Aston Villa star Morgan Rogers has been called up to the England squad for the first time as eight players have pulled out of November’s Nations League games through injury.
West Ham forward Jarrod Bowen, Everton centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite, Newcastle full-back Tino Livramento and Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford have also been added to interim boss Lee Carsley’s squad.
Arsenal duo Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka, Chelsea pair Levi Colwill and Cole Palmer, Manchester City midfielders Phil Foden and Jack Grealish, Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Southampton’s Aaron Ramsdale have all pulled out.
Rogers was originally named in the under-21s squad but has now been promoted to the senior setup ahead of Thursday’s game in Greece.
When asked last week about Rogers not being initially selected, Carsley replied:
“He’s not missing anything, he’s a player I’m really aware of, really important for the Under-21s,” Carsley responded. “We had it in the last campaign, sometimes the competition dictates how quickly you move through the pathway.
“I’ve no doubt he’ll get there. But he’s crucial to the Under-21s, regaining that title and Morgan will be a big part of that.”
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England face Greece on 14 November and the Republic of Ireland on 17 November in what will be Carsley’s final games as interim manager before Thomas Tuchel takes charge in January.
England are second in their Nations League group having taken nine points from their opening four games.
Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), James Trafford (Burnley
Defenders: Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton), Tino Livramento (Newcastle), Rico Lewis (Manchester City), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Lewis Hall (Newcastle), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton)
Midfielders: Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid), , Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Angel Gomes (Lille), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Curtis Jones (Liverpool).
Forwards: Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Chelsea), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), Dominic Solanke (Tottenham), Jarrad Bowen (West Ham)
Gary Lineker will stop presenting Match of the Day at the end of the season and will leave the BBC after the 2026 World Cup as executives plan “reboot to keep it fresh”.
Lineker will have hosted MOTD for 25 years when he steps down at the end of the current campaign, at which point he will take a substantial pay cut before anchoring the World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA.
The former England striker currently has a salary of £1.35m, making him the highest paid broadcaster at the BBC.
A BBC source told The Sun: “Gary absolutely adores Match of the Day, and has been incredibly happy at the BBC.
“But he has been at the helm since 1999, and by the time he leaves, he will have been at the Beeb for 30 years.
“He wants to leave on a high – and if England win the World Cup, it doesn’t get much higher.
“It’s one of the industry’s worst kept secrets that the new BBC Director of Sport Alex Kay-Jelski and Gary aren’t exactly close. The former is very keen to make his mark by bringing in new faces, and slashing wage bills.
“Negotiations have been ongoing for the past six weeks and finally a deal has been struck that everyone is pleased with.
“Gary is incredibly popular with both players and viewers, and news of his departure will send shockwaves around the Corporation. In other words, no-one is immune from change.
“Gary will be 65 when he leaves; frankly, he isn’t getting younger and just feels the time is right to focus solely on his mogul interests outside the BBC – namely his Goalhanger podcasting business which is becoming huge Stateside.
“BBC execs, meanwhile, will be giving Match of the Day a reboot to keep it fresh in the wake of such a huge departure.”
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There has been significant speculation in recent months over Lineker’s future as MOTD host and at the BBC in general.
A reported leaked email last month suggested he could be quitting mid-season, prompting Lineker to joke on air it was his “last game”, before clarifying he meant before the international break.
In a recent interview with Esquire Magazine, Lineker was asked if was stepping down from the Match of the Day hotseat.
He replied: “I could do. Whether that will be the case I don’t know.
“At some point, I have to slow down somewhere… I’m getting old.”
Premier League referee David Coote, who has been suspended by PGMOL after a video appeared to show him calling former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp a “German c**t”, now admits he did indeed call Jurgen Klopp a “German c**t”.
Coote was in charge as Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-0 on Saturday, which maintained their brilliant start to the new season, but the Premier League referee controversially denied the Reds a foul as Leon Bailey brought Mohamed Salah to the ground before Darwin Nunez scored the opener, while Villa also complained they should have had two spot-kicks.
The Premier League referee had a number of run-ins with Klopp before he left Liverpool in the summer with Coote on VAR the day Jordan Pickford’s tackle saw Virgil van Dijk pick up an ACL injury in the Merseyside derby in October 2020.
And there is video footage, thought to have been filmed during the pandemic, going around on social media in which a friend asks Coote about a particular Liverpool performance, to which the Premier League referee replied (via the Empire of the Kop): “Liverpool were s**t.”
