Second League. Goal rush in Vinnytsia, Striy, Kagul, and Vinnitsa

The matches of the opening round in the second league took place. In two contests that captured the most attention, the participants delighted spectators with astonishing goal-scoring prowess.

Second League. Goal rush in Vinnytsia, Striy, Kagul, and Vinnitsa

In Vinnytsia, the Zviazhe players maximally took advantage of Niva's defensive mistakes. Photo by FC Niva

The first match concluded in Striy, where "Skała 1911" hosted the debutante — "Kudryvka". The guests were not thrown off balance even when they were losing midway through the first half — 0:2 after shots by Maxim Aver'yanov and Bohdan Ivanchenko. Before halftime, "Kudryvka" equalized.

But when midway through the second half, the players of Mykola Vasylyshyn added intensity, the guests were not ready for it. Receiving a pass from deep in the field, Roman Lisowik put Striy ahead, and in injury time, the mentioned Aver'yanov scored an effective goal — 4:2. Seeing that the goalkeeper of the opponent had come out far from his goalposts, he struck from his half of the pitch. The only thing that succeeded for representatives of Chernihiv region was to reduce the score by a minute before the final whistle, taking advantage of a mistake by the home team's goalkeeper.

Even more goals (11) were scored in the central match of the opening round in Vinnytsia, where "Niva" hosted "Zviazhe". Already in the first half, the question of who would win was settled as guests led — 4:1. Denis Ndouke and Artur Vashchishin each scored a brace. The Polissians did not stop there and immediately after halftime, the unstoppable Vashchishin marked his third goal. Besides Ndouke, in "Zviazhe", Bogdan Orinchak also scored twice, coming on as a substitute. In "Niva", whose defense this time played not at its best, Vadym Strashkewych and playing president of the club Artur Zagorulko each scored two goals. The players of Yuri Maksimov are climbing the scoreboard with 7:4 and loudly declaring their intentions to rise in class.

Today in Vinnytsia, Lviv derby took place between "Ruh-2" and "Karpaty-2", who recently decided to enter the second league. Midway through the first half, Denys Kozhanov cleared the cobwebs from the top corner of the hosts' goalposts. Immediately after halftime, a veteran of green-and-whites marked his second goal. Next was the turn for young Vadym Sidun to complete his brace. The final word belonged to Oleksandr Fetik. "Karpaty-2" won — 5:0 and began following events in Kagul, where "Druzhba" hosted "Vast". And not without reason: debutants of PFL from Myrivka celebrated victory — 7:1 and topped the league table.

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