Ukrainian Cup. The last semifinalists are Agrobiznes and Oleksandriya

03.03.2021 23:42

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Shakhtar at the Dynamo Stadium named after V. Lobanovsky sensationally lost to Agrobiznes, and Dnipro-1 at Dnipro-Arena lost to Oleksandriya. It took extra time in both matches.

The leader of the First league from the very beginning put up a worthy resistance to the current champion of Ukraine. In the first half, despite the miners' territorial advantage, Agrobiznes created three goal opportunities, the best of which was played by Petrov, who went it alone with Pyatov. In this episode, only the successful actions of Kryvtsov, who caught up with the opponent and prevented him from breaking through, saved Donetsk from trouble.

After the break, Shakhtar won the right to an 11-meter dash, but Alan Patrick lost the duel to Mozilla. Dentinho had a great chance to bring victory to his team in the main period, as he headed into the crossbar in the 89th minute. In the time compensated for the second half, Yukhimovich also hit the post.

In the extra time, Agrobusiness succeeded in a successful attack: Semenets, who was brought out alone with Pyatov, beat the goalkeeper. 1: 0. Shakhtar finished the match in the minority - Khocholava received a second warning. The representative of the lower division kept the winning score tomorrow recognizes the opponent in the semifinals.

As part of Shakhtar, players who were called up for the last training camp of the national team of Ukraine: Pyatov, Kryvtsov, Kornienko, Marlos (came on as a substitute in the 91st minute) came on the field.  

In another match, Dnipro-1 lost to Oleksandriya at home. In the first half, the hosts acted more sharply, but after the break one of the counterattacks of Vladimir Sharan's team brought it success. Tretyakov intercepted the opponents' pass, passed with the ball and scored powerfully from a long distance. 0: 1. Then Dnipro also carried out their effective counterattack. Bulets with a ricochet equalized the score. 1: 1. This happened after Grechishkin was taken away from the guests for two yellow cards.

No more goals were scored during the game, and the winner was determined in a series of penalties, which was better performed by the Alexandrians. Oleksandriya goalkeeper Pankiv, who was on the list of those called up for the November training camp of the national team of Ukraine, played a full match and hit two shots in the post-match 11-meter series.

Ukrainian Cup. Quarterfinals

03.03.2021

Veres (Rivne) - Zorya (Luhansk) - 1: 2 (1: 1)

Dynamo (Kyiv) - Kolos (Kovalivka) - 0: 0, pp 4: 3

Dnipro-1 (Dnipro) - Oleksandriya (Oleksandriya) — 1: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1), p.p. 3: 4

Goals: Buletsa (79) - Tretyakov (62).

Sent off: Grechishkin (75, "O").

"Agribusiness" (Volochysk) - "Shakhtar" (Donetsk) - 1: 0 (0: 0), d.ch.

Goal: Semenets (96).

53 minutes into the match, by Alan Patrick missed a a penalty.

Sent off: Hocholava (109, "Sh").

Ukrainian Cup. Finals match 1/4: official data