Results of the 16th tour of the CFU Premier-League championship season-2017/18 (PHOTO)
The duels of 19th tour of the CFU Premier-League championship took place on the peninsula on March 31. Matches were held in Kerch, Feodosiya, Bakhchysaray district and Sevastopol.
All matches of the tour began with a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the Kemerovo tragedy, where a fire broke out in one of the city`s shopping centers, which killed 64 people according to the latest information. Crimean football union expresses gratitude to science and production cooperative association "Tent" and personally to Gleb Kulikov for assistance in holding penitential events.
Kerch "Ocean" met with FC "Yevpatoriya" on its field. Guests headed in the count in the 13th minute, when Maksim Davidchuk distinguish himself by well-placed shot. Yevpatoriya doubled their superiority after another seven minutes – a goal in the asset of Nikolay Khomich. The third ball went to Kerch goal in the 32nd minute – this time Dmitriy Matvienko scored. No matter how hard the hosts tried to save their situation in the second half, they scored only once. The goalkeeper "Yevpatoriya" Vitaliy Trotskiy sent the ball in the fight into own goal in the 60th minute. As a result, 3:1 – a confident victory of Yevpatoriya team.
The battle of outsiders was held in Feodosiya, where local "Kafa" hosted "Rubin Yalta". Hosts came forward at the end of the first half of the match: Vladimir Misiutin made goal in his asset in the 44th minute. Denis Goloveshchenko made score 2:0 from the penalty spot in the second half in the 74th minute, and Ivan Mironenko made advantage of Feodosiay bigger in the 81st minute – 3:0 and Feodosiya "Kafa" interrupted its winless streak in the championship, which was 13 matches. Let us note also two suspends in the team from Yalta. Maksim Gusev and Vladislav Semenov got direct red cards for foul language against the referee in the 82nd minute.
"Kyzyltash" hosted Molodezhnoe "Krymteplitsa" in Novopavlovka, Bakhchysaray district. One ball scored by the Brazilian legionary of "teplitsa" Jhonatan in the 57th minute decided everything in this game. Let us note that defender Aleksander Maniukov from "Kyzyltash" was sent off from the field for a second caution in the 33rd minute. As result, 1:0 – the victory of "Krymteplitsa".
And the central tour match took place in Sevastopol, where FC "Sevastopol" met with Simferopol "TSK-Tavriya" in the main Crimean derby. The hosts led in the count in the 22nd minute – well-placed shot in the asset of Evgeniy Prokopenko. But attack of "Tavriya" was crowned with success two minutes later – defender of "Sevastopol" Leonid Zagrebelniy killed the ball into his own goal. Supporters didn’t see any more goals at the rest time, a draw – 1:1.
FC "Yevpatoriya" returned to the first line in the standings after the matches of the 19th tour – in its asset 45 points. Sevastopol scored the same points, and dropped to second place, "TSK-Tavriya" at the third place with 40 points, the fourth place is traditionally occupied by "Krymteplitsa" (33 points). The fifth place is still held by "Ocean" (20 points), the sixth place for "Kyzyltash" (18 points), "Rubin Yalta" on the seventh line (8 points), and "Kafa" at the eighth position with 6 points.
The return leg semifinal matches of the CFU Cup will be held on Wednesday, April 4. There will play "Yevpatoriya" – "Krymteplitsa" (the first match – 2:5), and "Rubin Yalta" – "Sevastopol" (the first match – 0:2). Both games will start at 16 o`clock.
And 20th tour of the CFU Premier-League championship will be held on Monday, April 9. There will play: "Ocean" – "Kafa" (14.00), "TSK-Tavriya" – "Yevpatoriya" (16.00), "Rubin Yalta" – "Kyzyltash" (16.00) and "Krymteplitsa" – "Sevastopol" (18.00).