This weekend the matches of the 15th round of the Ukrainian Championship of the 2024/25 season are taking place. In one of them, on Sunday, December 1, the team from Kovalivka «Kolos» faced Kyiv «Dynamo». The match took place in Kovalivka at the «Kolos» stadium.
Ukrainian Championship. 15th round
«KOLOS» (Kovalivka) — «DYNAMO» (Kyiv) — 1:1 (1:1)
Goals: Alefirenko (33) — Brzhko (5)
Warnings: Bolivar (52), Alefirenko (56), Koziyk (64), Denisenko (80), Demchenko (82)
«Dynamo»: 1.Bushchan — 24.Tymchyk, 32.Mikhavko, 3.Dyachuk, 44.Dubinchak (4.Popov, 79) — 6.Brzhko, 15.Rubchinsky — 45.Bragaru (22.Kabaev, 46), 29.Buyalsky (C) (33.Salenko, 90+1), 9.Voloshyn — 39.Guerrero (11.Vanat, 72).
Substitutes: 35.Nescheryet, 51.Morhun, 2.Vyvcharenko, 18.Andriyevsky, 20.Karavaev, 23.Malysh, 40.Bilovar, 91.Mykhailenko.
«Kolos»: 31.Pakholiuk, 9.Tsurikov, 5.Bondarenko (C), 16.Krasnichyi, 32.Koziyk (27.Luchkevych, 88), 7.Demchenko, 10.Orikhovskyi, 19.Di ego (30.Salabay, 65), 77.Alefirenko, 15.Husol (47.Denisenko, 70), 11.Bolivar (70.Paulauskas, 70).
Substitutes: 1.Horokh, 23.Mysak, 4.Shershen, 6.Burda, 20.Hahno, 22.Bezborodko, 69.Ilyin.
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«Dynamo» quickly managed to open the scoring in this match: in the 5th minute, Brzhko received a pass from the flank from Voloshyn in the central zone, shot from about 18 meters, and the ball flew straight into the bottom corner of the «Kolos» goal — 0:1.
Having achieved success, the Dynamo players continued to play aggressively. However, this did not lead to sharpness near the «Kolos» goal. Closer to the 20th minute, the home team improved their ball control, and the advantage of the Kyiv team no longer seemed so obvious. By the middle of the first half, «Kolos» had settled in so well that they began to diligently search for their chances in attack. And in the 24th minute, the first scoring opportunity arose near the «Dynamo» goal: a combination by the Kovalivka team ended with a shot from Tsurikov on the fly from about 10 meters, and Bushchan managed to deflect the ball with some effort.
Then came the goal. In the 33rd minute, Bushchan poorly cleared the ball, «Kolos» promptly carried out another combination in the opponent's half, which ended with a long shot from Alefirenko — the ball grazed Mikhavko and flew into the Kyiv net in a close encounter with the post — 1:1.
In the remaining time of the first half, «Dynamo» almost regained the lead — it was Buyalsky executing a corner from the left flank, who attempted a direct shot, and the ball hit the near post near the “top corner”.
With the start of the second half, «Dynamo» completely transferred the game to the half of «Kolos», acting as if at the peak of possible intensity, but during this segment of the match, they achieved nothing. Soon the game calmed down. Only in the 68th minute did the Kyiv team create a moment worth mentioning: Guerrero, after a flanking pass from Voloshyn, shot at the near corner, but missed the goal. However, «Kolos» responded shortly after with a shot from Tsurikov from the penalty area, after which the ball flew over the crossbar of Bushchan's goal.
In their next chance to take the lead, «Dynamo» had a shot in the 77th minute when Vanat shot from the corner of the goal area, and Pakholiuk, demonstrating wonders of reaction, saved his team from a goal, while Buyalsky attempted a follow-up, but Krasnichyi intervened.
The Kyiv team made continuous attempts to snatch victory right up until the final whistle, but the score did not change — a draw, 1:1.
After this result, «Dynamo» lost its sole leadership in the tournament table of the Ukrainian championship: now the Kyiv team shares first and second places with «Alexandria», leading third-placed «Shakhtar» by 7 points, but the latter has not yet played in the 15th round.
Now «Dynamo» awaits a match against «Alexandria» — this is a postponed game from the 1st round, which will take place next Wednesday, December 4, in Alexandria at the «Nika» stadium (kick-off at 15:30).
Oleksandr POPOV from the «Kolos» stadium
