Ponomarenko from the penalty brought Dynamo Kyiv victory over Veres

Dynamo Kyiv has been trying to make its way to the main round of the European competition almost since the beginning of July, but in the end this process had to intersect with the resolution of issues in the domestic arena. And if Ihor Kostyuk's team managed to postpone the game of the first round against Kyiv's Left Bank to December this year, then in the second round they still had to go to Rivne for a meeting against the local Veres. Oleg Shandruk's team, meanwhile, could prepare for the nature of this status match with the help of last weekend's game against Kharkiv, which the "red and black" eventually lost due to a missed ball in the last minutes (0:1). And on the other hand, there were "white and blue", who simply had no opportunity to avoid the rotation of the starting team under the conditions of such a calendar, followed by a long flight to Baku. Perhaps this very factor played a key role in the fact that Dynamo did not feel too comfortable on the opponent's field from the first minutes. Kostyuk's team could not maintain the attacking pace at the start of the game, and already at the end of the first quarter of an hour of the game, they risked being in the minority. And here we will have to wait for an explanation as to why Oleksiy Derevinbroadcasteri did not remove Bilovar, when he was the last defender to knock down Blair, who was already flying from the center of the field to meet the visitors' goalkeeper. For Veres, it could be a great gift of fate, because the equals managed to constantly overtake their opponents in quick counterattacks anyway. But in the 38th minute, Rivne made mistakes during a corner kick from the right wing, which was completed by the same Bilovar with a close header, but hit the crossbar and the far post, after which the rebound ended up on Tymchyk's leg, and he did not miss from a few meters. However, in a few minutes, Veres had to respond to this unfortunate episode with a simply magnificent goal by Blair, who closed with his heel on a close pass from the right wing by Stamoulis, but also hit the upper frame, but without a further successful rebound to his partner on the second pace. Everything was leading to the fact that the game for Shandruk's team is still very far from over. After all, there was still a whole second half ahead, which the Rivne players ended up starting with a quick goal. Fabricio also served from a corner on the right flank in the 53rd minute, but Haratin managed to shoot Surkis from a few meters so that he could not react on the goal line. Dynamo created problems for itself, which it was not very successful in correcting in the future. Because Veres predictably closed in the defense and quite well fought off the opponents' attacks until finally the Kyivans trapped the hosts in their possession. And here everything has already been decided by little things. A moment before the end of regular time, Stamoulis did not have time behind the wall of Malysh and Ponomarenko on the left flank, and collapsed Navin on the lawn within his own possession. A penalty that the top scorer of last season had no right to waste. What he did not plan to do, punching into the lower right corner. In the next round, Rivne Veres will play away to Kamianets-Podilbroadcasteri Epicenter, while Dynamo Kyiv will travel to Azerbaijan Karabakh in the middle of the week for the second leg of the UEFA Conference League qualification, and then host Kolos Kovaliv. Veres — Dynamo Kyiv 1:2 Goals: Kharatin, 53 — Tymchyk, 38, Ponomarenko, 90+2 (pen.) Veres: Pea - Stamoulis, Kharatin, Checher, Vovchenko, Smiyan - Gonsalves, Baran (Niyo, 72), Fabricio, Sharay - Blair (Wolley, 87). Dynamo Kyiv: Surkis — Sych, Bilovar, Tiare (Mykhavko, 58), Tymchyk (Malysh, 69) — Buyalbroadcasteri, Brazhko (Lonveik, 46), Shaparenko — Yarmolenko (Kabaev, 79), Mungenge (Ponomarenko, 58), Voloshyn. Warnings: Checher, Vovchenko, Sharay — Bilovar, Lonveik