In the 11th round of the championship among youth teams, Dynamo Kyiv played Kolos Kovalivka. Despite the away status for the White and Blues, the game took place at Dynamo's country club base in Vita-Lytovska.
Photo: fcdynamo.comU-19 Championship, 11th round
"Kolos-Dynamo 4: 3
Goals: Husol (47, 75, 82), Trigub (51) - Ponomarenko (30, 56), Yanchyshyn (70).
Warned: Denysenko (13), Andriushchenko (52), Bezruchuk (60) - Ishchenko (51), Yanchyshyn (68), Ponomarenko (84).
"Kolos: Pakholyuk, Kovalev, Kanaev, Shershen, Popravka, Bezruchuk, Andriushchenko (Kryvoruchko, 65), Husol, Denysenko (Kuzyk, 77), Zegryuk (Shalabai, 88), Trigub.
"Dynamo: Surkis, Husyev, Korobov, Mikhavko, Dykyi, Ishchenko, Pashko (Lobko, 65), Salenko (Balaba, 85), Tsarenko (Yanchyshyn, 65), Kremchanin, Ponomarenko.
From the opening minutes, Dynamo took control of the ball, attacking a lot and creating pressure on the opponent's goal, but Kovalivka managed to hold off for a long time. In one of the episodes, Ponomarenko shot into the corner from the edge of the penalty area, but the goalkeeper parried the ball for a corner. However, in the 29th minute, Matvii scored in the 29th minute - after a cross from the right flank, the forward successfully scored with a header from outside the box.
The goal gave Dynamo confidence, but also calmed the game down. Before the break, the Kolos goalkeeper made only one more appearance, parrying a shot from the goalmouth. Instead, having a total advantage, the White and Blues could well have conceded just before the break - fortunately, Surkis reacted to the shot virtually at point-blank range and parried the ball, keeping his goal dry.
But immediately after the break, the nominal hosts equalised. Zegryuk shot on goal from outside the penalty area, the ball ricocheted to the right corner of the goal area, from where Husol literally shot the goal from close range - 1-1.
Soon after, Kovalivka took the lead. After a free kick in the centre of the pitch, there was a pass from the right flank to the penalty area, Denysenko reached for the ball and threw it into the goal area, leaving Surkis out of position, and Trigub slotted the ball into the empty net from a metre out - 2: 1.
The White and Blues' opponents did not lead for long. In the 56th minute, the partners found Ponomarenko in the penalty area with a pass, and the defender gently grabbed him and put him on the lawn - a penalty. The victim himself stepped up to the marker and confidently put the goalkeeper and the ball in different corners - 2:2. This goal became Ponomarenko's 13th in this season's youth championship, and he further distanced himself from his competitors in the scoring race - the closest pursuers, Ostrovsky of Metalist 1925 and Rask of Polissia, have six shots each.
In the 70th minute, Dynamo took the lead again. Korobov made an overhead pass from his own half of the field, Lobko continued the ball's flight with his head, Salenko caught up and shot into the goalmouth, where Yanchyshyn ran and drove the ball into the net from close range - 2: 3.
Unfortunately for Ihor Kostiuk's men, this time Kovalivka found the strength and resources to win back the game. Gusol burst into the penalty area from the left flank and hit the far corner of Surkis' goal - 3:3.
And in the 82nd minute, the same Husol scored a hat-trick. The Kovaliv midfielder sent a free-kick into the White and Blues' possession, the Dynamo goalkeeper went for the interception but was unable to reach the ball with his fists, and the sphere flew into the goal - 4:3.
The Dynamo team spent the last minutes of the match in the opponent's half of the field in the hope of at least equalising, but failed to do so. As a result, the White and Blues suffered their second defeat of the season and risk dropping to third place in this round.