“C**t, absolute c**t. Aside from having a right pop at me when I was reffing against Burnley in lockdown, he accused me of lying and then just had a right f***ing pop at me. I’ve got no interest in speaking to somebody as f***ing arrogant. I do my best not to speak to him…my god, German c***t. F*** me.”
The friend then adds: “Long story short, Jurgen Klopp’s a c***t, Liverpool are all f***ing bellends and we hate Scousers.”
Empire of the Kop sources have obtained footage (now widely circulated online) of video clips which show David Coote indulging in a foul-mouthed rant about Jurgen Klopp in which he repeatedly used inflammatory language to defame the ex-Liverpool manager: pic.twitter.com/hABudCGUbu
— Empire of the Kop (@empireofthekop) November 11, 2024
BBC Sport football reporter Simon Stone revealed that the PGMOL are now investigating the video doing the rounds on social media.
Stone wrote on X: “PGMOL are aware of a video circulating on social media and are investigating.”
The Times reporter Paul Joyce later revealed that Coote had now been suspended, he said on X: ‘David Coote has been suspended with immediate effect pending a full investigation. PGMOL will be making no further comment until that process is complete.’
In a further development, as reported by Mirror’s Darren Lewis, Coote initially said it wasn’t him.
Lewis wrote on X: ‘Premier League referee David Coote vehemently denies inappropriate conduct and has been insistent to referee chiefs PGMOL that viral video in which he appears is not genuine. PGMOL have tech experts examining it.’
But now, in a moment of clarity, presumably concerned by the tech skills of said ‘tech experts’, again according to Lewis, Coote has confirmed that he is the man in the video.
Lewis wrote on X: ‘UPDATE: Top Premier League referee David Coote, is understood to have accepted the viral video in which in which he appears is genuine. However, it is believed he does not recall the content of the discussion, recorded several years ago.’
Boxer Vyacheslav Uzelkov, who died at the age of 46, said goodbye in Vinnytsia. The athlete was a WBA champion, TV presenter and father of two.
On November 11, Ukrainian boxer Vyacheslav Uzelkov, who died at the age of 46, was buried in Vinnytsia. UNN reports with reference to the local media outlet Vin Taim.
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Ukrainian boxer Vyacheslav Uzelkov was laid to rest.
His friends and family, including his children Robert and Olivia, who were born in his marriage to fitness trainer Maryna Borzhemska, came to see Viacheslav off.
The funeral ceremony took place in one of Vinnytsia's memorial halls, and Viacheslav was buried at the local cemetery, also in his native Vinnytsia.
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On November 9, boxer Vyacheslav Uzelkov passed away. The cause of death is currently unknown, but a few months before he said that he was in a coma and was "pulled out of the other world."
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Vyacheslav Uzelkov was born on April 8, 1979 in Vinnytsia and started boxing in 1987.
Uzelkov achieved considerable success in the amateur ring: he won the European Junior Championships in Birmingham in 1997, won silver at the 1998 World Cup in Beijing, and took third place at the World Military Games in Zagreb in 1999.
In 2000, at the European Championships in the 81 kg category, he lost in his first fight, and at the 2001 World Championships in Belfast, he took third place in the 91 kg category. In the same year, he took second place at the prestigious tournament in Helsinki, and in 2002 he won silver at the European Championships in Perm. In 2003, Uzelkov took third place at the Strandzha tournament in Bulgaria and second place at the Black Sea Cup in Sudak.
Vyacheslav Uzelkov made his professional debut in 2004, defeating Russian Suleiman Dzherilov. After a series of successful fights, in 2007 he became the WBA Intercontinental Champion, defeating the Spaniard Gabriel Campillo.
In 2010, he fought for the world title with Beibut Shumenov, but lost by unanimous decision. After the defeat, he won several fights, but suffered a stroke after a fight with German Eduard Gutknecht. Uzelkov ended his career in 2014, having fought 34 fights, of which he won 30 (19 by knockout).
After his boxing career ended, Uzelkov was actively involved in various projects: he tried himself as an actor, TV presenter, and politician. In 2008, he starred in a melodrama, and in 2009, he took part in the show "Dancing for You."
