Ukrainian Cup. "Ingulets" and "Minaj" show character again

30.10.2019 23:05

A hit by Robert Hegedos cemented the victory of Minaya in the cup clash with Lviv. Photo by ffz.org.ua

To the 1/8 finals of the Cup of Ukraine made it to the right'a number of teams defending first and second league honors. Of course, they wanted to ruin the mood of more prominent clubs.

Although it will today's confrontations It was known that he would have at least one PFL representative in the quarterfinals, as the draw brought Sumy "Alliance" and "Miner-Sport". Nevertheless, a few hours earlier, the first attempt to become a storm of authorities was made by Mykolayiv, which hosted Desna, which took its place on the pedestal of honor in the elite division. Ivan Sondey opened the scoring in the 18th minute. But this did not derail Chernihiv, they added momentum, and soon Yegor Kartushov restored parity, and Alexander Filippov led the guests forward.

We should pay tribute to the "citizens", who after the break continued to stubbornly resist the opponent and were rewarded: in the 61st minute Vladislav Wojciechowski equalized. But not for long, because soon the above-mentioned Filippov forced the goalkeeper of "Nikolaev" to surrender for the third time. At the end of the match, the hosts, despite all efforts, did not pose a serious threat to the Desna goal. Moreover, already in overtime Kartushov made a double and finally removed the issue of the winner from the agenda. 2: 4.

"Minai" defeated a representative of the elite

What «failed« «Nikolaev», was to the force «I pass». Accepting the highest-ranked team, Lviv, the Transcarpathians still tipped the scales in their favor in the second half. In fairness, it should be said that Lviv played in the minority from the 49th minute after the removal of Roman Zubkov. The hosts scored for the first time in the 76th minute after the draw of the standard position, when the hit was scored by stopper Oleg Dopilka, and soon the scorer Robert Hegedosh set the final score - 2: 0. "Minai" once again proves that he has a cup character, and continues to fight for the honorary trophy. It will be recalled that in the previous draw, Zakarpattia lost to Dynamo Kyiv only at the stage of the 1/8 finals.

And among the representatives of the elite division, the first to complete the clarification of relations between compatriots from Donetsk - "Mariupol" and "Olympic". It seemed that the opponents could not avoid overtime, but in the third compensated minute the home midfielder Vyacheslav Churko scored the winning goal.

I had to forget about friendships

At one time, the head coach of Dnipro-1 Dmytro Mykhaylenko noted that his team has had friendly relations with Ingulets for a long time. However, the draw was relentless, and it was these clubs that met in the fight for a ticket to the quarterfinals, so someone had to leave the distance early.

And although Serhiy Lavrynenko, the manager of Ingulets, has repeatedly said that his team's priority this season is to play in the first league championship, this did not mean that it was going to play, as they say, in a confrontation with Dnipro. That was proved by the course of the match, in which the best scorer of "Ingulets" Oleksandr Akimenko reminded of himself, who recently lost his place in the starting lineup.

It was he who opened the scoring in the middle of the first half, successfully playing in a brawl at the gates of the visitors on the finish. And when the experienced Stanislav Kulish leveled the situation, Akimenko soon made a double, taking a penalty. By the way, the hosts were closer to scoring the third goal than Dnipro to escape defeat. In particular, Dmytro Sula did not realize the way out on his own. Let's hope that Ingulets will make adjustments to its plans for the season and will again encroach on winning the Cup of Ukraine, because in the last tournament it already reached the final.

In a spectacular match, Ingulets forced Dnipro-1 to withdraw from the cup distance. Photo by www.ingulec.com

Another confrontation between the strongest class took place in Kyiv at the Obolon Arena. Kolos footballers were very anxious not only to take revenge on Vorskla for the crushing defeat in the championship, but also to make a gift to FC president Andriy Zasus, who had a birthday today. But they did not succeed. In the middle of the second half, the guests scored the winning goal. Vorskla reached the quarterfinals and to some extent rehabilitated for a failed performance in the championship.

The Second League retained representation

The only representative of the second league, Alliance, was unable to involve its leading performers, Vyacheslav Pidnebenny and Yaroslav Sydorenko, in the match against Girnyk-Sport due to disqualification. But in its structure there was a player who took over the duties of the leader - Sergey Zaginailov who opened the account in debut. When the guests soon forced the home goalkeeper to capitulate, Serhiy brought the Alliance forward again with a skillful free kick from under the crossbar. And after the break, the restless Zaginailov scored a hat-trick with a score of 3: 1. As a result, Yuri Yaroshenko's wards won a spectacular victory - 5: 3 and continue to write history.

The leaders of "Alexandria" and "Zorya", as if by agreement, did not set the optimal lineups. But this did not affect the course of events, because no one wanted to give up. In the middle of the first half, Luhansk midfielder Bohdan Lednev led his team forward. To achieve a break, the head coach of the "citizens" Volodymyr Sharan had to make substitutions. Artem Sitalo actively entered the game, the hosts took the initiative and equalized the score. 1: 1. Additional time was set to determine the winner. But that didn't help either. Only in a series of post-match penalties a ticket to the next round went to "Alexandria".

Cup of Ukraine-2019/2020. 1/8 finals: official data