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Gary Neville has picked out Luke Shaw and three other Man Utd players as the big “winners” of the new system under Ruben Amorim.

The Red Devils have not had very long at all on the training pitch as they look to learn Amorim’s new style of play and 3-4-3 formation.

Amorim took charge of his first training session eight days ago with many of his players not joining in until the end of last week because of international duty.

Man Utd drew their first match under Amorim 1-1 against Ipswich Town on Sunday as they moved up once place to 12th in the Premier League as the new manager realised the size of the job on his hands.

And former Man Utd defender Neville has picked out four players that he thinks will emerge as “winners” from the new system under Amorim.

Neville said on Sky Sports: “Luke Shaw, if he can keep fit. As I think that left centre-back needs to eventually be able to play out as a left-back, so he is well suited to do both. The same must be said of the right centre-back.

“We saw Mazraoui do it against Ipswich. I think Ugarte will be a winner, just because I think in midfield, not just because he’s played for him before.

“I think it’s how you fit in the likes of Rashford, Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes. Because one thing you know with that system, you’ve got two wing-backs, you’ve got a back three and you’ve got a two in front.

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“It’s then that three, which obviously the two that he likes to play sort of come inside a little bit. So, you’re wondering about sort of Amad… Amad played obviously wide yesterday, but Garnacho, Rashford, Hojlund, Zirkzee, Fernandes. That’s the conundrum of those attacking positions where I can’t quite see what’s going to happen.

“I think Mainoo and Ugarte for me, playing midfield, I think they’re absolute certs. I think Luke Shaw’s a certainty to play. I think he would be anyway in a back four or a back three.

“I think ultimately you’ll end up with Yoro as the right-centre-back, I think just because of that energy and that pace. So, I think the winners will be the ones who I think are adaptable.

“When we played with a back five with Terry Venables or a back three with Glenn Hoddle, the outer centre-backs do have to be able to go out wide. So, I think the ones who are more flexible and agile are going to be the winners.”

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Round 14 of the UPL: “Dynamo defeated Chornomorets 3-1 and took a 2-point lead over Oleksandriya, which drew 1-1 with Veres. “Shakhtar defeated Ingulets 6-0.

Kyiv's Dynamo pulls away from Oleksandriya, which drew against Veres, Ingulets loses 0-6 to Shakhtar Donetsk, super safes, air raids, red cards – this is how the 14th round of the Ukrainian Premier League ended. UNN decided to tell you the results, new achievements and what the next round of the UPL will be remembered for.

"Karpaty" thanks to a beautiful goal Bruninho wins "Kolos"

On Friday, it fell to the local Karpaty to open the next round of the UPL in Lviv, with Kolos Kovaliv visiting. Traditionally, the first symbolic kick was taken by a veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The first shot in the match was taken by Oleh Lyubinsky, a scout with the Special Forces who participated in battles near Kyiv, in the Kharkiv sector, in Pokrovsk and Bakhmut. He is currently undergoing treatment after being wounded.

At the start of the match, the teams exchanged chances, but Kolos was closer to scoring, but the Giant lacked accuracy. After 6 minutes, Tsurikov made a great pass to Bolivar, but the Venezuelan hit his chest inaccurately. During the half, Diego and Alefirenko had their chances for Kolos, but it was the home team that opened the scoring.

First, Bruninho intercepted the ball, passed it to Neves, who passed it to captain Ambrosio Chachua. Chachua gave a subtle scoop pass to the same Bruninho, who hit Pakholyuk with a powerful second touch – 1: 0 in favor of Karpaty in the 32nd minute.

“Karpaty could have doubled their lead in a minute when Neves decided to take a shot from the top of the box, but this time Pakholyuk made the save. At the end of the half, Kolos got its own episode, but Krasniqi's scissor shot was right at Kemkin.

The second half was significantly inferior to the first in sharpness. The first moments began to arise only after the 60th wave, "Karpaty" had its own episodes, but in the first case, the ball passed by after a rebound, and Pakholyuk coped with Kostenko's shot.

In the 73rd minute, Colos forward Bolivar had a killer moment, but the crossbar took the shot. But in the end, the" Carpathians "managed to keep the goal" dry " and get a minimal victory – 1:0.

Vorskla beat LNZ with goals in each half.

In the first match of Saturday, Vorskla Poltava was visited by LNZ Cherkasy. Before the start of the match, the players observed a minute of silence in memory of the Holodomor victims.