In 2014-2015, he was a member of the jury on the Ukraine's Got Talent program, and later, together with his wife Maryna, he starred in the project "Balanced and Happy." In 2020, he ran for mayor of Vinnytsia from the OPFL, but received only 4% of the vote. Uzelkov was married to Maryna Borzhemska for 22 years, with whom he raised two children, but the couple divorced in 2021.
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A video has emerged on social media appearing to show Premier League referee David Coote calling former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp a “cunt” several times.
Coote was in charge as Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-0 on Saturday, which maintained their brilliant start to the new season, but the Premier League referee controversially denied the Reds a foul as Leon Bailey brought Mohamed Salah to the ground before Darwin Nunez scored the opener.
The Premier League referee had a number of run-ins with Klopp before he left Liverpool in the summer with Coote on VAR the day Jordan Pickford’s tackle saw Virgil van Dijk pick up an ACL injury in the Merseyside derby in October 2020.
And there is video footage, which is clearly old, going around on social media in which a friend asks Coote about a particular Liverpool performance, to which the Premier League referee replied (via the Empire of the Kop): “Liverpool were s**t.”
“C**t, absolute c**t. Aside from having a right pop at me when I was reffing against Burnley in lockdown, he accused me of lying and then just had a right f***ing pop at me. I’ve got no interest in speaking to somebody as f***ing arrogant. I do my best not to speak to him…my god, German c***t. F*** me.”
The friend then adds: “Long story short, Jurgen Klopp’s a c***t, Liverpool are all f***ing bellends and we hate Scousers.”
And BBC Sport football reporter Simon Stone wrote on X that the PGMOL are now investigating the video doing the rounds on social media.
Stone relayed the comments, he wrote: “PGMOL are aware of a video circulating on social media and are investigating.”
New Liverpool boss Arne Slot is having a brilliant time this season after replacing Klopp in the summer with the Reds currently five points clear of second-placed Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.
Salah has been in great form this season and Slot has hailed the Liverpool forward’s impact, he said after they beat Aston Villa over the weekend: “I’ve worked with him now for four or five months, and you guys have seen him here for six or seven years in a row now.
“It’s special that he scores so many goals already; what makes it even more impressive is that he does this year after year after year. Not many players are able to do that and that he is able to do this tells you a lot about the quality he has.”
The Ukrainian players arrived in Belek to prepare for the matches against Georgia and Albania. The legionnaires will join the team later, and on November 15, the national team will travel to Batumi.
The Ukrainian national football team has started preparing for its final two matches of the Nations League against Georgia and Albania. The players who play in the Ukrainian championship have already arrived in Turkey, and the legionnaires will join later. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Ukrainian Football Association.
Ukraine's national team has started preparing for the final two matches of the 2024/2025 Nations League. Last night, the players playing in the Ukrainian championship reached Poland by train from Kyiv to Przemyśl. From there, the Ukrainian delegation moved to Rzeszow, and from the airport there flew to Antalya
– the statement said.
It is noted that the Ukrainian national teams will hold the main stage of training in Belek, Turkey. The legionnaires will arrive immediately in Turkey, where the team will prepare until November 15, when they will travel to Batumi.
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Head coach of the Ukrainian national team Serhiy Rebrov announced the team for the final matches of the Nations League against Georgia and Albania. Yegor Yarmolyuk from English side Brentford received his debut call-up, and for the second time in a row Polissya's wing midfielders Oleksandr Nazarenko and Oleksiy Hutsulyak and Oleksandriya midfielder Ivan Kalyuzhnyi. National team captain Andriy Yarmolenko was not called up for the second time, and vice-captain Taras Stepanenko was on the reserve list.
Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard has been added to Norway’s squad for their Nations League double-header, much to the dismay of the Gunners fan base.
Odegaard returned to the Arsenal squad last week after six weeks out with an ankle injury.
He suffered the injury while on international duty with Norway in September and has returned just in time for the third Nations League break of the season.
The 25-year-old missed 10 matches for the Gunners before returning off the bench away to Inter in the Champions League last Wednesday.
The Norway captain came on deep into stoppage time after an injury to Kai Havertz, which hinted that he might not be ready to start against Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday.
Having initially been omitted from Norway’s squad for their Nations League matches against Slovenia and Kazakhstan, Odegaard will now link up with his international teammates.
Reports in Norway suggest he is ‘on his way’ to his home country, though ‘it is currently unclear whether he will play’ the two games.
Norway manager Stale Solbakken said: “We’ll see how it turns out. The ankle, the medics and Martin decide this.”
