"Everyone understands that Kryvbas will be favoured by the judges" - journalist

Well-known journalist Serhiy Tyshchenko talks about Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih's winter leadership in the Ukrainian championship.

"Kryvbas went into the winter in first place. "Dynamo and Shakhtar can overtake Yuriy Vernydub's team in terms of points lost. It is far from certain that they will be able to win their 3 and 2 postponed matches. Will the club from Kryvyi Rih be able to become the champion this season?

Everyone understands that Kryvbas is not an easy team. The president of the country comes from Kryvyi Rih. He revived the club. One of the managers is a close friend of his. Zelenskyi is very fond of successful things that he identifies with. Everyone understands that on 25 January there will be a new head of the UAF, Andriy Shevchenko. Everyone understands that the decision to appoint him was made on Bankova Street. All of this could have consequences in terms of judicial sympathies and football-related disputes.

"Dynamo and Shakhtar are not in the best of states right now. The further Shakhtar go in the Europa League, the better it will be for their rivals. Mariano Pusic has never worked with such a long pause in the winter. It's very possible that, like last year, they will be herded into a run of form for the Europa League. Dynamo have a lot of problems of their own. "Dnipro-1 and Polissia are ambitious, but they don't look perfect. The teams will lose points in the spring.

Kryvbas has a good calendar. They need to win 10-11 matches out of 13. At the same time, there are still games against Obolon, Minaj, Veres, MX-1925, Vorskla. It is very important not to lose the head-to-head matches against Shakhtar, Dynamo, Polissya, and Dnipro-1. They play the Shakhtar on 2 March. If Shakhtar get past Marseille, it will be right between the matches of the next round of the Europa League.

"Kryvbas needs experienced players. People who will pull out night matches on their own experience. Therefore, I expect an active transfer campaign from Yurii Vernydub in the winter. They will not buy Pikhalenko and Hutsulyak, but they can surprise us. We really need depth in the squad. We need a goalkeeper, wingers, maybe another forward," Serhiy wrote on Telegram.