Vbet Cup of Ukraine-2021/2022. Metalist, Alliance and LNZ knocked out seniors
At the stage of the fourth round (1/16 finals) the participants of the cup battles were joined by representatives of the elite division. But some of them immediately had to say goodbye in the hope of approaching the honorary trophy.
The first troublemaker was the leader of the first league, Metalist, who overcame the resistance of Desna. Traditionally, all 26 tickets on sale quickly found their happy owners. And it was the strong support of the 668th player that helped Kharkiv win a strong-willed victory. After all, Chernihiv opened the score at the end of the first half with the efforts of Voloshin. But the leader of the hosts Alexander Kucher guessed with the replacement, releasing the English legionnaire Harris, and he leveled the score. Fans drove their team forward, and in the 12th minute after drawing a standard position Mizyuk stabbed the ball into the net of Chernihiv.
Following Desna, another UPL representative, Ingulets, came down from the cup distance. Serhiy Lavrynenko's charges were the first to score in Cherkasy - Plokhotniuk scored in the 19th minute. However, even before the break, Dolinsky's station wagon restored parity, and on 90 + 3rd Storchous brought the hosts such a desirable victory. By the way, Storchous appeared on the field only in the 77th minute instead of Bobko. Therefore, the insight of the coach of "LNZ" Yuri Bakalov can only be envied.
The third loser was Minai, which lost to Alliance in Sumy. Yuriy Yaroshenko's wards won a super-strong-willed victory, as they lost - 0: 2, but then scored three times in a row.
And the most intense was the rivalry in Lutsk, where "Volyn" hosted "Mariupol". Already in the 21st minute Luchanin Tsyup was removed from the field. But the hosts put up stubborn resistance, and eventually it came to a series of post-match penalties. In this football lottery, the lucky ticket went to the Azovs.
Vbet Cup of Ukraine-2021/2022. Fourth round (1/16 finals): official data