Arsenal fans are now anxiously hoping Odegaard does not feature for Norway so soon after returning, especially considering he sustained his ankle injury while on international duty.
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Solbakken will have been delighted not only to see Odegaard – who assisted Gabriel Martinelli’s goal – play the full match against Chelsea but the level of performance his skipper put in.
Another manager who was ecstatic was Gunners boss Mikel Arteta.
“Our player has been out for six weeks and barely trained with the team,” Arteta said post-match.
“To be able to play at this level in the Premier League tells you how much he looks after himself and the leadership and character he has.
“Everything flows better with players like this. Today we clicked much better. You could see everything was flowing but again it is about winning.
“What we have found is that every day we have had to change something big, you know, the engine, the wheels, steering wheel because we’ve had problem after problem.
“Normally the team goes down but this team has unbelievable energy and spirit to play.”
“I am very disappointed but very proud as well with what I have seen from the team again,” he said.
“We did the most difficult one to score the first goal but very disappointed with the way we conceded.
“They destroy every team that comes here in every way, but I thought we were superb. We were very unlucky. We have dominated one of the best teams in Europe but we don’t get the results. That is what is missing.
“I think we dominated them, we were the better team in many phases and situations in the game and after going ahead, very disappointed in the way we conceded. It was so poor. It is not our standards and we don’t accept.”
Ukrainian handball players defeated the Faroe Islands national team with a score of 35:32 in the 2026 European Championship qualifiers. The team will play its next qualifying match in March against Kosovo.
Ukraine's men's handball team has played its second match in the 2026 European Championship qualifiers. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Base of Ukrainian sports.
The first part of today's match was in favor of the opponent, and several times the Faroese advantage was six goals.
However, the Ukrainian national team managed to equalize the game and win with a score of 35:32 at the end of the match.
Our national team will play the next men's European Championship qualifier in March next year against Kosovo.
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The 17th European Men's Handball Championship will be held in Sweden, Norway and Denmark from January 15 to February 1, 2026. The tournament will be attended by 24 teams.
Paul Merson has urged Arsenal to cut Liverpool’s lead over them to six points before it reaches 12 if they are to stay in the Premier League title race.
Sunday’s draw at Chelsea saw both London clubs leapfrog Nottingham Forest and Brighton to occupy third and fourth behind champions Manchester City and leaders Liverpool.
Arne Slot’s side hold a nine-point advantage over Arsenal having only dropped points in two of their opening 11 matches.
It felt like a must-win game for Arsenal at Stamford Bridge but it was a very even match and a draw was a fair result.
Nine points is a large gap for a team challenging for the top spot – even if it’s November – and Gunners icon Merson thinks they must “get on a run” after the international break.
“On the last couple of games, they won’t be far away,” he said on Sky Sports. “Good performance in Milan, didn’t really look like scoring.
“Today they’ve come to a difficult place, a team that are playing well with very talented footballers and were very comfortable if I’m being honest. [David] Raya didn’t really make any world-class saves.
“It’s a start, it’s a base. He’s [Mikel Arteta] got to get the players fit now, he’s got to fuel the tank up, that’s the main thing.
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“They’ve got to get on a run. They’ve got to make sure this goes down to six points before it gets to 12 points. If it gets to 12, goodnight.”
Merson continued: “I don’t think they’re back in it.
“I still think they’ll do well to catch Liverpool, but if they can get it to six before it goes to 12, which is important, which might be at the end of December…but as long as it goes to six before 12, because if it goes to 12, it’s finished.
“Arsenal haven’t got a mistake in them. Liverpool have a mistake in them because they’ve got such a big lead on Arsenal.”
Co-pundit Jamie Redknapp added that Liverpool have a “big advantage” over Arsenal in the title race.
“It’s going to all the way because we’ve already seen anyone can beat anyone, what Liverpool have in their favour is that Arsenal have to go there as well. That’s a big advantage. Going to Anfield is never easy,” Redknapp said.
“They’ve got themselves in a great position. Arne Slot is a big winner this weekend. He’d have looked at that and thought, as long as Arsenal don’t win I’ll be delighted.
“Manchester City losing yesterday, it’s been perfect for them.
“Right now, the ascendency is with Liverpool. I didn’t see that happening at the start of the year.”
Former Chelsea head coach Graham Potter was also on commentary duty and believes Arsenal’s dip in form is down to the injuries they have suffered.
