The fate of the youth championship of Ukraine will be decided in the next two rounds. "Dynamo" will first play against the leader "Rukh", and then compete with "Shakhtar". Igor Kostyuk's team will play against the first and third teams.
Samba Diallo. Photo — A. Lukatsky, fcdynamo.comNow the lag behind "Rukh" is 4 points, but the Lviv team has a game in reserve. "Shakhtar" lags behind "Dynamo" by one point. Actually, the matches against the main competitors will show whether the Dynamo team will be able to fight for victory in the youth championship and a ticket to the UEFA Youth League.
For "Dynamo", the match against "Rukh" is fundamental not only from the point of view of the tournament table. In the first match between these teams, two penalties were awarded to Kyiv. I didn't like refereeing in Lviv at that time. It is very important to prove in a home match who is stronger.
"Rukh" lost its coach Vitaly Ponomarev, who was appointed as the mentor of the first team. In fact, Vitaliy Yuriyovych created this team, because he worked in "Karpaty" since 2004, and then they changed their registration. The main team "Rukh" now needs points. Ponomaryov was appointed with the aim of his wards' transition to the first team. The strongest team from Lviv will not play — Slyubik, Roman are already stable players of the first team. Bohdan picked up the cards and has a chance to play for the youth. True, his game form is not impressive. Back in February, two creative footballers, national team players of their age, dropped out due to injuries - attacking midfielder Fedor and forward Pastukh (once in the Dynamo system). For the same reason, Sapuga does not play, but he has been a player of the first team for a long time.
Ponomarev's successor was his analyst Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytsyky. The son of the former official and coach of "Karpat" Mykhailo Dyachuk-Stavitskyi. Prior to his appointment, he was engaged in analysis at Ponomariov's headquarters. He has two victories in two matches. Last week they did not notice "Veres" - 3:0, and in the first match they chewed out a victory over the youth from "Zorya" - 2:1. In the arena of the Dynamo base, the Lviv team scored the winning goal in the last minutes of the meeting. Without Ponomaryov, the team began to be a little disciplined. Someone did not catch up somewhere, someone played. Not everyone has the concentration. We should especially hope for this, because Ponomaryov will keep young players under control. In "Rukh" there is a minimum allocation to the first and youth teams.
The more important factor here is the decline in form. "Rukh" started in mid-February with UEFA Youth League matches against "Inter" and "Milan". They were at the peak of their form at that time. There will be a physical decline. In "Movement" I'm a rotation, but sooner or later this issue will come up. For Lviv residents, physics is very important, because the team attaches an important role to pressing.
The second important aspect is the players. Samba Diallo returned from the national team. The Senegalese has every chance to play for the youth team and once again attract the attention of Lucescu. Buyalsky was disqualified. Tsarenko can be expected to play as well. No matter how wrong it sounds, after scoring a goal for the first team in the goal of Mynaya, now Kostyuk's team needs Anton very much. Already first team players Bol and Malysh also have every chance to help their former team. According to the quota, exactly three players from 2003 will find a place in the squad.
For the Dynamo youth team, everything is very simple - two victories remain in the championship race. If they lose even one match, then only theoretical chances remain.
Serhii Tyshchenko
