Kyivians released Shakhtar” in the championship race by four points.
Kyiv Dynamo tied with Cherkassy LNZ in the home match 23- 1st round of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL). The match in the capital named after Valery Lobanovsky ended with the score 1:1.
Alexander Shovkovsky's team took the lead in the 15th minute of the match. Andrey Yarmolenko took advantage of a throw from Vladislav Vanat and sent the ball over to visiting goalkeeper Evgeniy Kucherenko.
However, before the break, LNZ managed to equalize the score. After Sergei Rybalka's corner kick, the “white-blue” goalkeeper Ruslan Nescheret made a blunder and let the ball slip out of his hands, and Haidin Salihu finished the ball into the net.
In the second half, the hosts had the advantage, but were unable to convert their chances into at least one goal scored.
Review of the match “Dynamo” – LNZ
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After this match, Dynamo (45 points) remained in third place in the UPL. The Kiev team is four points behind leader Shakhtar and one point behind Kryvbas, compared to which they have a game in hand. LNZ (26 points) rose to ninth place in the Ukrainian championship.
In the next round, the Kiev team will play away against Alexandria on April 13, and Oleg Dulub’s team will host Veres on April 15.