“For the first time they have suffered with injuries,” he said. “That’s been the big factor with them.
“Last couple of years they’ve been fortunate and they’ve worked very well to have not so much disruption.
“As soon as you lose [Martin] Odegaard, as soon as you lose your centre-backs that are the foundation for your team, soon as you have to make them changes, and you’ve got Champions League, and playing against teams that haven’t got the European challenges, all of a sudden it becomes harder and harder.”
“Dynamo defeated Polissia 2-1 and retained its lead in the UPL. “Oleksandriya defeated Karpaty 3-0 thanks to Kampush's hat trick and continues to chase Kyiv.
Dynamo Kyiv continues to lead the standings after defeating Polissia, but Oleksandriya continues to breathe down their necks with a hat-trick from their central defender. Air raids in the Kyiv region, a fan dog, sensations in Cherkasy and Rivne – this is how the 13th round of the Ukrainian Premier League passed. UNN decided to tell you the results, new achievements and what the next round of the UPL will be remembered for.
Maksymov's anniversary victory
Odesa's Chornomorets opened the next round of the UPL with a visit from Poltava's Vorskla. The match was crucial for both teams, as a victory could allow Chornomorets, who were 11th in the table, to break away from Poltava, who were 13th, with only two points separating the teams.
Traditionally, the first symbolic kick of the ball was made by Oleksiy Lytovchenko, who came out on the field with his son, an Armed Forces serviceman who came to the defense of Ukraine in 2022 and fought in the ranks of the 28th separate mechanized brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign. During his service, he was deployed in various areas, but was wounded in the Bakhmut district on June 16, 2023, and has been undergoing rehabilitation for almost a year.
The first dangerous moment arose already in the 2nd minute of the match, when Ilya Krupsky shot in the penalty area after serving from the flank, but the ball flew higher. "Vorskla" already had its moment in 10 minutes, but Kovtalyuk did not have enough accuracy. Odessa residents in the first 45 minutes almost did not create any main chances, only singly going out in counter-attacks.
During the halftime show, Chornomorets honored the unsurpassed sporting achievement of the 1974 team of sailors. 50 years ago, the USSR Championship ended in November with a historic bronze medal for the Odesa club. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the important event in the history of national football, the club thanked the stars of the golden generation of 1974: players Oleksandr Degtyarev, Serhii Pavlenko, Volodymyr Rodionov, Viktor Zubkov, Viacheslav Leshchuk, Oleksandr Holokolosov, and masseur Volodymyr Sokolov and specially ordered badges were presented with the club's gratitude and unique badges. Club awards were also presented to Anatoliy Doroshenko, who is undergoing treatment.
The award ceremony was attended by the head of the regional football federation, the head of the Odesa RMA, Oleg Kiper, and the CEO of FC Chornomorets, Anatoliy Mysyura.
After the break, the nature of the game did not change. Absolutely smooth game. The teams responded to each other at the moment, but the denouement of the match came at the end of the match – in the 76th minute, Vorskla organized its attack, which was accompanied by a bunch of bounces and rebounds, but in the end the ball went to the corner. After a corner kick, Chelyadin threw it through himself into the goalie's box, the ball hit Butko, who could not curb it, and shkirny flew to Ndukwe, who was the best orientated in the goalie's box and pushed him into the net – 1:0.
By the end of the match, Chornomorets tried to win back, but there was not enough time, and the final whistle recorded the minimum victory of Poltava, which became the 80th coaching position in the UPL for the Vorskla coach.
"dry zeros" in the Battle of outsiders
The second match on Friday, between Kyiv's Left Bank and Petrov's Ingulets, was postponed for 25 minutes due to an air raid alert in Kyiv region. However, the Russians could not spoil the mood of Kyiv midfielder Ruslan Dedukh, who won his team's best player award last month.
The first kick of the ball was made by Senior Warrant Officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Hlukhenkyi, who began his military service in 1980, later participated in the ATO from 2014 to 2017, and in 2022 joined the ranks of the Kyiv TRO and was awarded awards for the defense of Kyiv and Kyiv region.
Ingulets' first chance came in the 5th minute, when Kyslenko headed a shot straight into Mechaniv's hands. Subsequently, Mekhaniv had to re-enter the game, pulling a shot from Vivald, who headed after a corner kick.
