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Dawn – Athletic – 0:2 (0:0)

Goals: Aduriz (70), Garcia (86)

Zarya: Lunin, Gordienko, Kharatin, One, Sukhotsky, Babenko (Kochergin, 75), Andrievsky, Karavaev, Gromov, Lunev (Kabaev, 46), Yury (Silas, 61).

Athletic: Herrerin, Lekue, Nunez, Laporte, Balenciaga, San Jose, Rico Williams (Córdoba, 79), Garcia (Acache, 90+3), Susaeta, Aduriz (Merino, 89).

Warning: Lunev (43), Andrievsky (50), Bondage (82) – Núñez (16).

Zarya has not managed to achieve a historic success and missed the chance of reaching the play-offs after a home defeat against the Basques.

Given the permanent staffing problems of “Dawn” (this time, for example, particularly notable were the loss of right-back and top scorer Opanasenko) Yuriy vernydub again decided on an interesting tactical decisions. So, at the point of attack came thunders, and the position of “ten” is located, Yury. Two nominal midfielder was in the defense Gordienko – right and Kharatin – in the center.

Both teams in the opening stages, made a bid for the discipline and organization of the defense – to open up not wanted and waited for mistakes of opponents. However, if such a situation guests happy, then “Dawn” as needed only victory. So the owners have put on a little, turned on the speed and gate Armerina became hotter. Particularly promising moment ended the attack the minute for 20 minutes, when the loaves were transported a ball to gate by the tip of the shoes, but did not hit the target.

After that, the guests began to sort through the initiative, and as a result, Lunin had to work. At the end of an hour even he was not able to help out when Aduriz was right in front of the Keeper and passed the ball to Williams, struck an empty net. However, “Dawn” was rescued by the side, fixing wrongly flagged for offside. Then Garcia scored a stunner side with a pair of scissors – a little higher.

Endure, the hosts evened the game and calmly held on to the break. In the second half of “the Dawn” there was nothing left except more active and risky, resulting in its half of the field quite often there is a free zone. After one of the attacks guests a powerful shot from outside the box struck Aduriz, but Lunin’s great retorted.

It is recognized that athletic looked sharper. In the 65th minute, the One almost deflected the ball into his own net, and the ensuing corner was to end in a goal, but Garcia’s header hit the crossbar. The hosts were trying to play Silas, who replaced Yury, (which is almost all the time obviously played through the pain in muscles back of the thigh).

However, long under this pressure legancy did not last. In the 70th minute, Susaeta well filed with a penalty kick, but Aduriz jumped Karavaeva and head in a high arc and sent the ball over Leninym. A few minutes later the goalkeeper of the Ukrainian team made an incredible save after hitting Garcia in the head at point blank range.

And yet the most active, perhaps, the player in the visitors have not scored. In the end it inexplicably left the penalty area completely naked when you kick, and Garcia was able to calmly take the ball and shoot Lunin.

Well, throughout the tournament the strongest feature of “Dawn” is reasonably called character and will power. However, for serious gains these qualities are not always enough – we need more skills, tactical training and experience. All of these parameters, the team Yuriya Vernidub lost “Athletics”, which deservedly went on.

“Dawn” is still the focus in the championship of Ukraine – on Sunday it will be a great chance to rehabilitate in the match against Shakhtar…

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