so the counterattacks looked faded..
The final whistle of the referee recorded a minimal victory Vorskla.
Karabakh - Vorskla 0: 1 Goal: Kulach, 48.
Karabakh: Wagner - Medvedev, Sadikhov, Rzezniczak, Herrier - Michel, Garayev - Abdulaev (Delarge, 70), Slavchev (Ozobich, 59), Zubir - Emegar (Madatov, 58).
Vorskla: Shust - Perduta, Dallku, Chesnakov, Sapai - Sklyar, Sharpar - Yakubu (Kareka, 46), Kulach (Sergiychuk, 78, (Chizhov, 90 + 3)), Child - Kolomoets.
Alerts: Zubir - Kulach, Perduta, Dallku, Sergiychuk.