"Ingulets" even scored in the 32nd minute, but the referee canceled the goal due to the fact that Malysh, who completed the attack of the guests, played along with his hand. After the break, the pattern of the game did not change, but Kobin's wards looked more convincing. At first, Pyatov shot well into the bottom corner of the "Left Bank", but Mekhanov saved his team. The "Left Bank" recovered at the end of the match. The hero of the capital team could be Kogut, who had a great opportunity to score in the 73rd minute, but Palamarchuk saved Ingulets.
By the end of the match, the teams were already openly finishing the match, and the final whistle recorded a "dry" draw – 0:0.
sensational victory of Obolon for the first time in 1.5 months
In the first match on Saturday, another outsider, Obolon from Kyiv, which was in the penultimate place, came to Cherkasy to play. The first shot on the ball in the match was made by a senior soldier, a former soldier of the 156th separate battalion of the 118th brigade of territorial defense of Cherkasy region, Oleksandr Nosenko.
Oleksandr took part in the battles for territorial integrity from 2014 to 2016, defending the cities of Mariupol, Novoazovsk and Luhansk airport. On February 26, 2022, he was wounded while defending the city of Popasna, Luhansk region. Currently, he is a member of the team of athletes – war veterans. He is a participant of the all-Ukrainian competition “Games of the Unconquered”.
The first 15 minutes were left for LNZ, who looked more confident in attack, and had the opportunity to open the scoring. However, in the 16th minute, Kiev midfielder Chernenko unexpectedly shot from outside the penalty area-the LNZ keeper jumped from under the crossbar to the corner. "LNZ" responded 5 minutes later, when Putrya shot through the goalkeeper's box, and Karas almost cut the ball into his own goal. Obolon had a cool episode in the 35th minute, when Grusha shot Kucherenko from close range, but then saved his goal again. A moment later, Kucherenko probably gave a save to the tour, when Chernenko shot from outside the penalty area, but the ball after a rebound flew into the top nine, but Kucherenko was able to pull.
After the break, Obolon finally got their moment: Hrusha twisted the defender on the right flank and fired – Kucherenko pulled, but Slobodian was the first to finish. “LNZ even managed to equalize, but Suarez's goal was canceled because the legionnaire played with his hand.
The final whistle recorded a sensational victory for Obolon, who last won in September – 1-0.
Oleksandriya continues to breathe down Dynamo's neck thanks to Kampush's hat trick
In the second match on Saturday, Oleksandriya, which is fighting with Dynamo Kyiv for first place in the standings, hosted Lviv's Karpaty, who are in the middle of the standings.
The first blow in the match was performed by a senior soldier of the 41st separate Mechanized Brigade Maxim Tkachenko. The brigade performed its assigned tasks in the defense of Kupyansk and Chasovy Yar, and now performs combat tasks in the Kursk direction.
Maxim also received a memorable T-shirt from the head coach of "Alexandria" Ruslan Rotan with the number 41.
The match started with Alexander Belyaev's shot in the 2nd minute, which shifted from the left flank and aimed at the far corner. Alexander Kemkin in the fall deflected the threat. "Karpaty "responded with a blow from Oleg Ocheretko, who responded to the Cross of Evgeny Podlepentsy – the keeper of" Alexandria " deflected the threat.
By the middle of the first half, Karpaty looked more active, but the Lviv team's attempts did not result in goals scored. In particular, in the 27th minute, Chachua shot powerfully, but could not hit the near corner. In the 36th minute, the finest hour came for Alexandrian defender Miguel Campos, who made a great free kick into Kemkin's near corner – 1:0.
In the 40th minute, Karpaty could have scored when Kostenko sent a free kick, but the ball was cut off and flew behind the goalkeeper's collar, but not accurately.
At the start of the second half, the hosts won the right to a penalty. Jean Pedroso stepped on Bezerri's foot, so the referee pointed to the mark. Kampush took an eleven-meter shot and sent the ball into the net for the second time.
In the 60th minute, Karpaty was saved by a post when it took Mishnev's shot, after Belyaev's discount. Soon, Karpaty lost the opportunity to reduce the gap in the score. Igor Neves headed after a corner kick, but Georgy Ermakov pulled the ball out of the corner of the goal.
In the 86th minute, the Karpaty keeper mowed down Kovalets in his penalty area, and the referee pointed to the mark. Kampush took the penalty again, shooting exactly into the left corner. Kemkin guessed the direction of the shot, but a few centimeters were not enough to parry the shot – 3:0.
