If we summarize this game briefly, then in both the literal and figurative sense the players of "Borysfen" covered their point with their own bodies. In Lutsk they staged a real Italian "catenaccio" and did not allow the Lutsk players to hit their own goal even once. Although, to be completely frank, this evening Fortune was probably on the guests' side. Judge for yourselves: our players created about ten dangerous moments near Mykhailov's goal and delivered 18 (!) shots, however the ball stubbornly refused to end up in "Borysfen's" goal. The Boryspil team, meanwhile, with their play painfully resembled Oleksandriia's "Polihraftekhnika," whose play most coaches of top-league clubs called anti-football. But even under such circumstances, few doubted that "Volyn" would still be able to break through the wall formed by the "Borysfen" players. \n \nOur lads began creating chances from the first minutes. Roma Zherzh, who was probably starting a match for the first time this season, wanted to justify Vitalii Kvartsianyi's trust and could have opened the scoring in the game as early as the 7th minute. Roma beat several "Borysfen" defenders, broke through to Mykhailov's goal and shot. The ball flew into the net, but on the other side of the goal. A minute later Roman tried to go one-on-one with the guests' goalkeeper, however Mykhailov got to the ball first. Then Zherzh's more experienced partner took up the matter, one might even say the "grandpa" of "Volyn," Vasyl Sachko. In the 15th minute Vasia fired at Mykhailov's goal from a few meters out, however Koteliuk stuck out his leg and "Volyn" earned its first corner. After the delivery, Sachko won the aerial battle and shot powerfully. Someone from the "Borysfen" players "cleared" the ball from the empty goal. A moment later the situation repeated itself. Only this time the outfield players of the Boryspil team blocked Krunich's shot. Toward the end of the first half "Volyn" played out another interesting combination on the right flank. Buta and Krunich drew four "Borysfen" players toward themselves and passed the ball into free space to Chebotar. Boria, without thinking long, shot with all his might. But this time too luck was on the guests' side, as the ball whistled over the top right corner at tremendous speed. \n \nAfter the break "Volyn" somewhat changed tactics. The Lutsk players simply "showered" the guests' penalty area with crosses. Volodymyr Hashchyn nearly capitalized on one of them. After his shot from 15 meters the ball was deflected by the goalpost. \n \n"Volyn" continued to increase the pressure and pushed forward with the whole team. Omoko Harison stood alone in the center circle, nullifying the guests' already very rare attacking efforts. Therefore, crossing into our half of the field in the second half could be considered a real holiday for "Borysfen." However, the underdog was doing quite well at clearing the ball out of play. Time was running out, and the zeros continued to burn on the scoreboard. \n \nIn the 64th minute Sachko wasted another excellent opportunity to score. Vasia received a fine pass from Chebotar in "Borysfen's" penalty area, closed in on the goal and shot about… five meters over the crossbar. The attacking spirit of "Volyn" was finally broken by an unconverted 11-meter kick in the 72nd minute, which, along with a yellow card, was earned by Karamushka, who kicked Buta in the stomach on the volley. Kvartsianyi, despite Hashchyn's presence on the field, ordered Krunich to take the penalty. Bronislav hit the crossbar from the spot. Thereafter "Volyn" resorted to an all-out assault and still could not break through the improvised palisade of "Borysfen" players. Oleksandr RIABOKON: - We all saw the game perfectly well. "Volyn" is a very powerful team, and it had the initiative. All the more pleasant that we held out and earned a point in Lutsk. \n \nVitalii KVARTSIANYI: - Today I counted 25-30 moments in which the players did something completely different from what was needed. When they needed to play with their head, they played with their feet; when they needed to play individually, they played a passing game, and so on. Perhaps our multinational squad and the lack of sufficient mutual understanding are to blame for it all. \n \nI had a premonition that the game would not be easy for us. It often happens that you fail to outplay a team "wounded by circumstances." Be that as it may, I am very upset that we lost points today. We are probably not yet ready to constantly maintain the image of a winner. We still lack consistency. \n \nChances: 9 - 1. \nShots (on target): 18 (7) - 5 (2). \nCorners: 8 - 3. \n \n \n \nOther matches of round 8: \nDynamo 1:0 Metalurh D \nShakhtar 3:0 Arsenal \nKryvbas 1:1 Obolon \nZakarpattia 0:1 Metalurh Z \nTavriia 1:0 Metalist \nIllichivets 2:0 Vorskla-Naftohaz \nChornomorets 2:0 Dnipro \n \n \n