ZFK "Kryvbas" - ZFK "Vorskla" 0:0

Kryvyi Rih FC "Kryvbas" met Poltava FC "Vorskla" in the postponed match of the 1st round of the Higher League.

It was the central match not only in the tour, but also, probably with all due respect to the other participants - in the first part of the season. And the meeting of the strongest women's teams of Ukraine lived up to expectations. The hosts of the field took the initiative from the first minutes, but the opponents did not manage to play in attack for a long time.

Our team created several good opportunities to score at once, but Samson saved his team time and time again. The right flank of our attack worked actively, where Tian was the main protagonist. It was from there that the threat to the goal of "Vorskla" often came. It should be noted that the match started late due to anxiety, which lasted for more than an hour, and at the end of the half the game was interrupted again - again anxiety.

This somewhat upset the attacking tempo of the "Kryvbas" attack, and at the beginning of the second half, the women from Poltava began to attack more and more sharply. After one of the episodes, the ball almost flew into our goal after a protracted attack, but fortunately, the defenders at the last moment cleared the ball as far as possible. In the middle of the second half, the initiative again went to the side of the red and whites.

Moreover, later our opponents remained in the minority after Kotyash's second warning. The end of the game took place in the Vorskla half of the field, which managed to hold on to a draw. The best moment to win the much-desired victory for "Kryvbas" was in Eldanboki. She found herself in a great striking position in the penalty area, but shot wide of the near corner.

0:0 - the favorites of the new season of the Premier League parted peacefully.

August 23, 2023. Championship of Ukraine-2023/2024. Major League. 1 round. Kryvyi Rih. "Girnyk" stadium. 17:00. +28 degrees. Field - 5.

ZFK "Kryvbas" (Kryvyi Rih) - ZFK "Vorskla »(Poltava) - 0:0

Referee: Lyudmila Telbukh (Dnipro).

Assistants of the arbitrator: Oleksandra Vdovina (Lviv), Iryna Chaika (Lviv region).

The fourth referee: Oleksii Havelia (Kryvyi Rih).

Arbitrator Observer: Vitaly Dyadenko (Kropyvnytskyi).

UAF delegate: Viktor Bezsmertny (Kropivnytskyi).

Kryvbas FC (Kryvyi Rih): 12. Daria Kelyushik, 20. Amariel Sonkeng, 22. Olga Basanska, 15. Anna Ivanova, 99. Lesya Olkhova, 74. Mahira-Ali Eldanbouki, 98. Dayana Semkiv (k), 33. Kristine Aleksanyan, 27. Cynthia Musungu, 7. Violeta Tian (10. Polina Yanchuk, 68), 88. Diana Belyakova.

Reserveand: 31. Victoria Petrovets, 11. Anna Stekolshchikova, 18. Anna Avramenko, 17. Anastasia Zhigadlo.

V. o. head coach: Konstantin Frolov.

ZFK "Vorskla"(Poltava): 23. Kateryna Samson, 29. Iryna Podolska, 17. Kateryna Korsun, 4. Yana Kotyk, 16. Iryna Kotyash, 25. Anna Petryk, 20. Olga Osipyan (3. Anna Davydenko, 73), 5. Veronika Andruhiv, 10. Yana Kalinin (c) (7. Kamila Kulmagambetova, 90+5), 9. Viktoriya Radionova, 11. Nikol Kozlova.

Substitutions: 18. Anna Gerasimchuk, 71. Daryna Bondarchuk, 15. Karina Voit, 19. Maryna Shayniuk.

Chiefand the coachka: Natalia Zinchenko.

Yellow cards: Cynthia Musungu, 53 - Iryna Kotyash, 49. 

Red card: Iryna Kotyash, 75 ("Vorskla") (second warning).

Press service of women's FC "Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih