24 years ago, Vorskla started just like that - with three consecutive victories, and following the results of the 1996/1997 season, they won the first "bronze" in their club history.
September 19, 2020, 14:00. Alexandria, KSK "Nika".
"Alexandria" - "Vorskla" - 0: 2
Goals: Stepaniuk (24), Putzlin (52)
"Alexandria": Pankiv, Pashayev, Dubra, Baboglo, Miroshnichenko (Zaderaka, 64), Banada, Grechishkin, Hrytsuk (Ustimenko, 64), Luchkevich (Stetskov, 77), Sitalo (Bezborodko, 64), Myshenko (Tretyakov, 56) .
Vorskla: Riznyk, Chesnakov, Yavorsky, Alyun, Perduta, Sklyar, Putslin (Sapay, 88), Kane (Peshich, 88), Yakubu (Rebenok, 89), Kulach (Vasin, 71), Stepanyuk (Shcherbak, 67) .
Warnings: Myshenko, Miroshnichenko, Pashayev, Banada - Putzlin, Kane, Kulach, Peshich.
Starting minutes for the hosts. In addition to wanting to rehabilitate for the defeat of Minaya in the previous round, they were eager to congratulate their mentor, who celebrated his 49th birthday yesterday.
In the 24th minute, the guests from the Spiritual Capital waited for their chance and after a tight shot in the far bottom corner of Stepaniuk, the score in the game was opened!
Soon Kulach scored the second goal for Pankiv, and Maryna Striletska from Sumy, who played as a referee on the line in this game, "lit" the offside.
The efforts of the Croat Putzlin in the first half materialized into a goal at the beginning of the second. With such a handicap, Yuri Maksimov's team could afford to play the second number, already Osoboivl not forcing events on the field. It is clear that the hosts, who desperately called on the stands to go forward, tried to change the course of events, and Poltava defended competently, leaving the illusory chances of "Alexandria" to take the goal.
Four compensated minutes should have given the hosts a hint of readiness for the final assault on the possessions of Riznyk, and this did not happen. Vorskla recorded +3 points, continuing to lead the standings of the Favbet League!