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Ukrainian Cup-2025/2026. An official media event with the participation of the tournament finalists was held in Lviv
On the eve of tomorrow's final of the 2025/2026 Ukrainian Cup, a special media event was held at the famous Lviv "Lvivarna".
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The head coaches of tomorrow's finalists Valeriy Chorny (FC Chernihiv) and Ihor Kostyuk (Dynamo Kyiv), the captain of the Chernihiv team Maksym Tatarenko, and the legendary football player from Kyiv, Chernihiv Andriy Yarmolenko, took part in the extraordinary event.
"Reaching the final of the Ukrainian Cup is an extraordinary event for both our city and our young club. Probably, E "We did more than we expected, but when you reach the final, you always want to win. They remember the one who won. Of course, our current success in Chernihiv will be remembered for a long time, but I repeat, we reached the final to raise an honorary trophy above our heads," noted the head coach of Chernihiv Valeriy Chorny.
"I think that there are no favorites in the cup finals. And we talked about it a lot in the team. We all understand perfectly well that such matches do not happen by chance. We know and understand the strength of the opponent well and have prepared carefully. Therefore, I think that tomorrow will be a fierce duel, a battle of the glorious cities of Chernihiv and Kyiv," said Dynamo head coach Ihor Kostyuk.
"Considering that for everyone in the team, a final of this level is the first in their career, of course, we have a lot of emotions and everyone will control them in their own way. The atmosphere in the team? We are calm, we joke a lot, but we are also seriously preparing for a difficult confrontation with a strong opponent," noted Chernihiv captain Maksym Tatarenko.
"First of all, I would like to express my delight at what Chernihiv did and sincerely applaud them. I followed the matches and I can't remember when I watched Ukrainian football so much and worried about one of the teams. As for the excitement, despite the fact that I have already had various top-class finals in my career, excitement is always present before each match. But we realize that we have to win, and we will do everything in our power on the football field," said Dynamo legend Andriy Yarmolenko.
We would like to remind you that the final match of the 2025/2026 Ukrainian Cup between FC Chernihiv and Dynamo Kyiv will be held tomorrow, May 20, in Lviv at the Arena Lviv stadium. The meeting starts at 18:00 PM.
