On 8 May, one of the matches of the 25th round of the Ukrainian football championship took place. Veres (Rivne) and Kolos (Kovalivka) met.
Верес - Колос - 0:1. Чемпионат Украины, 25-й тур. Обзор матча, статистикаUkrainian Premier League, Matchday 25
Veres (Rivne) - Kolos (Kovalivka) - 0:1 (0:1)
Goals: D. Balan (8)
Warnings: Orykhovskyi (26), D. Balan (28), Vovchenko (43), D. Bezborodko (81), D. Kliotz (90)
Overview of the match Veres vs Kolos:
An exciting Premier League match between Veres Rivne and Kolos Kovalivka took place at the Avangard stadium recently. The game was tightly fought, both teams gave their best. At half-time, the score was 0-1, with "Kolos Kovalivka" taking the lead at the beginning. The first goal was scored by D. Balan in the 8th minute.
However, Veres Rovno fought back and tried to get back into the game. Despite a few attempts, they failed to convert their chances into goals. In the second half, Veres Rovno tried to level the score, but Kolos Kovalivka's defence held firm. The match ended with a score of 0-1 in favour of Kolos Kovalivka. During the match, there were several highlights, including cards and substitutions. P. Orykhovskyi of Kolos Kovalivka was given a yellow card in the 26th minute, then D. Balan of Veres Rivne got a yellow card in the 28th minute. In the 43rd minute, S. Vovchenko from Veres Rivne got the yellow card. 68 minutes into the match, "Kolos Kovalivka" made the first substitution: V. Veleten came on instead of A. Bogdanov. Soon Veres Rovno followed suit, making two quick substitutions on 70 minutes. Oliyan Lebedenko was replaced by M. Haiduchik, while A. Bliznychenko came on as a substitute for V. Dakhnovskyi. Kolos Kovalivka made the second substitution in the 75th minute, V. Lysenko was replaced by D. Bezborodko. The latter was given a yellow card in the 81st minute. Veres Rovno D. Kliotz also received a yellow card in the compensatory time. In the last minutes of the game Kolos Kovalivka made two more substitutions: P. Orykhovskyi replaced O. Kryvoruchko and O. Ilyin replaced A. Husola. Overall, it was a tense match between two classy Premier League sides. Despite the best efforts of Rivne's Veres, they could not overcome Kolos Kovalivka's advantage. The match showed great football, highlighting the skills and talent of both teams.
In the next round the following matches are waiting for the rivals: Veres - Metalist 1925, Kolos - Alexandria.
Versus - Kolos match statistics:
| Veres | Kolos | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Goals on goal | 2 |
| 10 | Strokes | 7 |
| 1 | Blocked kicks | 1 |
| 0 | Kicks from the penalty area | 0 |
| 0 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 0 |
| 8 | Offences | 14 |
| 8 | Corner | 3 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 52% | Ball possession | 48% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2 | Safeties by goalkeeper | 3 |
| 0 | Total assists | 0 |
| 0 | Accurate passes | 0 |
| 0 | Accuracy of transmissions | 0 |