The final whistle recorded a crushing victory of "Alexandria" – 3:0, and also the Alexandrians set a new club record for a unbeaten streak in the UPL – 17 matches.
Kryvbas breaks into the top 5
In the final match of Saturday, Kolos Kovalevsky was visited by Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. As in the match" Left Bank " – "Ingulets", the start of the match was postponed for almost 1.5 hours due to an air alert in the Kiev region. The start of the match was reserved for the guests, when Nikitishin shot a great header after Bandera's serve, but Pakholyuk helped out. Kolos responded with their own moment – Carioca shot at the goal, but the ball almost flew into the near corner after a rebound. Subsequently, Kolos seized the initiative, as evidenced by the statistics of shots in the first half – 11:1. however, in the first half, the audience did not see any goals.
Kryvbas made two shots on target during the entire game and it was the second shot that turned out to be accurate – Tverdokhleb, who entered the second half, opened the scoring in 2 minutes: Sosa threw his head at Tverdokhleb, the latter broke into the penalty area, screwed the defenders and accurately shot into the corner – 1:0.
"Kolos" recovered in 15 minutes and was able to equalize the score – after a corner kick, Klishchuk knocked the ball out with his fists exactly on Kozik, who shot powerfully at the goal, but the Kryvbas keeper coped with the shot, but on finishing Bolivar was powerless, who shot into the far corner – 1:1.
“Kolos continued to attack and was much closer to scoring than the opponent. In the 80th minute, Sosa could have put Kryvbas ahead, but his accuracy was off. The final whistle recorded a draw, but it allowed Kryvbas to break into the top five of the championship.
Another sensation. This time in Rivne
In the first match of Sunday, Veres Rivne was visited by Rukh Lviv, which has recently slowed down somewhat, and does not show results, as at the start of the season. Already according to tradition for UPL clubs, the first symbolic kick on the ball in the match was performed by Georgy Merkushin with the call sign "Iago", who served in the MTR and participated in the battles in the Zaporozhye direction, after which he moved to the Azov team, where he participated in the battles in New York in the Donetsk region, where he was injured.
The start of the match was a cold shower for Rukh, which was considered the favorite in the confrontation before the start of the match. Already in the 6th minute, "Veres", thanks to the efforts of Dakhnovsky. First, Haiduchik started a fight with Slyubik, who was forced to give it to his goalkeeper. Ledvius passed to Pidgursky, but the latter was pressed by Iago Siqueira, who scratched the ball for Dakhnovsky, who stretched a few meters and shot exactly into the bottom corner of Ledvius ' goal – 1:0.
In 2 minutes, Dakhnovsky could have doubled the lead, but Ledviy managed the shot.
After 15 minutes, Veres managed a beautiful attack – the Veres defender knocked the ball down the flank, Stepaniuk continued with his heel to Dakhnovsky, who ran down the flank, passed to the opposite flank to Luan, who scored exactly in the far corner – 2: 0 by the 22nd minute of the match.
After scoring a goal, the game calmed down somewhat, but in the 31st minute, the same Dakhnovsky could have brought the score to a crushing one, but the winger threw both the goalkeeper and the goal. "Rukh" could have cut at the end of the first half, but it was not fated: Kvasnitsa shot at the technique, but the ball went past the goal, and Sych's shot was parried by Kozhukhar.
After the break, Rukh became somewhat more active and began to create its own chances. In the 65th minute, The Shepherd missed the frame with his head. In the future, there was a certain lull on the field. "Veres "was already finishing the match, not going too far ahead, and" Rukh " did not stick to the front at all. The final whistle recorded a confident victory of Veres – 2:0, which allowed Rivne to overtake Lviv in the standings.
In the second half, the broadcast directors recorded an interesting episode, which shows how the dog came to watch football in the stands and even barked at someone.
a miracle did not happen, or a strong-willed victory for Shakhtar
One of the central matches of the tour was held in Lviv, where Shakhtar Donetsk was visited by Zarya Luhansk. The Donetsk team, who defeated the young boys in the Champions League the day before, needed to win this match in order to close the gap to first place.
The first symbolic kick in the match was performed by Yevgenia and Maria, the wife and daughter of the fallen defender of Ukraine Ivan Pavlichenko. Ivan was a combat medic, a junior sergeant of the 131st separate battalion of the 112th OBR of the TRO forces and the brother of FC Shakhtar employee Artem Pavlichenko.
