In Matchday 27 of the Ukrainian Premier League Dynamo Kyiv traveled to Cherkasy to face LNZ.
As a reminder in the first round the Cherkasy side defeated “White-Blues” at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Stadium (1:0) so another tight and physical contest was expected at Cherkasy Arena. In addition Dynamo’s coaching staff opted for significant squad rotation while the team’s top scorer, Matviy Ponomarenko, was not even included in the squad for the match.
Right from the opening minutes hosts showed they intended once again to make life difficult for the Kyiv side. In the 5th minute Ryabov burst into the penalty area from the right flank and fired at goal but Korobov stuck out a leg and diverted the ball behind for a corner.
Dynamo, of course, had no intention of sitting back either. After a corner kick Bilovar headed the ball across the face of goal. Then, in the 21st minute, the ball found the back of LNZ’s net. During the attack Dynamo switched play from the right flank into the center, Pikhalonok delivered a pass to the left side of the six-yard box where Guerrero finished accurately into the near corner. Unfortunately for Dynamo after a VAR review referee disallowed the goal, ruling that Ogundana had been offside in the build-up phase of the attack.
