Ukrainian Cup. Shakhtar became the second finalist thanks to two late goals at the Dnipro-1 goal

The Pitmen came out to the game, knowing that in order to win the fourth consecutive Cup of Ukraine, they would have to overcome two first-team teams since the finals Ingulets has already made its way.

The hosts could not get involved in the match with the current trophy holder Kravchenko and Nazarenko, but the best scorers of the team this season, Kulish and Kohut, came on the field from the first minutes. But for Shakhtar, the situation was the opposite - Paulo Fonseca could not count on the players of the Ukrainian national team Moraes (disqualification) and Marlos (recovering from the operation). In addition, another of Andriy Shevchenko's wards, Kovalenko, did not arrive in Dnipro. These three are the best miners' snipers this season.

Despite the losses, Shakhtar's squad was not very different from the usual, but the coaches gave a chance to players who are just adapting to the team - young Brazilians Tete and Marcos Antonio were among the top 11. Tete got the first opportunity to score - in the 2nd minute Tyson put the ball to him on the move, but the winter acquisition of the Pitmen did not hit the goal. In the first five minutes, in addition, Ismaili attacked dangerously: this time Yurchuk deflected the threat with his foot.

In the future, despite the total advantage of the guests in possession of the ball, such moments did not occur for long. Players of "Dnipro-1" mostly lost the ball in their own half of the field, but Donetsk did not manage to strike an accentuated blow to the plane. In particular, Marcos Antonio scored from outside the penalty area three times, but the ball never reached Yurchuk. And only at the end of the half Stepanenko shot from 17 meters into the plane of the goal - the goalkeeper of Dnipro parried the blow with his fists.

The hosts themselves looked chained for almost the entire first half and only in the last minutes the seven managed to get close to Shakhtar's goal several times with great force. But all they have achieved is two corners.

After the break, the situation on the field did not change, except that from the middle of the second half on the last line of the hosts Klischuk resisted the miners' attacks (Yurchuk was injured). After spending the second 45 minutes, mostly on the approaches to the goal of "Dnipro-1", Donetsk players waited for the opponent's mistakes only at the end of the match. Solomon passed, and Dentinho, who came on as a substitute, jumped over the defenders and opened the score with a header. In stoppage time, with a ricochet, the guests scored a second time - Solomon scored, and the ball was in the net, changing the direction of flight after touching Marcos Antonio.

As part of Shakhtar, the players of the national team of Ukraine, who were called up for the March training camp of the national team, took part in the match: Pyatov, Bolbat, Kryvtsov, Matvienko, Stepanenko (replaced in the 90th + 2nd minute).

Ukrainian Cup. Quarterfinals

Dnipro-1 (Dnipro) - Shakhtar (Donetsk) - 0: 2 (0: 0) 

Goals: Dentinho (87), Marcos Antonio (90 + 4).

"Dnipro-1": Yurchuk (Klischuk, 68), Romanyuk, Lopyryonok, Loginov (k), Field, Batagov (General, 75), Snizhko (Chichikov, 87), Kohut, Shapoval, Kuzik, Kulish. Substitutions: Ochigova, Chebotayev, Panasenko, Kozhushko. Trainer: Dmitry Mikhailenko.

«Miner": Pyatov, Bolbat, Krivtsov, Matvienko, Ismail, Stepanenko (Khocholava, 90 + 2), Marcos Antonio, Tyson (k), Solomon, Tete (Wellington Nem, 61), Kayode (Dentinho, 80). Substitutions: Shevchenko, Bondar, Alan Patrick, Fernando. Trainer: Paulo Fonseca.

Dnipro. "Dnipro-Arena". 18 462 spectators. Referee - Easter I. Yu. (Kherson), assistant referees - Kholodynsky OV (Kharkiv region), Danilchenko EA (Luhansk), fourth official - Novokhatniy VV (Kyiv), referee observer - Lysenchuk SG (Kyiv). FFU delegate - Prokhorovich AV (FF of Sumy region). FFU Security Officer - Shinkarenko AB (Dnepropetrovsk OFF). Booked: Cogut (61).

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