The fate of the 26th Ukrainian Football Cup was decided today in Kharkov. At the OSK Metalist stadium, the current trophy winner Shakhtar Donetsk hosted Dynamo Kiev, which won the national Cup a record 11 times. Dynamo are trying to save the disastrous season, and the Pitmen are trying to get the so-called golden double. Interesting fact: the capital club cannot beat Shakhtar since October 2014. The qualified referee Konstantin Trukhanov was serving today.

Shakhtar Donetsk - Dynamo Kiev 1: 0

Shakhtar manager Paulo Fonseca chose the usual 4-2-3-1 tactics. Once again, Viktor Kovalenko, not Maksim Malyshev, entered the support zone along with Taras Stepanenko. Dynamo coach Sergei Rebrov continues to experiment with tactics, his team played in a 4-3-3 scheme. The main dilemma for the Ukrainian mentor was the position in the goal frame, today he preferred Maxim to Koval.

The fight itself began at a low pace, but already on the 6th minute the referee appointed a penalty kick. After throwing into the penalty area, Rakitskiy punched his head - on the way to the goal, the ball hit Alexander Pantich's hand, so Konstantin Trukhanov had to put everything to a point. The standard was performed by Marlos, the Brazilian tried to outwit the Dynamo goalkeeper with the famous panenka, but hit the crossbar after which the defenders of the White-Blues knocked the ball out. After the missed penalty kick, the game calmed down: the Pitmen had a total advantage, this was mainly manifested in the possession of the ball, and Dynamo, obviously, were satisfied with such a development of events. Dangerous moments, in the end, just moments in the first half were gone. Is it possible to single out a one-on-one appearance of Andrei Yarmolenko, the striker threw his tesku Andriy Pyatov, but with acute angle missed the frame.

In the opening of the second half, the players of both teams noticeably increased their speed, but there were no further dangerous moments. After the start, the activity dropped again, the Pitmen controlled the game without much progress, while the Dynamo defended compactly, sipping time. Everything went to extra time, but in the 80th minute, Marlos was opposed to this, who rehabilitated himself for an unbeaten penalty. The Brazilian got the ball on the right flank, moved to the center, beating several rivals, and hitting the top nine, 1-0, with an excellent swing. After the goal was scored, the Pitmen switched to defensive play, the Kievites tried to organize the final assault, but to no avail.

So, for the second time this year, Shakhtar Donetsk won a minimal victory over Dynamo Kiev in a non-spectacular and academic match. Today's victoria brings the Pitmen the Ukrainian Cup. Now Shakhtar have 11 trophies of this caliber, the same amount for Dynamo. Paulo Fonseca's team scores a golden double, winning the championship and the Cup, while Dynamo ends the season on a minor note and is forced to be content with only the Super Cup.

On May 17 in Kharkiv at the Metalist stadium a decisive match for the trophy will take place. NewsOne is broadcasting a text match. After 10 days ago Shakhtar won the gold medals of the national champion of the 2016/2017 season ahead of schedule, and Dynamo guaranteed themselves silver medals, there is almost no intrigue in the UPL championship. And in the Cup of Ukraine it is: for Dynamo today - a chance to save the season, not being left without a trophy at the end of the football year. It's always fun!