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On August 30, 2024, Ivan died on the battlefield in the Kupyansky direction, providing the necessary assistance to a wounded brother. Before his death, Ivan managed to save the life of a comrade-in-arms, but he himself came under enemy fire while waiting for evacuation. After the symbolic blow, the Pitmen coach presented Yevgenia Pavlichenko with a memorable Shakhtar T-shirt.
Already in the 9th minute, a curious episode occurred when the referees had technical problems on the field – they could not hear the video recordings. The match was suspended for 3 minutes while the equipment was being set up.
In the first half, Shakhtar looked more convincing, but there were not enough chances for both teams. At Shakhtar, you can only recall Sudakov's shot, which shot higher with his head.
However, in the 36th minute, Zarya, which had almost no chances, managed to take the lead. Vantukh gave left to Gorbach, who half-passed to Yatsik. A midfielder on loan from Dynamo dragged the ball down the flank, burst into the penalty area and shot powerfully past Bondar into the far nine – 1:0 in favor of Zarya. Sikan could have equalized the score in 4 minutes, but his shot was easy for Turbayevsky, and a little later Matvienko shot into the near corner, but the Zarya keeper was again on top.
After the break, Shakhtar managed not only to score quickly, but also to immediately take the lead. First, the miners ' midfielder Artem Bondarenko beat Sikan in the penalty area, broke into the penalty area, where he was mowed down by Vantukh. The referee awarded a penalty, which accurately shot into the lower left corner – 1:1.
Three minutes later, thanks to Kevin's efforts, the Donetsk team managed to take the lead. Brazilian Tobias served from the right flank into the penalty area at his compatriot Kevin, who processed the ball, shot past Turbayevsky – 2:1. Shakhtar could have doubled the advantage in the 70th minute, but Turbayevsky parried Tobias ' shot into the near corner.
Already in the 2nd minute added to the second half, Sudakov sent Zubkov to the flank, the winger dragged the ball and shot into the penalty area, where Zarya defender Jordan cut the ball into his own goal, setting the final score – 3:1 in favor of Shakhtar.
Dynamo returns first place in Shovkovsky's anniversary match, while Yarmolenko gets closer to the record.
Another central match of the tour was held in Kiev at the Valery Lobanovsky Stadium. In the capital's Dynamo, which needed to return the first place in the tournament, as well as rehabilitate itself for a bitter defeat against Ferencvaros in the Europa League, polesie Zhytomyr came, which also continues to impose the fight on the leaders.
The teams started the match cautiously, playing almost in the center of the field. "Polesie" created a moment at the beginning of the match, but the ball passed by and after that the game calmed down somewhat. By the equator of the first half, Kiev seized the initiative and even managed to score. In the 21st minute, Dubinchak, who was criticized after the match with Ferencvaros, gave to Kabaev, who in turn gave to the center to Vanat. The forward held the ball and gave it to Shaparenko, the midfielder of Kiev broke into the penalty area and gave it to the same Vanat, who shot Volynets from a non – working Leg-1:0.
Three minutes later, Tymchik broke through the flank and served into the penalty area, but the ball hit Smolyakov's hand, and the referee awarded a penalty. Yarmolenko took up the punishment, who successfully used his chance, and scored the 110th goal in the UPL.
At the end of the half, things got really bad for Polesie when Bohdan Mikhaylichenko stepped on Vitaliy Buyalsky's foot, received a second yellow card and was sent off.
In the second half, the removal was carried out in signs and was more like a well – known football saying-some could not, others did not want to. It is difficult to remember the moments on the part of both teams, but still "Polesie", which played in the minority, managed to close the gap. Zhytomyr got the right to a corner in the 85th minute: Mustafayev executed a pass from the corner and the ball treacherously hit Dyachuk, who bounced to Hutsulyak, who only had to shoot Buschan's goal from a few meters, which the Zhytomyr winger actually managed – 2:1.
At the end of the match, Guerrero scored 3 goals for Dynamo, but the forward got into an offside position and the referee canceled the goal.
The final whistle recorded a minimal victory for Dynamo in the 40th match of Alexander Shovkovsky at the head of Kiev-2:1.
The standings after the next round are as follows: Dynamo and Alexandria continue to share points, but Kiev continues to lead in additional indicators. "Obolon", despite the victory, is in the penultimate place, and" Ingulets " took the last place.