The home team created the first chance in the 2nd minute of the match when Kucherenko pulled Krupsky's long shot from under the post. “LNZ” answered in 5 minutes when Yashari threw forward to Mollo, Isenko came out of the goal, averted the threat, but passed it right to Yashari's foot, but the midfielder could not throw the ball over the goalkeeper.

Vorskla's goal was unexpected, especially after the game had calmed down a bit. On the right flank, Iede made a diagonal left to Myakushko, who handled the ball, moved to the center and put the leather one into the corner of the LNZ goal – 1-0 in favor of Vorskla.

The teams had their moments before the break. Vorskla defender Batsula could have cut into his own goal, but he was lucky, and instead the Poltava midfielder shot straight into the keeper's hands.

After the break, Vorskla still managed to double the advantage. Ides, who has already scored an assist in this match, scored himself. Kane gently threw into the penalty area on Yede, the striker tamed the ball, and shot exactly past Kucherenko – 2:0, although three minutes earlier Yede missed a super chance.

“LNZ tried to seize the initiative, but things got really bad for Cherkasy in the 70th minute when center back Salihu received two yellow cards in 6 minutes and was sent off the field. In the 88th minute, LNZ defender Daiko could have reduced the deficit, but Isenko managed to save the shot.

In the end, the final whistle recorded a confident advantage of Vorskla with a score of 2:0.

Buyalsky's beautiful goal, Chornomorets' defenders' “deliveries”, Surkis' gift

In another match on Saturday, Dynamo Kyiv hosted Chornomorets Odesa. Before the start of the match, the players honored the memory of the Holodomor victims with a minute of silence, as well as the representative of the Obolon Kyiv ultras Pavlo Vedybida, nicknamed Obolonchyk, who died on November 13, 2024, in the battle near Chasovyi Yar, Donetsk region.

Vedibida has been a combatant since 2014, in particular as part of the DUK PS, defending Savur-Mohyla, Donetsk airport and other strategic positions. In 2022-2024, he served with the 112th Brigade of the Obolon District Military District, participated in the defense of Kyiv, the battles near Lysychansk, the liberation of Klishchiyivka, and the defense of Chasovyi Yar.

To the surprise of the audience, it was Chernomorets, which was an outsider in this match according to bookmakers ' forecasts, that started the match actively, but by the 8th minute the capital's grandee seized the initiative when Vladimir Brazhko first hit the leg of the Chernomorets defender, and on the second attempt hit the rack. Later, Alexander Karavaev could not hit the empty goal, shooting higher.

Chernomorets snapped back at Hoblenko, who hit the net from the outside from an acute angle.

In the 15th minute, Denys Popov intercepted the ball in the other half of the field, passed it to Buyalsky, who passed it to Vanat, and the forward scored exactly in the corner – 1: 0.

Kyiv continued to control the course of the match, striking at Chornomorets' goal, but it did not come to anything concrete. The ball either went past or Rudko controlled the situation.

After the break, Dynamo again looked sharper, not allowing Chernomorets to create chances. First, Karavaev shot higher from a killing distance, three minutes later Karavaev shot again with his head, but Rudko repelled, and two minutes later the same Karavaev earned a penalty, but after reviewing the VAR, the referee canceled his decision.

Still, Dynamo managed to score – in the 69th minute Buyalsky received a pass from Vanat in front of the penalty area, the Captain adjusted the ball under his right foot and powerfully shot into the far nine. The goalkeeper of the" Mariners " failed to help out in this situation 2:0.

In the 86th minute, The Defenders of Chernomorets played too much at their own goal, as a result of which Daniil Hoopoe gave a pass to Rudko, who was intercepted by Buyalsky, the goalkeeper did not have time to reach the ball, and the captain of Kiev gave it to the empty goal exactly on the leg of Valentin Rubchinsky, who had to send the ball into the empty goal – 3:0.

The Mariners managed to score a prestige goal in stoppage time – Skiba blocked Petryak's free-kick with his head. It should be noted that Roman Salenko made his debut in this match, who came out in the 90-1 minute instead of Buyalsky, the forces of the legendary Dynamo forward in the past Oleg Salenko.

The final whistle signaled a confident victory, with which Kyiv congratulated their president Ihor Surkis, who celebrated his 65th birthday the day before, and extended their unbeaten streak in the UPL, which has lasted for 15 games.

the fourth consecutive penalty deflected by Palamarchuk did not allow his Ingulets to burn down Shakhtar

In the last match on Saturday, Shakhtar Donetsk played host to Ingulets from Petrovo, which has not yet tasted victory in the UPL, with only 6 draws and 7 defeats. The first shot in the match was scored by police lieutenant Vasyl Ivanovych (call sign Professor), a fighter of the Special Operations Battalion “Aeneas” of the united assault brigade of the National Police “Rage.”