Shakhtar - Dynamo - 1: 0

Starting lineups "Miner": Pyatov, Srna, Kucher, Rakitskiy, Ismaily, Stepanenko, Kovalenko, Marlos, Tyson, Bernard, Ferreira. "Dynamo": Koval, Vida, Antunesh, Morozyuk, Pantich, Kadar, Shepelev, Garmash, Sidorchuk, Yarmolenko, Besedin. The match is over. Shakhtar makes a golden double: the 2017 Ukrainian Cup adds to the medals of the 2017 champion of Ukraine. 90 minutes. 3 minutes have been added, but how Dynamo is going to save the match is unclear. 89 minutes. Dynamo has a bulk, but there are no chances ... 85 minutes. At “Dynamo” instead of defender Kadar comes the attacking player Tsygankov. All in! 80 minutes. Goal! A moment for a genius! Marlos, did not even beat, but simply bypassed the Dynamo players who did not enter the fight, and unexpectedly struck with his magic left - very unexpected! 1: 0! https://twitter.com/FCShakhtar/status/864928549094006787 It will be even more "fun" to follow: the rare match between Shakhtar and Dynamo goes without a scandal. Here, just. 76 minutes. And now he gave! Ferreira's acting is all right: lying down he kicked Kadar in the back, and when the Hungarian answered - he grabbed his face! As a result - yellow Kadaru, and nothing - Ferreira. Let's get to know the "good old" confrontation between Kiev and Donetsk! 74 minutes. Nerves! Garmash fights very hard at the corner flag with Srna, takes the ball away, and Darijo frankly hits him in the legs. Garmash depicts hellish torment, Srna makes round eyes: "I have nothing to do with it!" Actually, the red should be for the captain of Shakhtar, but Garmash overdid it with acting. As a result, he did not give anything to anyone. 72 minutes. Kind! Shakhtar's evil genius, who often scores against the Pitmen (although he scores very rarely), threw the ball to Yarmolenko with his head, but Andriy was not ready for this. Dangerous! Head coach of the Ukrainian national team Andrey Shevchenko bored. As we understand it. https://twitter.com/brutfoot/status/864918571792707585 68 minutes. Substitution at “Dynamo”: instead of Sidorchuk - Fishing. 67 minutes. Yarmolenko scores! .. But from offside - the judges made the right decision. 63 minutes. The scenario of the game is still the same: chaotic attacks by both teams, a lot of struggle and a minimum of counter-constructiveness. But it cannot go on that long. This is a cup, there is no one here. 54 minutes. Oh, no, it's okay! Here is the second yellow one: Srne for a blow from behind on the legs. 53 minutes. Only the first yellow one - to Sidorchuk for excessive emotions: he threw the ball onto the lawn in front of the referee. 2nd half has begun. With a dangerous long-range strike Yarmolenko. But - definitely into the hands of Pyatov. BREAK 45 minutes. Moment! Yarmolenko went one-on-one with Pyatov, beat the goalkeeper and hit the empty "frame"! But he beat at an acute angle, and - with the "mother-in-law" of the right leg. In the end, I missed the goal! 40 minutes. At the end of the first half: the stands win over the players with a crushing score - it is really more interesting there! 35 minutes. Ferreira played along with his hand in the penalty area of \u200b\u200b“Dynamo”, although Kadar (also with his hand) held the Argentinean. The referee decided that Shakhtar's player was more (earlier?) To blame. 31 minutes. Football is not enough, but provocations and dirt are already beginning: for some reason (why?) Garmash touched his ear with his hand (hooked him in a non-fiction episode, although he could not do it) Kucher, and Alexander made a grimace, as if! 26 minutes. Shakhtar's Brazilians have long and long possession of the ball, combining, but Dynamo are clearly defending themselves. Summary of the first quarter of the match: a lot of tactics, little spectacle. 21 minutes. Yarmolenko went one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but did not really hit the ball, and even more so on goal. 15 minutes... A promising counterattack by Shakhtar's Brazilians, but Marlos dragged on with the moment of the pass to Tyson - the sharpness disappeared. 11 minutes... The coachman almost tore off Garmash's ankle, stepping on his leg from behind - everything is as usual in the matches between Shakhtar and Dynamo, nothing new. Yellow card? I beg of you!)) 7 minutes. Marlos in a foppish way, he struck "panenka" - and hit the crossbar! The 11-meter Shakhtar did not convert! 6 minutes... Penalty kick against Dynamo! Left-hander: the ball hit the hand of Pantic, who was close to the ball and could not see him. So this is NOT hand play . 3 minutes... While probing each other's commands - nothing dangerous. And the stands are good, they are great! 1 minute... Already at the 9th second a penalty kick for Dynamo. Getting started! The anthem of Ukraine is playing, the match is about to begin. As a reminder, NewsOne found out:

Shakhtar Donetsk - Dynamo Kiev 1: 0

Goals: Marlos 80

"Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov, Kovalenko (Malyshev 83), Rakitsky, Srna, Ismaily, Tyson, Ferreira (Ordets 90 + 4), Marlos, Bernard (Zubkov 90), Stepanenko, Kucher

Dynamo Kiev: Koval, Kadar (Tsygankov 84), Besedin, Vida, Garmash, Sidorchuk (Fishing 67), Yarmolenko, Morozyuk, Shepelev, Antunesh, Pantich

Warnings: Srna 55, Ferreira 76 - Sidorchuk 54, Kadar 75, Garmash 90 + 3

Unrealized penalty: Marlos 8

The sediment from the first half remained the same. Discreetly, with a reassurance ... but simply boring. It seems that Shakhtar skated, but tried to limit their strength in each section of the field in attack, which did not add sharpness and sharpness. In almost every episode, the Kiev defense had a numerical advantage in the zones, and there was a clear deficit with cutting passes. Was Tyson "thrown" once into the penalty area to the right corner of the goalkeeper's corner, but the Brazilian "in the processing" slightly let go of the ball away from him, and Vida knocked out without any problems.

