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Second League: Zvyagel's crushing victory with a new coaching staff, Dramatic win for Friendship
After Yuri Maximov agreed to lead the elite 'Dnipro-1', the position of head coach at 'Zvyagel' remained vacant for only a short time.
"Zvyahel" under the leadership of new head coach Serhiy Shishchenko crushed FC "Real Pharma". Photo by FC "Zvyahel"
After Yuri Maximov agreed to lead the elite 'Dnipro-1', the position of head coach at 'Zvyagel' remained vacant for only a short time.
Even before the 8th round match between 'Zvyagel' and 'Real Pharma', the team was presented with a new coaching staff: head coach — Serhiy Shyshchenko, assistant coach — Mykola Hibaluk, goalkeeper trainer — Serhiy Sarana, fitness trainer — Oleh Herman, analyst — Anton Filinsky.
And although Polischuk now has a new coaching staff, the task for the season remains unchanged — to earn promotion to the first league. Yesterday 'Zvyagel' took another step towards their goal by thrashing Odessa's team 4-0. The hosts went ahead at the end of the first half thanks to Danil Volynets' goal, after halftime Denis Ndouke scored a brace, and the final word was left to Maxim Maitak.
Meanwhile, in the dramatic battle for survival, there was a clash between Myrhorod's 'Druzhba' and FC 'YUKSA'. It seemed that everything was heading towards a peaceful agreement, but on the sixth minute of added time, the home player Igor Yurechko scored the winning goal — 2:1.
And in Kudryvtse, another team from the top group — 'Chayka' — suffered a defeat. The outcome was decided on the 75th minute when Vladimir Kovalev of 'Kudryvtse' scored. 1-0.