In May of this year, Vasyl, together with his brothers, performed combat missions in the Kharkiv region, liberating Ukrainian lands from the enemy. In June, his unit was transferred to the Donbass, where a soldier was seriously wounded in fierce battles near Toretsk.

Both teams decided from the start not to sit out in defense. Already in the 5th minute, Shakhtar forward Daniil Sikan created a chance, but shot past. "Ingulets" responded a minute later, when Pyatov processed the ball in the penalty area, shot, but Dmitry Reznik parried the shot. After 4 minutes, petrovtsev keeper Palamarchuk entered the game, eliminating the threat after Alexander Zubkov's shot.

In the end, by the end of the half, Shakhtar took possession of the initiative, but the final stage was not enough. In the 38th minute, the same Pyatov broke through the flank and shot, but the shot was not strong, so Reznik confidently fixed the ball.

In the 41st minute, Shakhtar earned the right to a penalty, after playing with their hand in Nuri Malysh's own penalty area. Georgy Sudakov took the shot, but could not beat Palamarchuk, who became the 4th penalty deflected in a row this season.

But Ingulets players did not rejoice for long. Already in the first minute added to the first half, Artem Bondarenko scored his 30th goal in the UPL – Zubkov in the center passed to Bondarenko on the flank, the midfielder passed the ball to Sikan, who returned it back to Bondarenko, who scored exactly in the corner – 1: 0.

The beginning of the second half was a disaster for Ingulets. In the 47th minute, Zubkov made a cross from the flank exactly on the head of Bartol Franic, who shot Palamarchuk from a few meters – 2:0.

In 3 minutes, the Donetsk team brought the score to a crushing one – again Zubkov went down the flank, shifted slightly to the center and gave it to Kevin, who sent the ball into the net in touch from outside the penalty area-3:0.

Ingulets responded only in the 67th minute, when Belotserkovets dragged the ball from the flanks, reached the penalty area and shot into the far corner, but Reznik helped out again.

Then everything only got worse for Ingulets – in the 69th minute, the Donetsk team ran out on the counterattack, Pedrinho burst into the penalty area, where he gently hung Eginaldo on his head, who shot the goal with his head-4:0.

After 10 minutes, Zubkov played Sudakov into the wall, got the ball back and scored from outside the penalty area into the far corner – 5-0.

Two minutes later, Eginaldo scored a double from Neverton's pass and put a bold point – 6:0. Shakhtar even scored 7 goals, but the referee recorded an offside position.

The final whistle recorded the crushing victory of Ingulets, which extended the unbeaten streak of the club to 15 games in the UPL.

"Alexandria" gave in to The Post and releases "Dynamo"

In Sunday's match, Veres Rivne was visited by Alexandria from Kirovohrad region, which needed a victory in order not to let go of Dynamo, which, as noted, defeated Chernomorets. The start of the match was postponed for 1.5 hours due to an air alert in the region.

42-year-old sergeant Oleg Adamchuk received the right to the first symbolic kick on the ball in the match against Alexandria. He gained combat experience in the Pokrovsky direction in the 68th separate Jaeger brigade named after Oleksa Dovbush, and now conducts training, working as an instructor in basic military training in the 233rd Unit Training Center.

The hosts started the match more actively, which is not surprising, because the players of "Alexandria" knew about the victory of "Dynamo". But by the 10th minute, Veres seized the initiative. Vitaly Dakhnovsky was the sharpest member of Oleg Shandruk's team. At first, he ran away on a date with Ermakov, but did not beat Ermakov low, and then the goalkeeper took a shot from dakhnovsky's fly.

Later, Dakhnovsky brought Gaiduchyk into the operational space, but failed to beat Yermakov.

In the 25th minute, Ivan Kalyuzhny played with his hand in his own penalty area, which is why the referee awarded a penalty, which was realized by Haiduchik – 1:0 in favor of Veres.

The goal shook up "Alexandria". After scoring a goal," Alexandria " even managed to quickly close the gap, but the referee canceled Belyaev's goal due to offside.

