The Rivne club “Cardinal Avangard” demonstrated their will to win by overcoming “Furniture” in a match where they were trailing twice, and returned to the fifth position in the Extra League standings.
This is reported by Rivne24
Match result: “Furniture” – “Cardinal Avangard” – 2:3 (2:2)
Team “Cardinal Avangard”: Dyachenko – Skibchik, Kozlyuk, Kravchuk, Parfenyuk – Volianyuk, Martynenko, A. Malynovskyi, Horbulko. Substitutes: Levchenko, Artyshenskyi, Basych, Semeniuk.
Head coach: Pavlo Darmovis.
Goals: Storozhuk (5), Stepanov (7) – A. Malynovskyi (6), Volianyuk (13, 35).
The match started for “Cardinal Avangard” with an unfortunate conceded goal when, after a failed pass in the center of the field, Dmytro Dyachenko passed the ball to Kyrylo Storozhuk, who scored into an empty net.
The Rivne team quickly restored parity thanks to a set piece: Mykhailo Volianyuk first earned a free kick and then assisted Artem Malynovskyi, leveling the score at 1:1.
However, “Furniture” regained the lead when Dmytro Stepanov outplayed Artem Martynenko and accurately shot into the near corner.
Volianyuk helped restore balance again, scoring after a powerful shot from outside the penalty area that deflected off Ihor Kramar.
Throughout the next half, “Cardinal Avangard” continued to apply pressure, and eventually, after a rebound from Mykhailo Volianyuk’s shot, Maksym Horbulko won the ball back, returning it to the captain, who scored on his second attempt, putting the team ahead.