Howl lotta love – Polissya Zhytomyr 2 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1

This game kicked off to chants of ‘Putin Khuylo’ (Putin is a dickhead).

The modern evil monster overshadowed an eve-of-Halloween clash at 3.30pm on a Wednesday.

Third, the wolfmen of Polissya, versus Ukraine Premier League fifth and the kids, off school for half term, were out in droves.

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Kryv-bashed! – Vorskla Poltava 1 Kryvbas 4

Does president Zelenskiy’s magical mojo extend to the team from his home town? They played like it has.

The crew from Kryvi Rih came back from one down to thrash the hosts with a slick, confident display that took them to top of the table for 24 hours until Shakhtar’s 1-1 draw returned them to first.

Last time I visited Vorskla, you could throw snowballs at the substitutes when it got boring. This time it was 28 degrees Centigrade.

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