At the end of the half, Belyaev could have closed the gap of his team, but the ball went higher after a header. After the break, the Alexandrians looked more active. First Belyaev shot near the bar, then Giovani shot higher, Filippov's shot pulled Kozhukhar.

In the end, the goal was brewing, which actually happened in the 78th minute-Kalyuzhny shot in the direction of the goal after a corner, and Bezerra put his foot in front of the goalkeeper in time – 1:1. already in added time, Veres could have taken the lead, arranging an invasion of Ermakov's goal, but Kirovohrad fought back.

"Alexandria" lost important points, which allowed "Dynamo" to break away from the wards of Ruslan Rotan by two points.

"movement" breaks the winless streak

In the final match of Sunday, Lviv's Rukh met with Kyiv's Left Bank. “Before this match, Rukh had a disappointing winless streak – 6 draws, 2 defeats, so the Lviv team had to win. The first symbolic blow was made by Yulian Garasymov, a machine gunner with the 53rd separate rifle battalion of the 116th separate mechanized brigade. Yulian fought in Bakhmut and Staromayorske, where he carried his wounded comrade 5 kilometers to the evacuation point after the battles. He is currently undergoing treatment.

The first half turned out to be not rich at the moment, you can recall the shot of the left defender of Kiev Sydney, which Ledway coped with and Kogut's shot higher.

"Rukh" woke up before the end of the half and created several chances, one of which ended with a penalty against the "Left Bank". In the 42nd minute, the visiting player Yakimov knocked down Didyk in his own penalty area, the referee pointed to the point that the Carbine clearly realized.

The second half turned out to be interesting for moments – at first Dedukh could have equalized the score, but Ledviy managed, the Carbine and Kvasnitsa had half-moments, but they lacked accuracy.

The game was mostly like a football saying:"some couldn't, others didn't want to." "Rukh" mostly sat in defense, trying to save the result, and "Left Bank" in the second half almost nothing came out ahead. In the end, the final whistle recorded a minimal victory for Rukh, which broke the unbeaten streak.

a draw closed the Tour

In the final match of the tour, local Polesie and Luhansk Zarya met at the snow-covered Central Stadium in Zhytomyr. The first symbolic kick on the ball was performed by Nikita Maksimchuk, the son of a combat officer of the 132nd separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the DSHV, captain Andrey Maksimchuk, who now defends Ukraine.

The match started quite quickly. In the 5th minute, Alexey Gutsulyak, who returned from the national team camp, could have opened the scoring, but zleta shot over the goal. Later, Paishao, who had long been Gutsulyak in the previous episode, could not beat the Zarya keeper.

In the end, in the first half, Polesie looked more active, but the accuracy failed. Paishao, Hutsulyak, Nazarenko had their chances again, but Sarapiy successfully deflected the shots.

Zarya responded only closer to the end of the half, but Alexander Yatsyk's long-range shot went near the post. After the break, the home team continued to attack, but the sharp moments were created by the Zarya players. At first, Gorbach hit Verny after Yatsyk's cross, but the polesie keeper made an incredible save, turning the ball over to the corner.

Subsequently, Philip Budkovsky, who played for Polesie, shot higher over the nine. But still, Budkovsky had his say in this match. "Zarya" in the 65th minute went into a positional attack, which, it would seem, did not end in anything, but the striker of "Polesie" brought at his goal, Yatsyk took away, Juninho rolled to the left, where there was a locksmith, who in turn rolled to Budkovsky, who shot weakly, but accurately – 1:0 in favor of "Zarya". Smolyakov could have knocked the ball out of the goal belt, but waved past the ball.

In 2 minutes, Zarya could have doubled the advantage, but Volynets managed after a free kick. A minute later, Zarya remained in the minority – Roman Vantukh received the second yellow card and left the field.

A goal from Polesie was clearly brewing, which could have happened in the 80th minute, but Sarapiy gave the safe no worse than Volynets, pulling the ball out of the nine goals. Nevertheless, at the end of the match, the Wolves managed to equalize the score – Mustafayev served to the near post, Taylor threw a header at Sarapiy, and he literally brought the ball into the goal 1:1.

In the end, the final whistle recorded a draw.

The standings after 14 rounds are as follows: Dynamo continues to lead, breaking away from Alexandria by two points, Ingulets and Obolon continue to be in the relegation zone.

Earlier, UNN wrote that Kryvyi Rih "Kryvbas" minimally outplayed the capital's "Obolon". The fate of the match was determined by the only goal of Yegor Tverdokhleb from the assist of the 18-year-old debutant.

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