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Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin was named the best player in the Portuguese championship match against Aroca (2:0).

The analytical portal SofaScore rated Trubin's performance in the reported match at 8.3 points. This is the highest rating among all players who participated in the match. The Ukrainian goalkeeper recorded 5 saves.

As a reminder, after this victory, Benfica is in second place in the championship standings, trailing Sporting by 5 points.

Defender of “Chornomorets” Bogdan Butko expressed his opinion regarding the work of commentator Vitaliy Volochay during the match of the 15th round of the Ukrainian championship with “Oleksandriya”.

“So, what happened today in the game with us is not the first time, and I can no longer remain silent. What kind of football is this and who needs it if VAR is openly used to ‘kill’ us in front of everyone? I am not 18 years old and I have seen something in football, though not much, but enough.

When I was fouled in the 16th minute, they scored a goal afterwards, and then our goalkeeper was shown a yellow card, and then a red card to Vanya Petryak… And the commentator, who should take a neutral position, is openly leaning towards the referees, towards one team, as if he is also getting something out of it, stating that someone is pushing these referees. I am not one of those people who will simulate, I just know how to endure pain sometimes. The referee showed that ‘guys, you came here just like this, why are you even training, came here and still came out to play.’

And then there was a second episode in the 29th minute, when a person with aggression jumps with straight legs near the line, even if he played the ball somewhere, hits me in the bone, and the referee ignores this moment... Although I waited to see what he would do, and he didn’t whistle at all. What should my reaction be when we are losing 0:1, and they gave us a red card? We are not playing in the yard, and everyone has a career, ambitions, but people don’t care about that. It's sad that such things happen in such a difficult time, and it's not just in sports.

I can only conclude this message by saying that believe me, I know a lot of things: what is happening in refereeing. Guys, you can earn money this way, but it’s completely unnecessary, they are spoiled, just like you and your system, and those who earn this way,” Butko wrote on his Instagram page.

The head coach of Shakhtar, Marino Puzhich, commented on the draw in the Ukrainian championship match against Rukh (1:1).

«In such moments, it is important to feel disappointment. If we do not feel disappointment after such results as today and generally in matches where we lose our advantage in the last minutes, we will not learn the necessary lessons. Undoubtedly, I am satisfied with how the team played — we could have better converted our chances and won the match much earlier.

But it is also about the necessity of being able to defend a result like 1:0. Unfortunately, we did not manage to do that today. As I emphasized, we must feel disappointment. And we really do feel it today. Ahead are new games, so we will prepare for them and take this lesson from it», — quotes Puzhich the official website of Shakhtar.

Yesterday, December 1, a match of the 14th round of the Italian championship between Fiorentina and Inter was supposed to take place, but it was not completed.

In the 17th minute of the match, Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove fainted and fell to the ground due to a heart stoppage. Players from both teams immediately called for medical help, who, after examining Bove, urgently transported him to Careggi Hospital.

At the medical facility, Bove has already regained consciousness and was able to communicate with the hospital staff. The footballer is currently under the supervision of doctors and is preparing for further examinations.

As a result, the match between Fiorentina and Inter has been postponed to an indefinite date.

Midfielder of Kyiv Dynamo, Volodymyr Brazhko, has been recognized by visitors of Dynamo.kiev.ua as the best player in the team of Oleksandr Shovkovskyi following the match of the 14th round of the Ukrainian championship against Kolos.

51% of fans voted for Brazhko. The second position in the poll was taken by defender Taras Mikhavko (3%)

In the Kolos team, the best player was recognized as goalkeeper Ivan Pakholiuk — he garnered 56% of the votes.

«Left Bank» commented on the initiative of «Polissia» about a meeting of clubs with UAF arbitration consultant Nicola Rizzoli and head of the UAF refereeing corps Kateryna Monzul.

«Left Bank» received an invitation from the Premier League for a meeting with the UAF Referee Committee, which is scheduled for December 5/6.

Overall, «Left Bank» supports this initiative and plans to participate in the meeting, listen to the position of representatives of other teams and the refereeing corps. Like colleagues from other clubs who invest efforts and funds in the development of Ukrainian football, we are interested in positive and equitable changes for all in our championship.

