Kiev they are one point behind the Pitmen, who have a match in hand.
Dynamodefeated Polesie in the match 25th round of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL). The meeting at the Valery Lobanovsky Stadium in Kyiv ended with the score 3:0.
Alexander Shovkovsky's team took the lead in the 32nd minute of the match – Vladislav Vanat realized a one-on-one with the visiting goalkeeper after a pass from Andrei Yarmolenko.
At the start of the second half, the “white-blues” strengthened their advantage – in the 52nd minute Nikolai Shaparenkofrom the entrance to the penalty area sent the ball into the far top corner with a beautiful strike.
In the 63rd minute, the Zhytomyr team remained in the minority – Vasily Kravets earned a second yellow card for bringing down Vitaly Buyalsky in front of his own penalty area.
Dynamo took advantage of their numerical advantage and brought the matter to a close defeat. In the 77th minute, Buyalsky hit the empty net after a blunder by the Zhytomyr defense.
Review of the match “Dynamo” – “Polesie”
After this victory, Dynamo (54 points) takes second place in the UPL and has reduced the gap from leader Shakhtar to one point, but the Pitmen have a match in hand. “Polesie” (39 points) remained in sixth position.
In the next round of the Ukrainian championship, Shovkovsky's team will meet Dnepr-1 away on April 27, and Sergei Shishchenko's team will host Vorskla on April 29.