A unifying match: Kryvbas veterans played against Ukrainian defenders
Today, it was especially warm at the "Hirnyk" stadium. On the day of the 6th anniversary of the revival of FC "Kryvbas", those who created the history of the club and those who create the history of Ukraine today met on the same field.
The legends of "Kryvbas" played with the defenders of Ukraine. And it was a match not only about football. It was a day of meetings, sincere emotions, smiles and true unity. A day when everyone - football players, military personnel, coaches and fans - were one team.
And football turned out exactly the way they like it: with a fight, beautiful goals and bright moments. The victory with a score of 7:4 was won by the veterans of "Kryvbas", but today there were definitely no losers. The game itself was held in the format of two halves of 25 minutes each and gave the fans a lot of goals and bright moments.
Already in the 2nd minute, the veterans of Kryvbas opened the score - Roman Debelko scored. However, the servicemen quickly responded: in the 4th minute, Dmytro Spilnyak equalized the score, and in a minute Oleksandr Pukhalskyi brought his team ahead - 1:2.
Kryvbas managed to fight back. In the 9th minute, Roman Debelko scored his second goal of the match - 2:2. And in the 13th minute, Hennadii Prykhodko again brought the club's veterans ahead - 3:2. In the second half of the match, the teams continued to play open and effective football. In the 35th minute, Artem Hordiyenko restored the balance - 3:3.
However, then it was Valery Fedorchuk's time. First, in the 36th minute, he scored the fourth goal of the veterans of Kryvbas, and three minutes later he scored a double - 5:3. The servicemen did not stop fighting and in the 40th minute reduced the gap - a goal after a mistake by the red-white defense was scored by Vitaliy Petrichenko.
In the 45th minute, Valeriy Fedorchuk scored his third goal in the match and brought the veterans' advantage to two goals - 6:4. And the final point in the match was put by Roman Debelko, who scored a hat-trick in the 49th minute. The final whistle recorded the victory of the veterans of FC "Kryvbas" - 7:4.
The composition of the veterans of "Kryvbas":
Oleksandr Bokarev, Mykola Ushakov (team captain), Vyacheslav Baklanov, Volodymyr Hryn, Hennadii Kozar, Vitaly Pavlov, Oleh Chaika, Oleksiy Kuptsov, Vyacheslav Ryabov, Valery Fedorchuk, Hennadii Prykhodko, Serhiy Bilokon, Serhiy Solovyov, Volodymyr Ponomarenko, Yuriy Shturko, Roman Debelko.
The composition of the military team, Nezlamni:
Yevgeny Dudka (Rugby player), commander of the unmanned systems battalion Rugby Team 129 OVMBr; Oleksandr Pukhalsky (Historian), first deputy commander of the unmanned systems battalion Rugby Team 129 OVMBr; Taras Gudz (Tarik), commander of the FPV strike drone company of the unmanned systems battalion Rugby Team 129 OVMBr; Taras Stretovych (Footballer), Chief of Staff of the Rugby Team 129th OVMB Unmanned Systems Battalion; Yaroslav Logvishchuk (Light), Deputy Battalion Commander for the Control and Monitoring of the Rugby Team 129th OVMB Unmanned Systems Battalion; Mykola Kravets (Boroda), Heavy Strike Drone Operator of the Rugby Team 129th OVMB Unmanned Systems Battalion; Oleksandr Kasan (Fanat), Headquarters Officer of the Rugby Team 129th OVMB Unmanned Systems Battalion; Ihor Troyan (Maly), Veteran, Scout, Former Serviceman of the 17th Tank Brigade, Head and Founder of the RUGBY TEAM Charity Fund; Yevheniy Baklanov (Bak); Artem Gordiyenko (Gordey); Dmytro Spilnyak (Manki); Oleksandr Mazenko (Maza); Vitaliy Petrychenko (Petryk); Mykola Boyaryn, Engineer; Anton Fedorov (Kryvyi), head of the charitable foundation "Veteran Corps Fund" (team captain); Bohdan Lytvyaak (freelancer); Denis Kvasnikov (Kvas); Oleksandr Buryak (Surikat), head of the department of the headquarters of the Rugby Team unmanned systems battalion; Serhiy Borovichuk (Syr), driver of the Rugby Team unmanned systems battalion.
Also on a pleasant note - the event became another opportunity to support our defenders. The general partner of the club, the company "Rudomain", donated 100,000 hryvnias each to the Rugby Team unit and the Veteran Corps.
Together with the fans, the players and coaching staff of the first team of "Kryvbas" watched the events on the field. And a pleasant surprise awaited the season ticket holders who came to support the participants in the match - a raffle of T-shirts with autographs of the club legends.
Thank you to everyone who was with us today. For the atmosphere, for the emotions, for this day and for the opportunity to celebrate another year of Kryvbas' history together.
Happy 6th anniversary of revival, my dear Kryvbas!
Many more victories ahead. Together!
Media of FC "Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih