Both sides started the game carefully, but still had a good scoring chance each. At first Rafael tried to score from distance, but Boiko was there. Then Tsyhankov found Verbic in the home side box, but Benjamin failed to hit the target.
It seemed the first half would end in a goalless draw, but right before the break Zoria opened the score. Boiko parried the shot by Silas, but Hromov was the first to hit the open goal.
Dynamo started the second half aggressively. Pivaric took a free kick and hit the post. To enforce the attacking potential Olexandr Khatskevych made a substitute appearance and Danish newcomer Mikkel Duelund took the field. Still he wasn’t the one, who managed to score for the White-Blues in this game. It was our captain Serhiy Sydorchuk, who hit the bottom corner from distance.
There still was plenty of time till the final whistle, but Dynamo failed to grab the winner. The outcome is 1:1 draw.
UPL. Matchday 8
FC Zoria Luhansk – FC Dynamo Kyiv
16.09.2018. Zaporizhia, Slavutych-Arena, 9 327 spectators
Zoria: Makharadze, Svatok, Kharatin, Khomchenovskyi (Leonardo, 39), Vernydub, Karavayev (c), Rafael, Kabayev, Hromov (Kocherhin, 65), Silas, Cheberko
Dynamo: Boiko, Kadar, Burda, Kedziora, Pivaric, Sydorchuk (c), Buialskyi, Tsyhankov, Shepelev (Duelund, 59), Verbic, Rusyn (Supriaha, 72)
Goals: Hromov (45) – Sydorchuk (68)
Booked: Kabayev (41), Silas (70), Kharatin (89) – Buialskyi (30), Shepelev (47), Tsyhankov (90+1)
Sent off: Kabayev (90+2, second booking)
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