The great football comes back to the Crimean stadiums after almost four months break in connection with COVID-19 pandemic.
The CFU Premier League will be continued by the matches of the 18th tour on next weekend, July 4 and 5. All games will be with the number of restrictions. For example, only 10 percent od supporters is aloud to be on the stadiums, depending on the total capacity of sports facilities.
The meeting in Feodosiya will open the tour program on July 4, local "Favorit-VD Kafa" will host "Krymteplitsa", Molodezhnoe. Feodosiya continues to fight for the residence in Premier League, and "Teplotsa" is preserve theoretical chances in fight for the champion`s title. The match "Favorit-VD Kafa" – "Krymteplitsa" will be on Stadium n.a. Shaiderov and will start at 17:30. The referee of the match is appointed Aleksey Polianin from Simferopol.
The match in Kerch will start at 18 o’clock. "Ocean", Kerch will measure its strength with "Incomsport", Yalta at stadium n.a. the 50th anniversary of October. This meeting means a lot for both teams in terms to preserve the residence in the elite Crimean division. "Ocean" is on the 7th place in the standing, and "Incomsport" – on the last, 8th line. Only one point separates the teams, and it will depend a lot from the result of the head-to-head opposition. This meeting will be judged by the referee’s team led by the most experienced referee from Simferopol Iurii Vaks.
One more interesting match will start at 19 o’clock. FC "Sevastopol" will host FC "Yevpatoriya" at own field. Club from Sevastopol continues to fight for the prize three, and Yevpatoriya single-handedly leading in the championship, having ahead the closest pursuers by 13 points. The opposition stats of this rivals counts 18 matches in the CFU Premier League championship. Each teams have 8 wins, two more meeting ended in a draw. Goals for and goals against 38-31 in favor of "Yevpatoriya". The meeting "Sevastopol" – "Yevpatoriya" will be on the field SHC "Sevastopol", and the referee of the match will be Roman Shalverov from Pervomaiskoe.
The match in Novopavlovka, Bakhchysaray district will be on Sunday, July 5. "Kyzyltash", Bakhchysaray will play with "TSK-Tavriya", Simperopol on the field of the sports complex "Skif". Club from Bakhchysaray is in the middle of the standings, but preserves the chances for the place in top-3. And the metropolitan club holds the second place and has the opportunity to fight for the first position, but the lag from the "Yevpatoriya" big enough – 13 points. The meeting "Kyzyltash" – "TSK-Tavriya" starts at 18 o’clock. Maksim Klim is appointed as referee of this match.
All matches of the CFU Premier League are scheduled to show in live broadcast on the official Crimean football union website.
Let us note, that in connection with restrictions due to coronavirus pandemic, there will not be usual handshakes and other ceremonies at matches earlier to the beginning of the game. Each team will come out to the field separately. The post-match press conference with participation of the coaches of the teams, will be held in format of flash interview in the open air.
In addition, some changes were made in the regulation of the championship. For example, the teams can make seven substitutions, instead usual five, but to reduce the number of breaks in the match, there will be five opportunities for substitutions.
