Ukrainian Premier League side Vorskla Poltava continued its unblemished run in the early stages of this year’s Europa League as they opened their tie with Romanian powerhouse Dinamo Bucureşti with a 2-1 victory courtesy of Pavlo Rebenok’s late strike.

Vorskla, yet to lose or relinquish a goal during the two previous qualifying rounds, took a 1-0 lead at the thirty-second minute when Yevhen Selin’s cross from the left by-line to the back post was headed in by Ivan Kryvosheyenko.

Play was tight with Liviu Ciobotariu’s “cîinii roşii” notching the leveller with an artistic display as Cătălin Munteanu deftly lofted the ball in for Marius Niculae on the right side of the area, to which the veteran brought it down with control before firing to the smallest opening to the near post. Six minutes later match day referee Liran Liany handed Dragoş Grigore his second yellow-card of the night thus forcing Dinamo Bucureşti to play the balance of time with a man disadvantage. With a draw looking in the horizon, Vorskla lodged the winning margin as Roman Bezus’ effort from the right was not cleared sufficiently by Dinamo ‘keeper Cristian Bălgrădean to which Pavlo Rebenok latched onto the rebound and after seeing his first attempt blocked he delivered the second into the roof of the net for the 2-1 result.

Prepared by John Davies
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