The current champion of Ukraine left Poltava no chance.
Shakhtar won a crushing victory over Vorskla in the match of the first round of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) season 2024/25. The match in Poltava ended with a score of 0:5in favor of the Donetsk team.
The Pitmen took the lead already in the 8th minute of the meeting – team captain Nikolai Matvienko sent the ball into the left corner with a smart long-range strike.
Before the break, the reigning champion of Ukraine still hit the opponent's goal once – Alexander Zubkov scored in the 31st minute.
In the second half, Marino Pusic's team did not slow down and brought the score to a rout. In the 67th minute, Georgy Sudakov converted a penalty, and a minute later Matvienko scored a double – the defender scored again with a beautiful shot from outside the penalty area.
Daniil Sikan put the finishing touches to this match in the 88th minute of the match, scoring the fifth goal against the “green-whites”. The Poltava team could not avoid a “dry” defeat.
Review of the match “Vorskla” – “Shakhtar”
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In the second round of the national championship, the “miners” will meet with “Polesye” on August 11, and the Poltava team will play away against the absolute debutant of the elite division “Left Bank” on August 9.
Let's add that two more matches of the opening round of the UPL have already taken place today: LNZ beat “Left Bank” (1:0), and “Obolon” and “Kolos” ended in a productive draw (2:2).
In the final match on August 4, “Zorya” and “Ingulets” will determine the strongest (start – at 18:00).
Recall that the first round matches “Alexandria” – “Dynamo” and “Rukh” – “Polesie” were postponed at the request of the clubs due to the fact that their footballers had recently participated in the Ukrainian national team at the 2024 Olympics.
