Ukrainian Premier League week 12 summary

By: sasha | October 27th, 2008

It seems almost impossible but after week twelve match, the table remained with each team in precisely the same position as it started. However the class the league is definitely Dynamo Kyiv as it defeated Tavriya Simferopol 3-1 on the work of Ukraine’s great young striker Artem Milevskiy.

Please visit Yevy’s great blog on Dynamo Kyiv for further information

While of course it is remarkable that the tables were left the same it is due to something not-so “exciting” as with the exception of one match all were draws with four scoreless. That must be some sort of record however in the “other” decision of the weekend Metalist Kharkiv defeated Metalurh Donetsk 2-0. Zhovto-Syni left the scoring till the final four minutes of time with Serbian international Aleksandar Trišović (Тришович) being the benificiary of a defensive mishap as he pulled in a long ball near the box and quickly scored. Two minutes later a beautiful crossing pass Andriy Koniushenko found on the back post for a clinical finish.

Possibly the biggest piece of news is that Shakhtar Donetsk after a horrible 0-0 draw to Kharkiv is said to have offered a managerial position to Juande Ramos.

Elsewhere in the Ukrainian Premier League Chornomorets played Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk to a 1-1 draw with a pair of Ukraine internationally capped veterans scoring. Andriy Vorobei opened the scoring at the seven minute mark for Dnipriany before Oleksandr Kosyrin tied it seven minutes later.

Please visit Darcy’s great blog on Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk for further information

Kryvbas – 0
Illichivets – 0

Arsenal Kyiv – 0
Vorskla Poltava – 0

Karpaty – 0
Metalurh Zaporizhya – 0

Zorya Luhansk – 1
Lviv – 1

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