In addition, there are exactly two acute episodes. In the opening - a penalty kick. Nominated for hitting the ball in Pantic's hand. Center-back "Dynamo" stayed with his back to the ball, soaring into the air in a horse fight, it cannot be called a deliberate game in any way, but the Serb's hand blocked the way to the goal. Trukhanov whistled, Marlos cut it from the "point" ... He built such a "hypertrophied lady", overdoing it and hitting the crossbar. A rebound from which Vida and Koval jointly endured. And at the end of the forty-minute - Yarmolenko's raid after Garmash's pass, a ball thrown past Pyatov, an empty target, a shot from an acute angle ... towards the stands. And this is in addition to two good sharpening passes from partners to the captain. It didn't work out before the break. And after ...

However, after the break, at least it became more fun. Dynamo finished portraying a snail in a shell, got out to the middle of the field, and the game began on a collision course. It's not that the goalkeepers fluttered over the nines at once, but the movement and balance in the game were added. Yarmolenko knocked from the penalty line - Pyatov took it. Tyson rolled Ismaily well to the left, from where the Pitmen's left defender shot Kovalenko at eleven, and Viktor blundered, not poking the ball.

We rocked back and forth a little more, felt the opponent's defense, disturbed Pyatov a couple of times, and then the cards went. It would have been okay - just go and go, it's business, but the second could have followed them a little later ... Sidorchuk banged a ball on the ground in his hearts in front of Trukhanov - got a yellow card and a little later gave way to Rybalka. And take Fishing, but miss it in the support zone of Marlos in the 80th minute. Everything in this life is interconnected ... But that later. In the meantime - Srna received. Tearing off the Dynamo counterattack with a rough tackle in Besedin's leg. And twenty minutes later, having driven just as roughly into Garmash's leg at the corner flag, he could well have received a second. And Garmash could. Nerves like strings, emotions whipped, even yelled at his own doctors. Either it was too late to jump out Denis's leg to heal, or what other claims ...

Ferreira jumped into Kadara a bit dirty, jumped his leg after the joint, the Dynamo player soared, did not remain in debt. Both on the card. And instead of Kadar - Tsygankov. But later, after the goal. And the goal - came out on a feast for the eyes. Ferreira, a wizard, threw his heel to Marlos on the move, he effortlessly left in the support zone from Rybalka, slipped through Shepelev and, in front of Pantic's nose, spun gorgeous into the far upper corner of Koval's goal - 1: 0. The first, only, victorious and cup goal in this match.

Then - ten plus three added minutes of the Kievites' frantic attempts to gather their thoughts and legs into one heap in order to build something dead-end for the Pitmen's defense. Fruitless attempts. If before the conceded ball a couple of times Yarmolenko was in a good position for a strike and even scored once from an offside position, then after Marlos' accurate strike, Dynamo slipped into confusion. Yes, and Shakhtar sat down deeper and tighter - how much is left before the whistle ...

Two substitutions in stoppage time from Fonseca, a long-awaited card for Garmash, and that's it. We sailed. Exhausted. Both footballers and spectators. Shakhtar are drawing up a golden double, and Rebrov said that tomorrow he will have a conversation with the president. Wait, they say, hold the horses - you will find out everything as soon as possible. And the Shakhtar mentor dug into tactics: “ Everything was decided exclusively by individual skill in one moment. In such fights, when there is almost no free space, individual actions are very important. Take a look at how Dynamo could pose the greatest danger to us? Only thanks to the actions of Yarmolenko. In such balanced matches, individual qualities influence a lot.».

". The game ended with a 1-0 win for the Pitmen, who won the Ukrainian Cup for the 11th time in their history and caught up with Dynamo.

