Vorskla (Poltava) in the first part of 2009/10 football season
Heroes of the last season, Ukrainian Football Cup title holders are having troubles with the staff this season. No new players have been bought during the intereseasonal brake and some main playesrs have traumas.
Vorskla was preparing to play in the Europeam League against famous Benfica from Portugal, in July the team played with Dinamo Kiev for the title of Ukrainian Supercup, in August with Metalyrg in the Ukrainian championship. Taking into account all these obstacles, it is not easy to defeat all the rivals. The result of that is just 10th position in the national championship. In the last 5 matches the team gained 10 points, however the lack of games performers lets us know that the football could be of better quality.
Sometimes Vorskla gives an impression of a calm, quiet team, but the person who sands out is the coach - Nikolai Pavlov, who inspires the team to give a good game to their rivals.
