The start of the spring part of the football season in Ukraine can hardly be called successful for Kyiv's "Dynamo." After the cup failure in Dnipropetrovsk, Mykhailychenko's charges lost two points in the game against "Tavriya," playing to a 0:0 draw. Moreover, the Kyivans had chances to end this match in defeat as well. At least, after the first part of the game, in terms of dangerous chances "Tavriya" was leading by a score of 3:0, and "Dynamo's" defense resembled a "thoroughfare." As can be seen, after the game with "Dnipro" the Kyivans drew only one conclusion. Mykhailychenko replaced Holovko with Sablich, and Amisulashvili was not even in the squad for the game. Nevertheless, this did not make the Kyivans' defense play more reliably, and in attack it was still zeros. In two matches "Dynamo" cannot score a single goal.

In the 16th minute Kosylov nearly opened the scoring in this match with a powerful shot from about 16 meters, but Reva played reliably, deflecting the ball for a corner. Meanwhile, "Dynamo's" attacks contained no threat near Chanturiya's goal. The hosts had the most realistic chance to score in the 45th minute of the match when Belkevych from about 12 meters struck on the run — over the goal.

In the 24th minute of the match, Zarutsky made a run down the left flank for "Dynamo," which ended with a shot by the Crimean, but again Reva entered the play, deflecting the leather ball for a corner with his fingertips. Three minutes later Junior was already one-on-one with Reva, however the Brazilian failed to beat "Dynamo's" goalkeeper. True, in this episode someone from "Dynamo's" defenders played with his hand after Reva parried the ball, however the referee did not award a penalty. The first half ended in zeros, and the Dynamo players were seen off to the locker room by their fans with whistling.

The second 45 minutes was the complete opposite of the first; despite everything, "Dynamo" still did not score, although there were chances. In the 50th minute Sablich managed to shoot over the goal from a advantageous position, and a few minutes later Husyev missed the target, shooting over the goal from 10 meters. The Belarusian Kornylenko could have decided the fate of the match in the 70th minute of the game, but from 6 meters he failed to connect with the ball...

Dynamo's newcomer Bidnenko shot dangerously at "Tavriya's" goal, but his shot from about 20 meters was parried by Chanturiya, not without difficulty. In the closing minutes Chernat and Verpakovskis took shots at goal, however without result. The 5 minutes added by the match referee did not help the Kyivans either. The conclusion is one. "Dynamo" increases its gap from "Shakhtar" to 5 points, and the play of Mykhailychenko's team with each match is increasingly far from ideal, and the purchases made in the off-season are somehow not astounding so far...

Of the other matches of the 16th round, it is worth noting the victory of the renewed "Borysfen" over "Kryvbas" with a score of 2:1 and the somewhat unexpected draw of "Dnipro" in the game with Zaporizhzhia's "Metalurh." As for the Donetsk derby, in which "Shakhtar" and "Metalurh" met, it ended with the traditional victory of Schuster's team, which with 42 points continues to lead the Ukrainian championship.

"Illichivets" - "Vorskla-Naftohaz" - 1:0 Goals: Konyushenko 40

"Zirka" - "Chornomorets" - 1:1 Goals: Kirilov 55, Kosyrin 9

"Borysfen" - "Kryvbas" - 2:1 Goals: Annenkov 8, Melnyk 49, Salakhovich 51 - from a penalty

"Karpaty" - "Arsenal" - 0:0

"Metalurh" Z - "Dnipro" - 0:0 "Dnipro": 23. Kernozenko, 14. Radchenko, 15. Matyukhin, 16. Rusol, 6. Shelayev, 8. Maksymyuk (Semochko 69), 20. Rykun (Hrytsay 56), 29. Rotan, 10. Kostyshyn, 17. Melashchenko, 28. Nazarenko. "Metalurh": 16.Bohush, 3.Vyshevych, 13.Boshnyak, 38.Linyov, 4.Lobanyovs, 6.Polyevoy, 8.Demchenko, 17.Kabelski, 18.Markhel, (Ilyashov 74) 23. Hodin, 28.Chelyadzinski.

"Shakhtar" - "Metalurh" D - 2:0 Goals: Brandao 37 - from a penalty, Lewandowski 60 "Shakhtar": 1.Pletikosa, 14.Stoykan, 2.Starostyak, 3.Hleveckas, 26.Rats, 18.Lewandowski, 6.Dulyay, 33.Srna, 22.Pukanych (Zubov 79), 25.Brandao (Marica 65), 11.Vorobey (Kalachev 58). "Metalurh": 30Dolhanskyi, 4.Checher, 7.Zotov, 8.Tkachenko (Markovych 78), 15.Kucher, 17.Toure, 18.Ne, 19.Melikyan(Oleksiyenko 59), 22.Neziri, 24.Akobyan (Tsykhmeystruk 71), 28.Shyshchenko.

"Dynamo" - "Tavriya" - 0:0 "Dynamo": Reva - Peev (Kornylenko, 62), Havranchych, Sablich, Hyoane - Husyn, Bydnenko, Husyev (Leko, 83), Diogo Rincon (Chernat, 76), Belkevych - Verpakovskis

"Tavriya": Chanturiya, Khramtsov, Chyzhevskyi, K. Chkhetiani, Yesin (Kutsyi, 84), Zarutsky, Kosylov (Holaido, 90), Edmar, Imedadze (Ionanidze,85), Junior, Everton

On Monday, March 15, the following play: "Obolon" - "Volyn."

Tournament standings after the matches of the 16th round:

1. "Shakhtar" - 42 points 2 "Dynamo" - 37 3 "Dnipro" - 31 4 "Metalurh" D - 26 5 "Chornomorets" - 24 6 "Arsenal" - 22 7 "Obolon" - 22 8 "Illichivets" - 19 9 "Borysfen" -18 10 "Karpaty" - 17 11 "Metalurh" Z - 17 12 "Vorskla-Naftohaz" -17 13 "Kryvbas" - 14 14 "Volyn" - 12 15 "Tavriya" - 12 16 "Zirka" - 12.