The teams started this clash with extreme caution, but already in the opening of the meeting Shakhtar had a real opportunity to open an account. On the 6th minute, after a penalty kick, the ball hit Pantich's hand, and the referee pointed to the "point" without hesitation. Marlos undertook to carry out the sentence, but decided to cheat, and paid for it: the Shakhtar player, apparently imagining himself a master of the game of football, shot in the center of the goal, directing the ball under the crossbar, but did not calculate his foppish abilities and ... effectively struck crossbar. And immediately the voice of the commentator serving the Football channel, which belongs to Shakhtar president Rinat Akhmetov, somehow faded.

This episode in no way caused any kind of emotional outburst on the part of Dynamo or Shakhtar - both teams still acted with the main focus on caution and pragmatism, trying to completely eliminate risk, adventure and emotions in their actions ... The first number was played by Shakhtar, but Dynamo, when moving from attack to defense, dynamically rebuilt their three-defender scheme into a five-defender scheme, and this deprived the Donetsk team of chances to create anything dangerous. The Kievites counterattacks took place, but they clearly lacked impetus, so nothing particularly sharp arose at the Pyatov gates. In short, the audience was forced to watch the so-called "chess football".

Almost the entire first half passed in this spirit. Closer to the break, "Dynamo" began to manage to switch more often to attacking actions, and, as a result, in the 45th minute of the meeting, the Kievites had a good chance for a "goal in the locker room": Garmash, picking up the ball in his own half of the field, picked up speed, made A dash of 30 meters, with a pass to move, brought Yarmolenko to the operational space of Shakhtar's right side of the penalty area, he beat Pyatov, who came out of the goal, got the opportunity to hit the “frame” from an acute angle, but shot very inaccurately. So the teams went on the break with zeros on the scoreboard.

The second half began with an excellent shot by Yarmolenko from 18 yards - the ball was sent right on target, but Pyatov managed to catch the ball in the throw. Shakhtar responded to this with a protracted transfer of the game to half of the Dynamo field, but apart from a series of set pieces, which did not lead to any sharpness, the Pitmen achieved nothing with that. And closer to the 60th minute, the fuse of Fonseca's team dried up, and the Kievites managed to push the opponent away from their penalty area. Moreover, in one of the episodes the ball even went into the goal of Shakhtar, when Vida brought Yarmolenko one on one with Pyatov with a brilliant pass across the half-field, but the Dynamo captain found himself in a minor offside position and struck after the whistle.

In the middle of the half, the game proceeded in about the same vein as in the first half, but in the end, the emotions of the players of both teams began to break through. From about 70 minutes on, the match began to be more nervous, the number of fouls increased sharply, but at the same time the entertainment of the game increased. The Pitmen benefited from such changes. In the 80th minute, Marlos, having received a pass on the right flank, moved to the central zone and shot from 25 meters - the ball flew right into the "nine" of the Dynamo goal - 1: 0. During the remaining time of the second half, the Kievites, of course, tried to organize an assault on Shakhtar's goal, forgetting about any pragmatism, but Serhiy Rebrov's charges did not have a chance to level the score.

Thus, Shakhtar won the Ukrainian Cup for the 11th time in history, catching up with Dynamo in this respect. In addition to these two teams, the Ukrainian Cup was also won by Chornomorets (2 times), Tavria and Vorskla (once each).

We add that Dynamo will play their next match on the next Sunday, May 21, when they will play at NSC Olimpiyskiy with Zorya Luhansk within the 31st round of the Ukrainian Championship (beginning at 19:30).

Alexander Popov

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The Pitmen have already become champions of the championship, so they can direct all their forces to the cup battle. It should be noted that Fonseca's footballers are in excellent playing condition, as they won 6 recent meetings (13: 2). And in the last round, they even took to the field with a double so that the team could rest.

Kievans can also relax in the championship, because they provided themselves with silver. Perhaps this is why Rebrov's players stumbled (2: 1) in the recent match with Olimpik. But before that, the club was leading a streak of 3 wins (14: 1).

Forecast for the match Shakhtar - Dynamo, victory for the Pitmen with a handicap (0). The confrontation will be held in Kharkov, and this city, for the Donetsk team, has become a second home, so we will bet on them.

Forecast: home win. Shakhtar Dynamo 2: 1.