Regarding the assessment of referees' work, at the moment, as newcomers to the UPL, it is difficult for us to make a definitive judgment. In the very first round of the Premier League, we encountered a situation when the decisive goal of LNZ against «Left Bank» was later acknowledged by UAF arbitration consultant Nicola Rizzoli as mistakenly awarded, which directly affected the match's outcome.

Thus, we consider creating conditions for dialogue between clubs and the leadership of the refereeing corps as an adequate and necessary step to discuss pressing issues related to arbitration», - replied «Left Bank».

UPL.TV commentator Vitaliy Volochay, who worked on the match of the 15th round of the Ukrainian championship «Oleksandriya» — «Chornomorets», published a message sent to him by the head of the press service of «Chornomorets» Vitaliy Khemiy.

«There will be a separate professional conversation with you. Your work today is disappointment and unprofessionalism. You have EPL, NBA, Champions League — work as much as you like. Call “Juventus”, MC, anyone you want clowns and a circus. You didn’t even prepare the team for a week before a game against one of the leaders.

In general, where are you, and where is professional football? You publicly humiliated the team. I don’t want to invade your personal space — say what you want. But the whole country is listening to you. And you don’t even realize that you’re going overboard. The whole country is discussing from your lead that Petryak pushed the referee. Opinion leader, authority. Sad. Very regrettable», — wrote Khemiy.

Recall that in the first half of the reported match there was a scandal: after the rude behavior of «Chornomorets» players, red cards were received by Petryak and Butko. The head coach of the Odesa team Babich wanted to take his team off the field, but the match was played to the end.

The head coach of Bayer, Xabi Alonso, is seriously determined to lead Madrid\'s Real and create a long-term project there, reports authoritative journalist Matteo Moretto.

According to the source, Xabi Alonso dreams of leading Madrid\'s Real. Due to his dream, Alonso is ready to leave Bayer, with which he has achieved the German championship. Xabi Alonso\'s current contract with Bayer is set to expire in the summer of 2026.

Additionally, the current manager of Real, Carlo Ancelotti, may be dismissed soon due to the team\'s uncertain performances in the current season.

In yesterday’s match of the 15th round of the Ukrainian championship, Kyiv’s “Dynamo” drew away with Kovalivka’s “Kolos” (1:1). Here’s a selection of numbers and facts based on this game.

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Goalkeeper of “Inhulets” Oleksiy Palamarczuk spoke about his ability to save penalties. Recall that recently the 33-year-old goalkeeper set a record in the Ukrainian Championship history: he managed to save five consecutive penalties.

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The bosses of Paris Saint-Germain are considering the option of signing Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah, reports El Nacional.

According to sources, PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi sees Salah as the new leader of the club, who could rightly replace Kylian Mbappe. Additionally, the owner of the Parisian club is willing to pay the Egyptian around 40 million euros a year. This would be the highest salary among players competing in Europe. In Paris, they expect that the 32-year-old Salah has ambitions to continue playing at the highest level, which is why he will not consider options from Saudi Arabia or the USA.

Furthermore, Mohamed Salah's current contract with Liverpool is set to last until the summer of 2025.

The midfielder of Kovalivka’s Kolos, Andrey Tsurikov, summarized yesterday’s match of his team against Kyiv’s Dynamo (1:1) in the 15th round of the Ukrainian championship.

«It is important that we were not thrown off track by the quick goal from Dynamo, who have been an uncomfortable opponent for us lately. We can completely record the first half as a positive and the fact that we equalized shortly after — is fair.

After the break, we acted more according to the result. The territorial advantage of the Kyiv team was unquestionable, but we also made several successful breaks from our half, however, our finishing let us down.

Despite the fact that the Dynamo players had little time to prepare due to participating in the Europa League, they tried to maintain a high pace and attacked dangerously, but we held on for the draw. We are very satisfied with this; each point is very valuable, as Kolos's tournament standing is still concerning,» Tsurikov said.