The start of the 28th round of the Ukrainian championship turned out to be quite rich in goals. Sixteen goals were scored in three matches. In the "Illichivets" - "Arsenal" match alone, the players scored eight times. The Kyiv "canoniers" earned three very important points in the fight to stay in the top flight, winning in Mariupol with a score of 5:3.
For "Illichivets," this loss practically means saying goodbye to dreams of European cups. With two rounds left before the end of the championship, "Chornomorets" is four points ahead of "Illichivets" and also has a game in hand.
Poltava's "Vorskla" got another victory, defeating Zaporizhzhia's "Metalurh" at home with a score of 3:1.
Kyiv's "Dynamo" managed to avoid dropping points in the match against "Kryvbas," winning with a score of 3:1. The game was decided in the first 45 minutes, when three goals flew into the visitors' net.
First, Kleber, surrounded by several defenders, accurately struck into the corner of Startsev's goal - 1:0. In the 36th minute, Gavrancic set up Rebrov for a shooting position, and he sent the ball into the top corner of "Kryvbas's" goal from the edge of the penalty area - 2:0.
In the last minute of the first half, Kleber was fouled in the penalty area and the awarded penalty was confidently converted by Rebrov, who scored a brace in this game.
In the second half, "Dynamo" slowed down and "Kryvbas" had a chance to score.
In the 20th minute of the second half, Gigiadze was through one-on-one with Shovkovskyi, but Husiev knocked the ball away from his feet, albeit while pushing the Georgian in the back with his hand. However, the referee did not award a penalty. After a corner kick and a header by Alegbe, only Shovkovskyi's excellent reaction saved "Dynamo."
On the next corner kick, the hosts could not avoid a goal into their own net. Alegbe won the battle against Rodolfo and accurately struck into the corner of the goal - 3:1. The game ended with that score.
28th round.
"Illichivets" - "Arsenal" - 3:5 Goals: Lashchenkov 14, Kryvosheienko 37, Hai 41 - Kovalchyk 3, Romanchuk 23, Okoduwa 35, 90, Mizin 55
"Dynamo" - "Kryvbas" - 3:1 Goals: Kleber 29, Rebrov 38, 45 - from penalty, Alegbe 64 "Dynamo": Shovkovskyi, Fedorov, Rebrov, Kleber, Rincon (Belkevych 46), Shatskykh, Husiev (Rotan 64), Nesmachnyi, Vashchuk, Gavrancic, Yeshchenko (Rodolfo 46). Kryvbas: Startsev, Koteliukh, Dunich, Alegbe, Kabanov (Ivashchenko 53), Starostiak, Sheveliukhin, Groshev (Korablov), Gigiadze, Tryshovych (Zgura 58), Poklonskyi.
"Vorskla" - "Metalurh" Z - 3:1 Goals: Kravchenko 12, Brovkin 24, Djurcic 48 - Aliiev 56.